Kaishintō

The Kaishintō (Japanese: 改進党, lit. 'Reformist Party') was a political party in Japan.

Kaishintō 改進党
President	Mamoru Shigemitsu
Founded	8 February 1952
Dissolved	24 November 1954
Merger of	National Democratic Party, Shinsei Club and Farmers Cooperative Party
Merged into	Japan Democratic Party
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
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History

The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinsei Club, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members.^[1] In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president.^[1]

Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. However, the 1953 elections saw it lose nine seats; it also won eight seats in the House of Councillors.

In November 1954 it merged with the Liberal Party and a group of Diet members from the Liberal Party to form the Japan Democratic Party.

Election result

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
1952	Mamoru Shigemitsu	6,429,450	18.19	85 / 466	new	2nd	Opposition
1953		6,186,232	17.88	76 / 466	9		Opposition

House of Councillors

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party list			Seats		Position	Status
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Won	Total
1953	Mamoru Shigemitsu	2,840,345	10.14	5 / 75	1,630,507	6.03	3 / 53	8 / 128	15 / 250	5th	Opposition