Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)
Introduction The , officially  () was a conservative political party in Japan.
History The party was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party (Shinpo-tō) of Inukai Takeru with a faction of Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in Tetsu Katayama's government in 1947-1948.For some months in 1948, party's leader Ashida was Prime minister.In March 1948, part of DP members led by Kijūrō Shidehara joined the Liberal Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party. In 1949 elections, the DP got 69 seats. The party was finally merged with the National Cooperative Party to form the National Democratic Party in April 1950.
Election results ===House of Representatives=== Election Leader Votes % Seats +/- Position Status 1947 Hitoshi Ashida 6,960,270 25.44  ''new'' 3rd  1949 Takeru Inukai 4,798,352 15.68   55 4th ===House of Councillors=== Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status Votes % Seats Votes % Seats 1947 Ishiguro Takeshige 2,989,132 13.56  1,508,087 7.09   2nd
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