Particularly in the 26th House of Representative election in 1953, he won by landslide against Hitoshi ASHIDA (former Prime Minister) and Shigezaburo MAEO (former House of Representatives chairman) from a strong push from Hiromu NONAKA who was a member of the Sonobe Town Council and secretary to the member of the House at the time.
とりわけ1953年の第26回衆議院議員総選挙では、当時園部町議会議員兼議員秘書だった野中広務の奔走もあって芦田均（元首相）、前尾繁三郎（元衆議院議長）らを抑えトップ当選を果たしている。