1955 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 75.8%.

27 February 1955

All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ichirō Hatoyama	Taketora Ogata	Mosaburō Suzuki
Party	Democratic	Liberal	Leftist Socialist
Seats won	185	114	89
Seat change	New	87	17
Popular vote	13,536,044	9,849,458	5,683,312
Percentage	36.6%	26.8%	15.3%
Swing	New	12.1pp	2.3pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Jōtarō Kawakami	Sanzō Nosaka
Party	Rightist Socialist	Communist
Seats won	67	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	5,129,594	733,121
Percentage	13.9%	2.0%
Swing	0.4pp	0.1pp

Prime Minister before election

Ichirō Hatoyama
Japan Democratic Party

Prime Minister after election

Ichirō Hatoyama
Japan Democratic Party

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On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party and the Liberal Party combined as the modern Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan contiuously until 1993. The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and the Leftist Socialist Party of Japan also merged to form the Japan Socialist Party, which was Japan's largest opposition party in the 1955 system.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Democratic Party	13,536,044	36.57	185	New
	Liberal Party	9,849,458	26.61	112	–87
	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	5,683,312	15.35	89	+17
	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	5,129,594	13.86	67	+1
	Japanese Communist Party	733,121	1.98	2	+1
	Labourers and Farmers Party	357,611	0.97	4	–1
	Other parties	496,614	1.34	2	–
	Independents	1,229,082	3.32	6	–5
Total		37,014,836	100.00	467	+1

Valid votes		37,014,836	99.14
Invalid/blank votes		319,499	0.86
Total votes		37,334,335	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,235,375	75.83
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

References

Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p 381. ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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