1958 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 77.0%.

1958 Japanese general election

22 May 1958

All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki Sanzō Nosaka
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats won 287 166 1
Seat change 10 6 1
Popular vote 22,976,84 13,093,993 1,012,036
Percentage 57.8% 32.9% 2.5%
Swing 5.4pp 2.8pp 0.5pp


Prime Minister before election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,976,84657.80287–10
Japan Socialist Party13,093,99332.94166+6
Japanese Communist Party1,012,0362.551–1
Other parties287,9910.721
Independents2,380,7955.9912+6
Total39,751,661100.004670
Valid votes39,751,66199.27
Invalid/blank votes290,8280.73
Total votes40,042,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout52,013,52976.98
Source: Mackie, Masumi

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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