1967 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 73.99%.

1967 Japanese general election

29 January 1967

All 486 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.98% (2.84%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist
Leader since 1 December 1964 6 May 1965 1960
Last election 54.7%, 283 seats 29.0%, 144 seats 7.4%, 23 seats
Seats won 277 140 30
Seat change 6 4 6
Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464
Percentage 48.8% 27.9% 7.4%
Swing 5.9pp 1.2pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
CGP
Leader Tsuji Takehisa Kenji Miyamoto
Party Kōmeitō Communist
Leader since 9 December 1964 1 August 1958
Last election 4.0%, 5 seats
Seats won 25 5
Seat change New
Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564
Percentage 5.4% 4.8%
Swing New 0.8pp


Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,447,83848.80277–6
Japan Socialist Party12,826,10427.88140–4
Democratic Socialist Party3,404,4647.4030+7
Komeitō2,472,3715.3825New
Japanese Communist Party2,190,5644.7650
Other parties101,2440.220
Independents2,553,9895.559–3
Total45,996,574100.00486+19
Valid votes45,996,57498.71
Invalid/blank votes602,8821.29
Total votes46,599,456100.00
Registered voters/turnout62,992,79673.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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