1972 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.76%.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 24,563,199 | 46.85 | 271 | –17 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | 11,478,742 | 21.90 | 118 | +28 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 5,496,827 | 10.49 | 38 | +24 | |
| Kōmeitō | 4,436,755 | 8.46 | 29 | –18 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,660,953 | 6.98 | 19 | –12 | |
| Other parties | 143,019 | 0.27 | 2 | +2 | |
| Independents | 2,645,582 | 5.05 | 14 | –2 | |
| Total | 52,425,077 | 100.00 | 491 | +5 | |
| Valid votes | 52,425,077 | 99.04 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 510,234 | 0.96 | |||
| Total votes | 52,935,311 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 73,769,636 | 71.76 | |||
| Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan | |||||
References
- "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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