Japanese general election, 1958

Japanese general election, 1958
Japan
22 May 1958

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats won 298 167 1
Popular vote 23,840,170 13,155,715 1,012,035
Percentage 59.0% 33.1% 2.5%
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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%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Democratic Party23,480,17059.1298New
Japan Socialist Party13,155,71533.1167New
Japanese Communist Party1,012,0352.51–1
Other parties159,7070.40–5
Independents1,944,0384.91–4
Invalid/blank votes290,824
Total40,042,4891004670
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
LDP
 
59.07%
JSP
 
33.09%
JCP
 
2.55%
Independents
 
4.89%
Others
 
0.40%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
63.81%
JSP
 
35.76%
JCP
 
0.21%
Independents
 
0.21%

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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