Japanese general election, 1960

Japanese general election, 1960
Japan
20 November 1960

  First party Second party Third party
     DSP   
Leader Hayato Ikeda Jotaro Kawakami Suehiro Nishio
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist
Seats won 300 144 17
Popular vote 22,950,404 10,839,130 3,464,147
Percentage 58.1% 27.4% 8.8%
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General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 73.5%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,950,40458.1300+2
Japan Socialist Party10,839,13027.4144–23
Democratic Socialist Party3,464,1478.817New
Japanese Communist Party1,156,7232.93+2
Other parties141,9410.41+1
Independents956,7812.42+1
Invalid/blank votes410,993
Total39,920,1191004670
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
LDP
 
58.09%
JSP
 
27.43%
DSP
 
8.77%
JCP
 
2.93%
Independents
 
2.42%
Others
 
0.36%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
64.24%
JSP
 
30.84%
DSP
 
3.64%
JCP
 
0.64%
Independents
 
0.43%
Others
 
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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