Japanese general election, 1967

Japanese general election, 1967
Japan
29 January 1967

All 486 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
244 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kouzou Sasaki
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Last election 283 seats 144 seats
Seats won 277 140
Seat change -6 -4
Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104
Percentage 48.9 27.9

Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

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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%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party22,447,83848.8277-6
Japan Socialist Party12,826,10427.9140-4
Democratic Socialist Party3,404,4647.430+7
Komeitō2,472,3715.425New
Japanese Communist Party2,190,5644.850
Other parties101,2440.200
Independents2,553,9895.69-3
Total45,996,574100486+19
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
LDP
 
48.80%
JSP
 
27.88%
DSP
 
7.40%
KP
 
5.38%
JCP
 
4.76%
Independents
 
5.55%
Others
 
0.22%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
57.00%
JSP
 
28.81%
DSP
 
6.17%
KP
 
5.14%
JCP
 
1.03%
Independents
 
1.85%

References

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