Japanese general election, 1969

Japanese general election, 1969
Japan
27 December 1969

All 486 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
244 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
     JSP   
Leader Eisaku Satō Narita Tomomi
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Last election 277 seats 140 seats
Seats won 288 90
Seat change +11 -50
Popular vote 22,381,570 10,074,101
Percentage 47.6 21.4

Prime Minister before election

Sato Eisaku
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister

Sato Eisaku
Liberal Democratic

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General elections were held in Japan on 27 December 1969. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 288 of the 486 seats. [1] Voter turnout was 68.51%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party22,381,57047.6288+11
Japan Socialist Party10,074,10121.490-50
Komeitō5,124,66610.947+22
Democratic Socialist Party3,636,5917.731+1
Japanese Communist Party3,199,0326.814+9
Other parties81,3730.200
Independents2,492,5605.316+7
Total47,442,4001004860
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm
Vote share
LDP
 
47.63%
JSP
 
21.44%
KP
 
10.91%
DSP
 
7.74%
JCP
 
6.81%
Independents
 
5.30%
Others
 
0.17%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
59.26%
JSP
 
18.52%
KP
 
9.67%
DSP
 
6.38%
JCP
 
2.88%
Independents
 
3.29%

References

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