1958 Japanese general election

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1958 Japanese general election
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
  1955 22 May 1958 1960  

All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.98% (Increase2.svg1.15pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nobusuke Kishi.jpg Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG Sanzo Nosaka photographed by Shigeru Tamura.jpg
Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki Sanzō Nosaka
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats won287 [lower-alpha 1] 1661
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote22,976,8413,093,9931,012,036
Percentage57.80%32.94%2.55%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.38ppIncrease2.svg2.76ppIncrease2.svg0.57pp

1958 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg

Prime Minister before election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Elected Prime Minister

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

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

Japan House of Representatives 1958.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 22,976,84657.80287–10
Japan Socialist Party 13,093,99332.94166+6
Japanese Communist Party 1,012,0362.551–1
Other parties287,9910.721
Independents2,380,7955.9912+6
Total39,751,661100.004670
Valid votes39,751,66199.27
Invalid/blank votes290,8280.73
Total votes40,042,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout52,013,52976.98
Source: Mackie, Masumi

By prefecture

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP JCP OthersInd.
Aichi 191081
Akita 8521
Aomori 7421
Chiba 13103
Ehime 981
Fukui 431
Fukuoka 19127
Fukushima 12741
Gifu 954
Gunma 1073
Hiroshima 12921
Hokkaido 221111
Hyōgo 181071
Ibaraki 1284
Ishikawa 651
Iwate 8521
Kagawa 642
Kagoshima 11821
Kanagawa 1367
Kōchi 541
Kumamoto 1073
Kyoto 1064
Mie 954
Miyagi 954
Miyazaki 642
Nagano 13751
Nagasaki 9531
Nara 5212
Niigata 15861
Ōita 752
Okayama 1064
Osaka 191171
Saga 532
Saitama 1394
Shiga 523
Shimane 532
Shizuoka 14104
Tochigi 1064
Tokushima 532
Tokyo 271215
Tottori 431
Toyama 642
Wakayama 642
Yamagata 862
Yamaguchi 963
Yamanashi 541
Total4672871661112

Notes

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN   0-19-924959-8