1958 Japanese general election

1958 Japanese general election

←  1955 22 May 1958 1960  →
All 467 seats in the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.98% (1.15pp)
First party Second party   Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki Party LDP Socialist Last election 63.18%, 297 seats [a] 30.18%, 157 seats [b] Seats won 287 166 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 22,976,846 13,093,993 Percentage 57.80% 32.94% Swing 5.38pp 2.76pp
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Nobusuke Kishi LDP Elected Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi LDP

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%.

The Japan Socialist Party only ran 246 candidates. The Japanese Communist Party, which strategically withdrew some of its candidates in favor of the JSP in the 1956 elections, ran 114 candidates. ^[2]

This election had the highest turnout for a post-war election so far. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	22,976,846	57.80	287	–10
	Japan Socialist Party	13,093,993	32.94	166	+6
	Japanese Communist Party	1,012,036	2.55	1	–1
	Other parties	287,991	0.72	1	–
	Independents	2,380,795	5.99	12	+6
Total		39,751,661	100.00	467	0
Valid votes		39,751,661	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		290,828	0.73
Total votes		40,042,489	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		52,013,529	76.98
Source: Mackie, Masumi

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	JCP	Others	Ind.
Aichi	19	10	8			1
Akita	8	5	2			1
Aomori	7	4	2			1
Chiba	13	10	3
Ehime	9	8	1
Fukui	4	3	1
Fukuoka	19	12	7
Fukushima	12	7	4		1
Gifu	9	5	4
Gunma	10	7	3
Hiroshima	12	9	2			1
Hokkaido	22	11	11
Hyōgo	18	10	7			1
Ibaraki	12	8	4
Ishikawa	6	5	1
Iwate	8	5	2			1
Kagawa	6	4	2
Kagoshima	11	8	2			1
Kanagawa	13	6	7
Kōchi	5	4	1
Kumamoto	10	7	3
Kyoto	10	6	4
Mie	9	5	4
Miyagi	9	5	4
Miyazaki	6	4	2
Nagano	13	7	5			1
Nagasaki	9	5	3			1
Nara	5	2	1			2
Niigata	15	8	6			1
Ōita	7	5	2
Okayama	10	6	4
Osaka	19	11	7	1
Saga	5	3	2
Saitama	13	9	4
Shiga	5	2	3
Shimane	5	3	2
Shizuoka	14	10	4
Tochigi	10	6	4
Tokushima	5	3	2
Tokyo	27	12	15
Tottori	4	3	1
Toyama	6	4	2
Wakayama	6	4	2
Yamagata	8	6	2
Yamaguchi	9	6	3
Yamanashi	5	4	1
Total	467	287	166	1	1	12

Notes

1. Democratic Party and Liberal Party
2. Left Socialist Party of Japan and Right Socialist Party of Japan

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
2. Cole, Totten & Uyehara 1966, pp. 65.
3. Cole, Totten & Uyehara 1966, pp. 64.

Works cited

• Cole, Allan; Totten, George; Uyehara, Cecil (1966). Socialist Parties In Postwar Japan. Yale University Press.