1965 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1962 4 July 1965 1968  

127 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Sato Eisaku 1-1.jpg Kozo Sasaki 01.jpg Takehisa-Tsuji-1.png
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Takehisa Tsuji
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after1407320
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg6Increase2.svg5
Popular vote17,583,4908,729,6555,097,682
Percentage47.2%23.4%13.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg0.8%Increase2.svg2.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  NISHIO Suehiro.jpg The-Zenei-1962-December-Special-1.png
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after74
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,214,3751,652,364
Percentage5.9%4.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.6%Increase2.svg1.3%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Yōtoku Shigemasa
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Kenzō Kōno
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, [1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 17,583,49047.172516,651,28444.20466971140–2
Japan Socialist Party 8,729,65523.421212,346,65032.7724373673+7
Kōmeitō 5,097,68213.6891,910,9755.07291120+5
Democratic Socialist Party 2,214,3755.9422,303,8606.121437–4
Japanese Communist Party 1,652,3644.4322,608,7716.9211340
Other parties298,4010.800185,9910.4900000
Independents1,700,8494.5621,664,6394.421437+2
Total37,276,816100.005237,672,170100.0075124127251+1
Valid votes37,276,81693.4237,672,17094.41
Invalid/blank votes2,624,1196.582,232,5355.59
Total votes39,900,935100.0039,904,705100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,544,40767.0159,544,40767.02
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 321
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 321
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 422
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 22
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 211
Kyoto 211
Mie 11
Miyagi 11
Miyazaki 11
Nagano 211
Nagasaki 11
Nara 11
Niigata 211
Ōita 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 3111
Saga 11
Saitama 211
Shiga 11
Shimane 11
Shizuoka 211
Tochigi 22
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 41111
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5225129222
Total127713611333

References

  1. 1 2 Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.