1967 Japanese general election

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1967 Japanese general election
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
  1963 29 January 1967 1969  

All 486 seats in the House of Representatives
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.98% (Increase2.svg2.84pp)
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki
Party LDP Socialist
Last election54.67%, 283 seats29.03%, 144 seats
Seats won277140
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote22,447,83812,826,104
Percentage48.80%27.88%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.87ppDecrease2.svg1.15pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
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Leader Suehiro Nishio Takehisa Tsuji
Party Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election7.37%, 23 seatsDid not exist
Seats won3025
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6New
Popular vote3,404,4642,472,371
Percentage7.40%5.38%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.03ppNew

1967 Japanese House of Representatives election.svg
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Eisaku Satō
LDP

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%.

Contents

Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called Black Fog Incidents  [ ja ], such as the resignation of Transport Minister Seijuro Arafune and calls for greater reform in 1966. The results did not radically alter the landscape of Japanese politics, although both the government and opposition were disappointed; the Liberal Democratic Party's vote share fell below 50% for the first time ever, and the Japan Socialist Party also lost seats, with Kōzō Sasaki, who had served as Chairman, resigning a few months after the election. However, more minor opposition parties made gains. This was the first election in which Komeito ran, and won nearly 25 seats, with the DSP also seeing a gain of six seats to hit thirty. The Japanese Communist Party also saw a slight increase in vote count, though did not gain any seats.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 22,447,83848.80277−6
Japan Socialist Party 12,826,10427.88140−4
Democratic Socialist Party 3,404,4647.4030+7
Komeitō 2,472,3715.3825New
Japanese Communist Party 2,190,5644.7650
Other parties101,2440.220
Independents2,553,9895.559−3
Total45,996,574100.00486+19
Valid votes45,996,57498.71
Invalid/blank votes602,8821.29
Total votes46,599,456100.00
Registered voters/turnout62,992,79673.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

By prefecture

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP DSP Komeitō JCP Ind.
Aichi 2012521
Akita 8521
Aomori 743
Chiba 13103
Ehime 9711
Fukui 431
Fukuoka 1986221
Fukushima 12831
Gifu 9621
Gunma 1073
Hiroshima 12831
Hokkaido 22101011
Hyōgo 198542
Ibaraki 12831
Ishikawa 651
Iwate 853
Kagawa 642
Kagoshima 1183
Kanagawa 144532
Kōchi 5221
Kumamoto 1082
Kyoto 1042211
Mie 972
Miyagi 9531
Miyazaki 6411
Nagano 13841
Nagasaki 963
Nara 5221
Niigata 1596
Ōita 752
Okayama 10541
Osaka 2384461
Saga 532
Saitama 136511
Shiga 532
Shimane 541
Shizuoka 148411
Tochigi 10631
Tokushima 5311
Tokyo 391613361
Tottori 431
Toyama 642
Wakayama 651
Yamagata 853
Yamaguchi 9621
Yamanashi 5221
Total486277140302559

References

  1. "統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.