1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1968 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1965 7 July 1968 1971  

126 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Eisaku Sato grayscaled and cropped to aspect ratio 3x4.jpg Tomomi-Narita-1.png Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after1376524
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg8Increase2.svg4
Popular vote20,120,0898,542,1996,656,771
Percentage46.7%19.8%15.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.5%Decrease2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg1.8%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Eiichi-Nishimura-1 (Cropped).png The-Zenei-1962-December-Special-1.png
Leader Eiichi Nishimura Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after107
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote2,578,5812,146,879
Percentage6.0%5.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.1%Increase2.svg0.6%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenzō Kōno
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Ken Yasui
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968, [1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in which its share of the popular vote decreased when compared to the election prior to it.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 20,120,08946.712119,405,54644.86486869137–3
Japan Socialist Party 8,542,19919.831212,617,68029.1716372865–8
Komeitō 6,656,77115.4592,632,5286.094111324+4
Democratic Socialist Party 2,578,5815.9943,010,0896.9633710+3
Japanese Communist Party 2,146,8794.9833,577,1798.271347+3
Other parties157,5010.370106,5870.2500000
Independents2,872,2796.6721,910,3714.4232570
Total43,074,299100.005143,259,980100.0075124126250–1
Valid votes43,074,29994.8443,259,98095.24
Invalid/blank votes2,343,3545.162,161,0834.76
Total votes45,417,653100.0045,421,063100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,886,14568.9365,886,14568.94
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 22
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 321
Fukushima 22
Gifu 11
Gunma 22
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 422
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 22
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 22
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 22
Tochigi 22
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 41111
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5121129432
Total127692813745

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.