1958 Japanese general election

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%.

1958 Japanese general election

22 May 1958

All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.98% (Increase1.15pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki Sanzō Nosaka
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Leader's seat Yamaguchi–2nd Tokyo–3rd Not contesting
(Councillor)
Seats won 287 166 1
Seat change Decrease10 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 22,976,84 13,093,993 1,012,036
Percentage 57.80% 32.94% 2.55%
Swing Decrease5.38pp Increase2.76pp Increase0.57pp


Prime Minister before election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,976,84657.80287–10
Japan Socialist Party13,093,99332.94166+6
Japanese Communist Party1,012,0362.551–1
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

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

References

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