1967 Japanese general election

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%.

1967 Japanese general election

29 January 1967

All 486 seats in the House of Representatives
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.98% (Increase2.84pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist
Last election 54.67%, 283 seats 29.03%, 144 seats 7.37%, 23 seats
Seats won 277 140 30
Seat change Decrease6 Decrease4 Increase6
Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464
Percentage 48.80% 27.88% 7.40%
Swing Decrease5.87pp Decrease1.15pp Increase0.03pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
CGP
Leader Takehisa Tsuji Kenji Miyamoto
Party Kōmeitō Communist
Last election 4.01%, 5 seats
Seats won 25 5
Seat change New Steady
Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564
Percentage 5.38% 4.76%
Swing New Increase0.75pp


Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,447,83848.80277–6
Japan Socialist Party12,826,10427.88140–4
Democratic Socialist Party3,404,4647.4030+7
Komeitō2,472,3715.3825New
Japanese Communist Party2,190,5644.7650
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

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP DSP Komeitō JCP Ind.
Aichi 20 12 5 2 1
Akita 8 5 2 1
Aomori 7 4 3
Chiba 13 10 3
Ehime 9 7 1 1
Fukui 4 3 1
Fukuoka 19 8 6 2 2 1
Fukushima 12 8 3 1
Gifu 9 6 2 1
Gunma 10 7 3
Hiroshima 12 8 3 1
Hokkaido 22 10 10 1 1
Hyōgo 19 8 5 4 2
Ibaraki 12 8 3 1
Ishikawa 6 5 1
Iwate 8 5 3
Kagawa 6 4 2
Kagoshima 11 8 3
Kanagawa 14 4 5 3 2
Kōchi 5 2 2 1
Kumamoto 10 8 2
Kyoto 10 4 2 2 1 1
Mie 9 7 2
Miyagi 9 5 3 1
Miyazaki 6 4 1 1
Nagano 13 8 4 1
Nagasaki 9 6 3
Nara 5 2 2 1
Niigata 15 9 6
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 5 4 1
Osaka 23 8 4 4 6 1
Saga 5 3 2
Saitama 13 6 5 1 1
Shiga 5 3 2
Shimane 5 4 1
Shizuoka 14 8 4 1 1
Tochigi 10 6 3 1
Tokushima 5 3 1 1
Tokyo 39 16 13 3 6 1
Tottori 4 3 1
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 5 1
Yamagata 8 5 3
Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1
Yamanashi 5 2 2 1
Total 486 277 140 30 25 5 9

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.
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