1955 Japanese general election

1955 Japanese general election

← 1953 27 February 1955 1958 →
All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ichirō Hatoyama Taketora Ogata Mosaburō Suzuki Party Democratic Liberal Leftist Socialist Leader's seat Tokyo–1st Fukuoka–1st Tokyo–3rd Seats won 185 114 89 Seat change New 87 17 Popular vote 13,536,044 9,849,458 5,683,312 Percentage 36.6% 26.8% 15.3% Swing New 12.1pp 2.3pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Sanzō Nosaka Party Rightist Socialist Communist Leader's seat Hyōgo–1st Did not contest Seats won 67 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 5,129,594 733,121 Percentage 13.9% 2.0% Swing 0.4pp 0.1pp
Prime Minister before election Ichirō Hatoyama Japan Democratic Party Prime Minister after election Ichirō Hatoyama Japan Democratic Party

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General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.^[1] Voter turnout was 75.8%.

On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party and the Liberal Party combined as the modern Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan contiuously until 1993. The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and the Leftist Socialist Party of Japan also merged to form the Japan Socialist Party, which was Japan's largest opposition party in the 1955 system.

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	13,536,044	36.57	185	New
	Liberal Party	9,849,458	26.61	112	–87
	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	5,683,312	15.35	89	+17
	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	5,129,594	13.86	67	+1
	Japanese Communist Party	733,121	1.98	2	+1
	Labourers and Farmers Party	357,611	0.97	4	–1
	Other parties	496,614	1.34	2	–
	Independents	1,229,082	3.32	6	–5
Total		37,014,836	100.00	467	+1
Valid votes		37,014,836	99.14
Invalid/blank votes		319,499	0.86
Total votes		37,334,335	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,235,375	75.83
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

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