1958 Japanese general election

1958 Japanese general election

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All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
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 (Councilor) Seats won 287 166 1 Seat change 10 6 1 Popular vote 22,976,84 13,093,993 1,012,036 Percentage 57.8% 32.9% 2.5% Swing 5.4pp 2.8pp 0.5pp
Prime Minister before election Nobusuke Kishi Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Nobusuke Kishi Liberal Democratic

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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%.

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	22,976,846	57.80	287	–10
	Japan Socialist Party	13,093,993	32.94	166	+6
	Japanese Communist Party	1,012,036	2.55	1	–1
	Other parties	287,991	0.72	1	–
	Independents	2,380,795	5.99	12	+6
Total		39,751,661	100.00	467	0
Valid votes		39,751,661	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		290,828	0.73
Total votes		40,042,489	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		52,013,529	76.98
Source: Mackie, Masumi

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