1967 Japanese general election

1967 Japanese general election

← 1963 29 January 1967 1969 →
All 486 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.98% (2.84%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist Leader since 1 December 1964 6 May 1965 1960 Last election 54.7%, 283 seats 29.0%, 144 seats 7.4%, 23 seats Seats won 277 140 30 Seat change 6 4 6 Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464 Percentage 48.8% 27.9% 7.4% Swing 5.9pp 1.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party   CGP Leader Kenji Miyamoto Party Kōmeitō Communist Leader since 9 December 1964 1 August 1958 Last election – 4.0%, 5 seats Seats won 25 5 Seat change New Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564 Percentage 5.4% 4.8% Swing New 0.8pp
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic

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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%.

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	22,447,838	48.80	277	–6
	Japan Socialist Party	12,826,104	27.88	140	–4
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,404,464	7.40	30	+7
	Komeitō	2,472,371	5.38	25	New
	Japanese Communist Party	2,190,564	4.76	5	0
	Other parties	101,244	0.22	0	–
	Independents	2,553,989	5.55	9	–3
Total		45,996,574	100.00	486	+19
Valid votes		45,996,574	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		602,882	1.29
Total votes		46,599,456	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,992,796	73.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

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