1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1968 Japanese House of Councillors election
← 1965 7 July 7, 1968 1971 →
126 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Eisaku Sato.jpg Tomomi Narita.png
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 137 65 24
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease8 Increase4
Popular vote 20,120,089 8,542,199 6,656,771
Percentage 46.7% 19.8% 15.5%
Swing Decrease0.5% Decrease3.6% Increase1.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Nishimura Eiichi.png Sanzō Nosaka photographed by Shigeru Tamura.jpg
Leader Eiichi Nishimura Sanzō Nosaka
Party Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats after 10 7
Seat change Increase3 Increase3
Popular vote 2,578,581 2,146,879
Percentage 6.0% 5.0%
Swing Increase0.1% Increase0.6%
before election

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in which its share of the popular vote decreased when compared to the election prior to it.

Results[]

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after		+/–
Liberal Democratic Party20,120,08946.712119,405,54644.86486869137–3
Japan Socialist Party8,542,19919.831212,617,68029.1716372865–8
Komeitō6,656,77115.4592,632,5286.094111324+4
Democratic Socialist Party2,578,5815.9943,010,0896.9633710+3
Japanese Communist Party2,146,8794.9833,577,1798.271347+3
Other parties157,5010.370106,5870.2500000
Independents2,872,2796.6721,910,3714.4232570
Total43,074,299100.005143,259,980100.0075124126250–1
Valid votes43,074,29994.8443,259,98095.24
Invalid/blank votes2,343,3545.162,161,0834.76
Total votes45,417,653100.0045,421,063100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,886,14568.9365,886,14568.94
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet

By constituency[]

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 3 1 1 1
Akita 1 1
Aomori 1 1
Chiba 2 2
Ehime 1 1
Fukui 1 1
Fukuoka 3 2 1
Fukushima 2 2
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 2 2
Hyōgo 3 1 1 1
Ibaraki 2 1 1
Ishikawa 1 1
Iwate 1 1
Kagawa 1 1
Kagoshima 2 2
Kanagawa 2 1 1
Kōchi 1 1
Kumamoto 2 2
Kyoto 2 1 1
Mie 1 1
Miyagi 1 1
Miyazaki 1 1
Nagano 2 1 1
Nagasaki 1 1
Nara 1 1
Niigata 2 1 1
Ōita 1 1
Okayama 2 1 1
Osaka 3 1 1 1
Saga 1 1
Saitama 2 1 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 2
Tochigi 2 2
Tokushima 1 1
Tokyo 4 1 1 1 1
Tottori 1 1
Toyama 1 1
Wakayama 1 1
Yamagata 1 1
Yamaguchi 1 1
Yamanashi 1 1
National 51 21 12 9 4 3 2
Total 127 69 28 13 7 4 5

References[]

  1. ^ a b Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. ^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.
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