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1972 Japanese general election Turnout 71.76% ( 3.25%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Kakuei Tanaka
Tomomi Narita
Kenji Miyamoto
Party
Liberal Democratic
Socialist
Communist
Leader since
5 July 1972
30 November 1968
1 August 1958
Last election
288 seats, 47.6%
90 seats, 21.4%
14 seats, 6.8%
Seats won
271
118
38
Seat change
17
28
24
Popular vote
24,563,199
11,478,742
5,496,827
Percentage
46.9%
21.9%
10.5%
Swing
0.7pp
0.5pp
3.7pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
CGP
Leader
Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party
Kōmeitō
Democratic Socialist
Leader since
13 February 1967
Last election
47 seats, 10.9%
31 seats, 7.7%
Seats won
29
19
Seat change
18
12
Popular vote
4,436,755
3,660,953
Percentage
8.5%
7.0%
Swing
2.4pp
0.7pp
General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party , which won 271 of the 491 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.76%.
Results [ ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Party 24,563,199 46.85 271 –17 Japan Socialist Party 11,478,742 21.90 118 +28 Japanese Communist Party 5,496,827 10.49 38 +24 Kōmeitō 4,436,755 8.46 29 –18 Democratic Socialist Party 3,660,953 6.98 19 –12 Other parties 143,019 0.27 2 +2 Independents 2,645,582 5.05 14 –2 Total 52,425,077 100.00 491 +5 Valid votes 52,425,077 99.04 Invalid/blank votes 510,234 0.96 Total votes 52,935,311 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 73,769,636 71.76 Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan
References [ ]
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