1972 Japanese general election

1972 Japanese general election

← 1969 10 December 1972 1976 →
All 491 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 246 seats needed for a majority
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
Prime Minister before election Kakuei Tanaka Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Kakuei Tanaka Liberal Democratic

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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

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