Japanese general election, 1967

29 January 1967

All 486 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 244 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Eisaku Satō	Kōzō Sasaki
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election	283 seats	144 seats
Seats won	277	140
Seat change	-6	-4
Popular vote	22,447,838	12,826,104
Percentage	48.9	27.9

Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister

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	48.8	277	-6
Japan Socialist Party	12,826,104	27.9	140	-4
Democratic Socialist Party	3,404,464	7.4	30	+7
Komeitō	2,472,371	5.4	25	New
Japanese Communist Party	2,190,564	4.8	5	0
Other parties	101,244	0.2	0	0
Independents	2,553,989	5.6	9	-3
Total	45,996,574	100	486	+19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vote share

LDP			48.80%
JSP			27.88%
DSP			7.40%
KP			5.38%
JCP			4.76%
Independents			5.55%
Others			0.22%

Parliament seats

LDP			57.00%
JSP			28.81%
DSP			6.17%
KP			5.14%
JCP			1.03%
Independents			1.85%

References

↑ http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm

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