1967 Japanese general election

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%.

1967 Japanese general election

← 1963 29 January 1967 1969 →

All 486 seats in the House of Representatives
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.98% (Increase2.84pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist
Last election 54.67%, 283 seats 29.03%, 144 seats 7.37%, 23 seats
Seats won 277 140 30
Seat change Decrease6 Decrease4 Increase6
Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464
Percentage 48.80% 27.88% 7.40%
Swing Decrease5.87pp Decrease1.15pp Increase0.03pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Takehisa Tsuji Kenji Miyamoto
Party Kōmeitō Communist
Last election 4.01%, 5 seats
Seats won 25 5
Seat change New Steady
Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564
Percentage 5.38% 4.76%
Swing New Increase0.75pp


Prime Minister before election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Eisaku Satō
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called Black Fog Incidents [ja], such as the resignation of Transport Minister Seijuro Arafune and calls for greater reform in 1966. The results did not radically alter the landscape of Japanese politics, although both the government and opposition were disappointed; the Liberal Democratic Party's vote share fell below 50% for the first time ever, and the Japan Socialist Party also lost seats, with Kōzō Sasaki, who had served as Chairman, resigning a few months after the election. However, more minor opposition parties made gains. This was the first election in which Komeito ran, and won nearly 25 seats, with the DSP also seeing a gain of six seats to hit thirty. The Japanese Communist Party also saw a slight increase in vote count, though did not gain any seats.

Results edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,447,83848.80277–6
Japan Socialist Party12,826,10427.88140–4
Democratic Socialist Party3,404,4647.4030+7
Komeitō2,472,3715.3825New
Japanese Communist Party2,190,5644.7650
Other parties101,2440.220
Independents2,553,9895.559–3
Total45,996,574100.00486+19
Valid votes45,996,57498.71
Invalid/blank votes602,8821.29
Total votes46,599,456100.00
Registered voters/turnout62,992,79673.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

By prefecture edit

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP DSP Komeitō JCP Ind.
Aichi 20 12 5 2 1
Akita 8 5 2 1
Aomori 7 4 3
Chiba 13 10 3
Ehime 9 7 1 1
Fukui 4 3 1
Fukuoka 19 8 6 2 2 1
Fukushima 12 8 3 1
Gifu 9 6 2 1
Gunma 10 7 3
Hiroshima 12 8 3 1
Hokkaido 22 10 10 1 1
Hyōgo 19 8 5 4 2
Ibaraki 12 8 3 1
Ishikawa 6 5 1
Iwate 8 5 3
Kagawa 6 4 2
Kagoshima 11 8 3
Kanagawa 14 4 5 3 2
Kōchi 5 2 2 1
Kumamoto 10 8 2
Kyoto 10 4 2 2 1 1
Mie 9 7 2
Miyagi 9 5 3 1
Miyazaki 6 4 1 1
Nagano 13 8 4 1
Nagasaki 9 6 3
Nara 5 2 2 1
Niigata 15 9 6
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 5 4 1
Osaka 23 8 4 4 6 1
Saga 5 3 2
Saitama 13 6 5 1 1
Shiga 5 3 2
Shimane 5 4 1
Shizuoka 14 8 4 1 1
Tochigi 10 6 3 1
Tokushima 5 3 1 1
Tokyo 39 16 13 3 6 1
Tottori 4 3 1
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 5 1
Yamagata 8 5 3
Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1
Yamanashi 5 2 2 1
Total 486 277 140 30 25 5 9

References edit

  1. ^ "統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.