Japanese general election, 1969

27 December 1969

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

	First party	Second party
		JSP
Leader	Eisaku Satō	Tomomi Narita
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election	277 seats	140 seats
Seats won	288	90
Seat change	+11	-50
Popular vote	22,381,570	10,074,101
Percentage	47.6	21.4

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 27 December 1969. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 288 of the 486 seats. ^[1] Voter turnout was 68.51%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Liberal Democratic Party	22,381,570	47.6	288	+11
Japan Socialist Party	10,074,101	21.4	90	-50
Komeitō	5,124,666	10.9	47	+22
Democratic Socialist Party	3,636,591	7.7	31	+1
Japanese Communist Party	3,199,032	6.8	14	+9
Other parties	81,373	0.2	0	0
Independents	2,492,560	5.3	16	+7
Total	47,442,400	100	486	0
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm

Vote share

LDP			47.63%
JSP			21.44%
KP			10.91%
DSP			7.74%
JCP			6.81%
Independents			5.30%
Others			0.17%

Parliament seats

LDP			59.26%
JSP			18.52%
KP			9.67%
DSP			6.38%
JCP			2.88%
Independents			3.29%

References

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

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