1960 Japanese general election|
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Turnout | 73.50% ( 3.48pp) |
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First party
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Second party
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Leader
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Hayato Ikeda
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Saburō Eda (replacing Inejirō Asanuma †)
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Party
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LDP
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Socialist
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Last election
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57.80%, 287 seats
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32.94%, 166 seats
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Seats won
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296
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145
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Seat change
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9
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21
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Popular vote
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22,740,272
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10,887,134
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Percentage
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57.56%
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27.56%
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Swing
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0.24pp
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5.88pp
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Third party
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Fourth party
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Leader
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Suehiro Nishio
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Kenji Miyamoto
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Party
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Democratic Socialist
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JCP
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Last election
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Did not exist
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2.55%, 1 seat
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Seats won
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17
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3
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Seat change
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New
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2
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Popular vote
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3,464,148
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1,156,723
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Percentage
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8.77%
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2.93%
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Swing
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New
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0.38pp
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Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength |
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'General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 296 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%, the lowest since the 1947 general elections.[2]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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