1960 Japanese general election

1960 Japanese general election

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All 467 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.50% (Decrease 3.48pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Saburo Eda 1963 Salvaged Crop.jpg
Leader Hayato Ikeda Saburō Eda
(replacing Inejirō Asanuma )
Party LDP Socialist
Last election 57.80%, 287 seats 32.94%, 166 seats
Seats won 296 145
Seat change Increase9 Decrease21
Popular vote 22,740,272 10,887,134
Percentage 57.56% 27.56%
Swing Decrease0.24pp Decrease5.88pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Last election Did not exist 2.55%, 1 seat
Seats won 17 3
Seat change New Increase2
Popular vote 3,464,148 1,156,723
Percentage 8.77% 2.93%
Swing New Increase0.38pp

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Hayato Ikeda
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Hayato Ikeda
LDP

'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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).