1967 Japanese general election explained

Country:Japan
Flag Year:1870
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1963 Japanese general election
Previous Year:1963
Election Date:29 January 1967
Next Election:1969 Japanese general election
Next Year:1969
Seats For Election:All 486 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:244
Turnout:73.98% (2.84pp)
Leader1:Eisaku Satō
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election1:54.67%, 283 seats
Seats1:277
Seat Change1:6
Popular Vote1:22,447,838
Percentage1:48.80%
Swing1:5.87pp
Leader2:Kōzō Sasaki
Party2:Japan Socialist Party
Last Election2:29.03%, 144 seats
Seats2:140
Seat Change2:4
Popular Vote2:12,826,104
Percentage2:27.88%
Swing2:1.15pp
Leader4:Suehiro Nishio
Party4:Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
Last Election4:7.37%, 23 seats
Seats4:30
Seat Change4:6
Popular Vote4:3,404,464
Percentage4:7.40%
Swing4:0.03pp
Leader5:Takehisa Tsuji
Party5:Kōmeitō (1962–1998)
Last Election5:Did not exist
Seats5:25
Seat Change5:New
Popular Vote5:2,472,371
Percentage5:5.38%
Swing5:New
Prime Minister
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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%.

Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called, 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

By prefecture

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LDPJSPDSPKomeitōJCPInd.
Aichi2012521
Akita8521
Aomori743
Chiba13103
Ehime9711
Fukui431
Fukuoka1986221
Fukushima12831
Gifu9621
Gunma1073
Hiroshima12831
Hokkaido22101011
Hyōgo198542
Ibaraki12831
Ishikawa651
Iwate853
Kagawa642
Kagoshima1183
Kanagawa144532
Kōchi5221
Kumamoto1082
Kyoto1042211
Mie972
Miyagi9531
Miyazaki6411
Nagano13841
Nagasaki963
Nara5221
Niigata1596
Ōita752
Okayama10541
Osaka2384461
Saga532
Saitama136511
Shiga532
Shimane541
Shizuoka148411
Tochigi10631
Tokushima5311
Tokyo391613361
Tottori431
Toyama642
Wakayama651
Yamagata853
Yamaguchi9621
Yamanashi5221
Total486277140302559

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙 . 2012-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215091026/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm . 2015-02-15 . dead .