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General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 73.5%.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 22,950,404 | 58.1 | 300 | +2 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 10,839,130 | 27.4 | 144 | -23 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,464,147 | 8.8 | 17 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 1,156,723 | 2.9 | 3 | +2 |
| Other parties | 141,941 | 0.4 | 1 | +1 |
| Independents | 956,781 | 2.4 | 2 | +1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 410,993 | - | - | - |
| Total | 39,920,119 | 100 | 467 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
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