Japanese general election, 1967

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General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 280 of the 486 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 74.0%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party 22,613,191 49.2 280 -14
Japan Socialist Party 12,899,132 28.0 141 -3
Democratic Socialist Party 3,404,463 7.4 30 +7
Komeitō 2,472,371 5.4 25 New
Japanese Communist Party 2,190,563 4.8 5 0
Other parties 90,462 0.2 0 0
Independents 2,326,392 5.0 5 +4
Invalid/blank votes 602,882 - - -
Total 46,599,456 100 486 +19
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p382 ISBN 0199249598