Japanese House of Councillors election, 1962

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 1 July 1962,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

Results

Party Constituency National Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Liberal Democratic Party17,112,98647.14816,581,63746.42169
Japan Socialist Party11,917,67532.8228,666,91024.21537
Democratic Socialist Party2,649,4227.311,899,7565.334
Komeitō958,1792.624,124,26911.579
Japanese Communist Party1,760,2584.811,123,9473.123
Doshi-kai128,8340.401,660,4664.622
Other parties58,6220.20295,6030.800
Independents1,725,9474.821,404,0483.913
Invalid/blank votes -- ---
Total36,311,9231007635,756,63510051127
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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