Japanese general election, 1949

Japanese general election, 1949
Japan
23 January 1949
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General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 74.0%. It was the first election held following the enactment of the current Constitution of Japan.

Future prime ministers Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Sato and future Foreign Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsuo Okazaki were first elected in this election.

The second cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was formed following the election.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Party13,583,28944.4269New
Democratic Party4,828,18915.870-62
Japan Socialist Party4,129,79413.548-96
Japanese Communist Party2,984,7809.835+31
National Cooperative Party1,041,8793.414-17
Other parties2,125,5916.922+14
Independents1,898,9976.28-10
Invalid/blank votes582,438---
Total31,174,9571004660
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
LP
 
44.40%
DP
 
15.78%
JSP
 
13.50%
JCP
 
9.76%
NCP
 
3.41%
Independents
 
6.21%
Others
 
6.95%
Parliament seats
LP
 
57.73%
DP
 
15.02%
JSP
 
10.30%
JCP
 
7.51%
NCP
 
3.00%
Independents
 
1.72%
Others
 
4.72%

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8