Japanese general election, 1958
Japanese general election, 1958
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First party |
Second party |
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| Party |
Liberal Democratic |
Socialist |
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| Seats won |
298 |
167 |
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| Popular vote |
23,840,170 |
13,155,715 |
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| Percentage |
59.0% |
33.1% |
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General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 77.0%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 23,480,170 | 59.1 | 298 | New |
| Japan Socialist Party | 13,155,715 | 33.1 | 167 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 1,012,035 | 2.5 | 1 | -1 |
| Other parties | 159,707 | 0.4 | 0 | -5 |
| Independents | 1,944,038 | 4.9 | 1 | -4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 290,824 | - | - | - |
| Total | 40,042,489 | 100 | 467 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
| Vote share |
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| LDP |
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59.07% |
| JSP |
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33.09% |
| JCP |
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2.55% |
| Independents |
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4.89% |
| Others |
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0.40% |
| Parliament seats |
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| LDP |
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63.81% |
| JSP |
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35.76% |
| JCP |
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0.21% |
| Independents |
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0.21% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
