Japanese general election, 1963
Japanese general election, 1963
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All 467 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Hayato Ikeda |
Jotaro Kawakami |
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| Party |
Liberal Democratic |
Socialist |
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| Last election |
296 seats |
145 seats |
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| Seats won |
283 |
144 |
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| Seat change |
-13 |
-1 |
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| Popular vote |
22,972,892 |
11,906,766 |
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| Percentage |
56.0 |
29.0 |
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General elections were held in Japan on 21 November 1963. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 283 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.1%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 22,972,892 | 56.0 | 283 | -13 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 11,906,766 | 29.0 | 144 | -1 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,023,302 | 7.4 | 23 | +6 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 1,646,477 | 4.0 | 5 | +2 |
| Other parties | 59,765 | 0.1 | 0 | -1 |
| Independents | 1,407,339 | 3.4 | 12 | +7 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 442,405 | - | - | - |
| Total | 41,458,946 | 100 | 467 | 0 |
| Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm |
| Vote share |
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| LDP |
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56.01% |
| JSP |
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29.03% |
| DSP |
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7.37% |
| JCP |
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4.01% |
| Independents |
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3.43% |
| Others |
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0.15% |
| Parliament seats |
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| LDP |
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60.60% |
| JSP |
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30.84% |
| DSP |
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4.93% |
| JCP |
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1.07% |
| Independents |
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2.57% |
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