Japanese general election, 1963

Japanese general election, 1963
Japan
21 November 1963

All 467 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hayato Ikeda Jotaro Kawakami
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Last election 296 seats 145 seats
Seats won 283 144
Seat change -13 -1
Popular vote 22,972,892 11,906,766
Percentage 56.0 29.0

Prime Minister before election

Tanaka Kakuei
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister

Tanaka Kakuei
Liberal Democratic

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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 % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party22,972,89256.0283-13
Japan Socialist Party11,906,76629.0144-1
Democratic Socialist Party3,023,3027.423+6
Japanese Communist Party1,646,4774.05+2
Other parties59,7650.10-1
Independents1,407,3393.412+7
Invalid/blank votes442,405---
Total41,458,9461004670
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm
Vote share
LDP
 
56.01%
JSP
 
29.03%
DSP
 
7.37%
JCP
 
4.01%
Independents
 
3.43%
Others
 
0.15%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
60.60%
JSP
 
30.84%
DSP
 
4.93%
JCP
 
1.07%
Independents
 
2.57%

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