1967 Japanese general election

1967 Japanese general election

29 January 1967
All 486 seats in the House of Representatives 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.98% (2.84pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist Leader since 1 December 1964 6 May 1965 1960 Leader's seat Yamaguchi–2nd Miyagi–1st Osaka–2nd Last election 54.67%, 283 seats 29.03%, 144 seats 7.37%, 23 seats Seats won 277 140 30 Seat change 6 4 6 Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464 Percentage 48.80% 27.88% 7.40% Swing 5.87pp 1.15pp 0.03pp   Fourth party Fifth party   CGP Leader Tsuji Takehisa Kenji Miyamoto Party Kōmeitō Communist Leader since 9 December 1964 1 August 1958 Leader's seat Not contesting (Councillor) Did not contest Last election – 4.01%, 5 seats Seats won 25 5 Seat change New Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564 Percentage 5.38% 4.76% Swing New 0.75pp
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 73.99%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	22,447,838	48.80	277	–6
	Japan Socialist Party	12,826,104	27.88	140	–4
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,404,464	7.40	30	+7
	Komeitō	2,472,371	5.38	25	New
	Japanese Communist Party	2,190,564	4.76	5	0
	Other parties	101,244	0.22	0	–
	Independents	2,553,989	5.55	9	–3
Total		45,996,574	100.00	486	+19
Valid votes		45,996,574	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		602,882	1.29
Total votes		46,599,456	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,992,796	73.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	DSP	Komeitō	JCP	Ind.
Aichi	20	12	5	2	1
Akita	8	5	2	1
Aomori	7	4	3
Chiba	13	10	3
Ehime	9	7		1			1
Fukui	4	3	1
Fukuoka	19	8	6	2	2	1
Fukushima	12	8	3	1
Gifu	9	6	2				1
Gunma	10	7	3
Hiroshima	12	8	3	1
Hokkaido	22	10	10	1	1
Hyōgo	19	8	5	4	2
Ibaraki	12	8	3				1
Ishikawa	6	5					1
Iwate	8	5	3
Kagawa	6	4	2
Kagoshima	11	8	3
Kanagawa	14	4	5	3	2
Kōchi	5	2	2		1
Kumamoto	10	8	2
Kyoto	10	4	2	2	1	1
Mie	9	7	2
Miyagi	9	5	3				1
Miyazaki	6	4	1	1
Nagano	13	8	4			1
Nagasaki	9	6	3
Nara	5	2	2	1
Niigata	15	9	6
Ōita	7	5	2
Okayama	10	5	4		1
Osaka	23	8	4	4	6	1
Saga	5	3	2
Saitama	13	6	5		1		1
Shiga	5	3	2
Shimane	5	4	1
Shizuoka	14	8	4	1			1
Tochigi	10	6	3	1
Tokushima	5	3	1		1
Tokyo	39	16	13	3	6	1
Tottori	4	3	1
Toyama	6	4	2
Wakayama	6	5					1
Yamagata	8	5	3
Yamaguchi	9	6	2	1
Yamanashi	5	2	2				1
Total	486	277	140	30	25	5	9