1967 Japanese general election

1967 Japanese general election

29 January 1967
All 486 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.99% (2.89%)
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 Last election 283 seats, 56.0% 144 seats, 29.0% 23 seats, 7.4% Seats won 277 140 30 Seat change 6 4 6 Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464 Percentage 48.9% 27.9% 7.4% Swing 7.1% 1.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Tsuji Takehisa Sanzō Nosaka Party Komeito Communist Leader since 9 December 1964 1 August 1958 Last election New 5 seats, 4.0% Seats won 25 5 Seat change New Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564 Percentage 5.4% 4.8% Swing N/A 0.8%
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic Prime Minister 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	48.8	277	-6
Japan Socialist Party	12,826,104	27.9	140	-4
Democratic Socialist Party	3,404,464	7.4	30	+7
Komeitō	2,472,371	5.4	25	New
Japanese Communist Party	2,190,564	4.8	5	0
Other parties	101,244	0.2	0	0
Independents	2,553,989	5.6	9	-3
Total	45,996,574	100	486	+19
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vote share LDP   48.80% JSP   27.88% DSP   7.40% KP   5.38% JCP   4.76% Independents   5.55% Others   0.22%

Parliament seats LDP   57.00% JSP   28.81% DSP   6.17% KP   5.14% JCP   1.03% Independents   1.85%