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Japanese general election, 1958
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
LDP
59.07%
JSP
33.09%
JCP
2.55%
Independents
4.89%
Others
0.40%
Parliament seats
LDP
63.81%
JSP
35.76%
JCP
0.21%
Independents
0.21%
References
^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II , p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8