1960 Japanese general election

Japanese general election, 1960

20 November 1960
All 467 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.5% ( 3.5%)
First party Second party   Leader Hayato Ikeda Jōtarō Kawakami Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Seats won 300 144 Seat change 2 23 Popular vote 22,950,404 10,839,130 Percentage 58.1% 27.4% Swing 0.9% 5.7%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Suehiro Nishio Sanzō Nosaka Party Democratic Socialist Communist Seats won 17 3 Seat change New 2 Popular vote 3,464,147 1,156,723 Percentage 8.8% 2.9% Swing New 0.5%
Prime Minister before election Hayato Ikeda Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Hayato Ikeda Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Democratic Party	22,950,404	58.1	300	+2
Japan Socialist Party	10,839,130	27.4	144	–23
Democratic Socialist Party	3,464,147	8.8	17	New
Japanese Communist Party	1,156,723	2.9	3	+2
Other parties	141,941	0.4	1	+1
Independents	956,781	2.4	2	+1
Invalid/blank votes	410,993	–	–	–
Total	39,920,119	100	467	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vote share LDP   58.09% JSP   27.43% DSP   8.77% JCP   2.93% Independents   2.42% Others   0.36%

Parliament seats LDP   64.24% JSP   30.84% DSP   3.64% JCP   0.64% Independents   0.43% Others   0.21%