1963 Japanese general election

Japanese general election, 1963

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 LDP 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 Hayato Ikeda LDP Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda LDP

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. Voter turnout was 71.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Liberal Democratic Party	22,972,892	56.0	283	-13
Japan Socialist Party	11,906,766	29.0	144	-1
Democratic Socialist Party	3,023,302	7.4	23	+6
Japanese Communist Party	1,646,477	4.0	5	+2
Other parties	59,765	0.1	0	-1
Independents	1,407,339	3.4	12	+7
Invalid/blank votes	442,405	-	-	-
Total	41,458,946	100	467	0
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%