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
Turnout	71.1% ( 2.4%)
First party Second party   Leader Hayato Ikeda Jōtarō Kawakami Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Last election 296 seats, 58.1% 145 seats, 27.4% Seats won 283 144 Seat change 13 1 Popular vote 22,972,892 11,906,766 Percentage 56.0% 29.0% Swing 2.1% 1.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Suehiro Nishio Sanzō Nosaka Party Democratic Socialist Communist Last election 17 seats, 8.8% 3 seats, 2.9% Seats won 23 5 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 3,023,302 1,646,477 Percentage 7.4% 4.0% Swing 1.4% 1.1%
Prime Minister before election Hayato Ikeda Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Hayato Ikeda Liberal Democratic

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%