1972 Japanese general election

Japanese general election, 1972

10 December 1972
All 491 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 246 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party      JSP    Leader Kakuei Tanaka Narita Tomomi Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Last election 288 seats 90 seats Seats won 271 118 Seat change -17 +28 Popular vote 24,563,199 11,478,742 Percentage 46.9 21.9
Prime Minister before election Tanaka Kakuei Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 71.76%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Liberal Democratic Party	24,563,199	46.9	271	-17
Japan Socialist Party	11,478,742	21.9	118	+28
Japanese Communist Party	5,496,827	10.5	38	+24
Komeitō	4,436,755	8.5	29	-18
Democratic Socialist Party	3,660,953	7.0	19	-12
Other parties	143,019	0.3	2	+2
Independents	2,645,582	5.0	14	-2
Total	52,425,079	100	491	+5
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm

Vote share LDP   46.85% JSP   21.90% JCP   10.49% KP   8.46% DSP   6.98% Independents   5.05% Others   0.27%

Parliament seats LDP   55.19% JSP   24.03% JCP   7.74% KP   5.91% DSP   3.87% Independents   2.85% Others   0.41%