1960 Japanese general election

1960 Japanese general election

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All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.5% (Decrease 3.5%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hayato Ikeda Saburō Eda
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Leader's seat Hiroshima–2nd Not contesting
(Councillor)
Seats won 296 145
Seat change Increase9 Decrease21
Popular vote 22,740,272 10,887,134
Percentage 57.6% 27.6%
Swing Decrease0.2pp Decrease5.4pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist Communist
Leader's seat Osaka–2nd Did not contest
Seats won 17 3
Seat change New Increase2
Popular vote 3,464,148 1,156,723
Percentage 8.8% 2.9%
Swing New Increase0.4pp


Prime Minister before election

Hayato Ikeda
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Hayato Ikeda
Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 296 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%, the lowest since the 1947 general elections.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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