1946 Japanese general election

1946 Japanese general election

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All 468 seats in the House of Representatives
235 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.08%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ichirō Hatoyama Chūji Machida Tetsu Katayama
Party Liberal Progressive Socialist
Seats won 141 94 93
Popular vote 13,505,746 10,350,530 9,924,930
Percentage 24.36% 18.67% 17.90%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Kyuichi Tokuda Sanehiko Yamamoto
Party Communist Cooperative
Seats won 5 14
Popular vote 2,135,757 1,799,764
Percentage 3.85% 3.25%


Prime Minister before election

Kijūrō Shidehara
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

General elections were held in Japan on 10 April 1946, the first after World War II, during the Allied occupation. Voters had one, two or three votes, depending on how many MPs were elected from their constituency. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 141 of the 468 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 72.1 percent.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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