1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

1968 Japanese House of Councillors election
7 July 1968
126 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 137 65 24
Seat change 3 8 4
Popular vote 20,120,089 8,542,199 6,656,771
Percentage 46.7% 19.8% 15.5%
Swing 0.5% 3.6% 1.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Eiichi Nishimura Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after 10 7
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 2,578,581 2,146,879
Percentage 6.0% 5.0%
Swing 0.1% 0.6%
President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenzō Kōno
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Ken Yasui
LDP

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in which its share of the popular vote decreased when compared to the election prior to it.

Results

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after		+/–
Liberal Democratic Party20,120,08946.712119,405,54644.86486869137–3
Japan Socialist Party8,542,19919.831212,617,68029.1716372865–8
Komeitō6,656,77115.4592,632,5286.094111324+4
Democratic Socialist Party2,578,5815.9943,010,0896.9633710+3
Japanese Communist Party2,146,8794.9833,577,1798.271347+3
Other parties157,5010.370106,5870.2500000
Independents2,872,2796.6721,910,3714.4232570
Total43,074,299100.005143,259,980100.0075124126250–1
Valid votes43,074,29994.8443,259,98095.24
Invalid/blank votes2,343,3545.162,161,0834.76
Total votes45,417,653100.0045,421,063100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,886,14568.9365,886,14568.94
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet

By constituency

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 3 1 1 1
Akita 1 1
Aomori 1 1
Chiba 2 2
Ehime 1 1
Fukui 1 1
Fukuoka 3 2 1
Fukushima 2 2
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 2 2
Hyōgo 3 1 1 1
Ibaraki 2 1 1
Ishikawa 1 1
Iwate 1 1
Kagawa 1 1
Kagoshima 2 2
Kanagawa 2 1 1
Kōchi 1 1
Kumamoto 2 2
Kyoto 2 1 1
Mie 1 1
Miyagi 1 1
Miyazaki 1 1
Nagano 2 1 1
Nagasaki 1 1
Nara 1 1
Niigata 2 1 1
Ōita 1 1
Okayama 2 1 1
Osaka 3 1 1 1
Saga 1 1
Saitama 2 1 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 2
Tochigi 2 2
Tokushima 1 1
Tokyo 4 1 1 1 1
Tottori 1 1
Toyama 1 1
Wakayama 1 1
Yamagata 1 1
Yamaguchi 1 1
Yamanashi 1 1
National 51 21 12 9 4 3 2
Total 127 69 28 13 7 4 5

References

  1. ^ a b Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. ^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.
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