Japanese general election, 1960
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General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 73.5%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
| Liberal Democratic Party |
22,950,404 |
58.1 |
300 |
+2 |
| Japan Socialist Party |
10,839,130 |
27.4 |
144 |
-23 |
| Democratic Socialist Party |
3,464,147 |
8.8 |
17 |
New |
| Japanese Communist Party |
1,156,723 |
2.9 |
3 |
+2 |
| Other parties |
141,941 |
0.4 |
1 |
+1 |
| Independents |
956,781 |
2.4 |
2 |
+1 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
410,993 |
- |
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- |
| Total |
39,920,119 |
100 |
467 |
0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
| Vote share |
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| LDP |
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58.09% |
| JSP |
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27.43% |
| DSP |
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8.77% |
| JCP |
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2.93% |
| Independents |
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2.42% |
| Others |
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0.36% |
| Parliament seats |
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| LDP |
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64.24% |
| JSP |
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30.84% |
| DSP |
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3.64% |
| JCP |
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0.64% |
| Independents |
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0.43% |
| Others |
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0.21% |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
