1967 Japanese general election

1967 Japanese general election

29 January 1967
All 486 seats in the House of Representatives 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.98% (2.84pp)
First party Second party   Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Party LDP Socialist Last election 54.67%, 283 seats 29.03%, 144 seats Seats won 277 140 Seat change 6 4 Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 Percentage 48.80% 27.88% Swing 5.87pp 1.15pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Suehiro Nishio Takehisa Tsuji Party Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō Last election 7.37%, 23 seats Did not exist Seats won 30 25 Seat change 6 New Popular vote 3,404,464 2,472,371 Percentage 7.40% 5.38% Swing 0.03pp New
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō LDP Elected Prime Minister Eisaku Satō LDP

General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 73.99%.

Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called Black Fog Incidents, such as the resignation of Transport Minister Seijuro Arafune and calls for greater reform in 1966. The results did not radically alter the landscape of Japanese politics, although both the government and opposition were disappointed; the Liberal Democratic Party's vote share fell below 50% for the first time ever, and the Japan Socialist Party also lost seats, with Kōzō Sasaki, who had served as Chairman, resigning a few months after the election. However, more minor opposition parties made gains. This was the first election in which Komeito ran, and won nearly 25 seats, with the DSP also seeing a gain of six seats to hit thirty. The Japanese Communist Party also saw a slight increase in vote count, though did not gain any seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	22,447,838	48.80	277	–6
	Japan Socialist Party	12,826,104	27.88	140	–4
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,404,464	7.40	30	+7
	Komeitō	2,472,371	5.38	25	New
	Japanese Communist Party	2,190,564	4.76	5	0
	Other parties	101,244	0.22	0	–
	Independents	2,553,989	5.55	9	–3
Total		45,996,574	100.00	486	+19
Valid votes		45,996,574	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		602,882	1.29
Total votes		46,599,456	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,992,796	73.98
Source: Nohlen et al.

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	DSP	Komeitō	JCP	Ind.
Aichi	20	12	5	2	1
Akita	8	5	2	1
Aomori	7	4	3
Chiba	13	10	3
Ehime	9	7		1			1
Fukui	4	3	1
Fukuoka	19	8	6	2	2	1
Fukushima	12	8	3	1
Gifu	9	6	2				1
Gunma	10	7	3
Hiroshima	12	8	3	1
Hokkaido	22	10	10	1	1
Hyōgo	19	8	5	4	2
Ibaraki	12	8	3				1
Ishikawa	6	5					1
Iwate	8	5	3
Kagawa	6	4	2
Kagoshima	11	8	3
Kanagawa	14	4	5	3	2
Kōchi	5	2	2		1
Kumamoto	10	8	2
Kyoto	10	4	2	2	1	1
Mie	9	7	2
Miyagi	9	5	3				1
Miyazaki	6	4	1	1
Nagano	13	8	4			1
Nagasaki	9	6	3
Nara	5	2	2	1
Niigata	15	9	6
Ōita	7	5	2
Okayama	10	5	4		1
Osaka	23	8	4	4	6	1
Saga	5	3	2
Saitama	13	6	5		1		1
Shiga	5	3	2
Shimane	5	4	1
Shizuoka	14	8	4	1			1
Tochigi	10	6	3	1
Tokushima	5	3	1		1
Tokyo	39	16	13	3	6	1
Tottori	4	3	1
Toyama	6	4	2
Wakayama	6	5					1
Yamagata	8	5	3
Yamaguchi	9	6	2	1
Yamanashi	5	2	2				1
Total	486	277	140	30	25	5	9