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1949 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1947 Japanese general election
previous_year	1947
election_date	23 January 1949
next_election	1952 Japanese general election
next_year	1952
seats_for_election	All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	234
turnout	74.04% (6.09pp)
image1
leader1	Shigeru Yoshida
party1	Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)
last_election1	–
seats1	264
seat_change1	New
popular_vote1	13,420,269
percentage1	43.87%
swing1	New
image2
leader2	Takeru Inukai
party2	Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)
last_election2	25.44%, 124 seats
seats2	70
seat_change2	54
popular_vote2	4,798,352
percentage2	15.68%
swing2	9.76pp
image3
leader3	Tetsu Katayama
party3	Japan Socialist Party
last_election3	26.23%, 143 seats
seats3	48
seat_change3	95
popular_vote3	4,129,794
percentage3	13.50%
swing3	12.73pp
image4
leader4	Kyuichi Tokuda
party4	Japanese Communist Party
last_election4	3.67%, 4 seats
seats4	35
seat_change4	31
popular_vote4	2,984,780
percentage4	9.76%
swing4	6.09pp
image5
leader5	Takeo Miki
party5	National Cooperative Party
last_election5	7.00%, 31 seats
seats5	14
seat_change5	17
popular_vote5	1,041,879
percentage5	3.41%
swing5	3.59pp
image6
leader6
party6	Labourers and Farmers Party
last_election6	–
seats6	7
seat_change6	New
popular_vote6	606,840
percentage6	1.98%
swing6	New
map	[[File:1949 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg	400px]]
map_caption	Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Shigeru Yoshida	before_party = Democratic Liberal
after_election	Shigeru Yoshida	after_party = Democratic Liberal

General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.0%. It was the first election held following the enactment of the current Constitution of Japan.

Future prime ministers Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō and future Foreign Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsuo Okazaki were first elected in this election.

The second cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was formed following the election.

The Japanese Communist Party's best prefecture performance was 20.07% in Osaka and its worst was 2.63% in Kagoshima. This was the best performance of the JCP until the 1972 election.

Results

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	DLP	DP	JSP	JCP	NCP	LFP	Others	Ind.	Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}};"	Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};"	Japan Socialist Party}};"	Japanese Communist Party}};"	National Cooperative Party}};"	Labourers and Farmers Party}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	19	Akita	8	Aomori	7	Chiba	13	Ehime	9	Fukui	4	Fukuoka	19	Fukushima	12	Gifu	9	Gunma	10	Hiroshima	12	Hokkaido	22	Hyōgo	18	Ibaraki	12	Ishikawa	6	Iwate	8	Kagawa	6	Kagoshima	10	Kanagawa	13	Kōchi	5	Kumamoto	10	Kyoto	10	Mie	9	Miyagi	9	Miyazaki	6	Nagano	13	Nagasaki	9	Nara	5	Niigata	15	Ōita	7	Okayama	10	Osaka	19	Saga	5	Saitama	13	Shiga	5	Shimane	5	Shizuoka	14	Tochigi	10	Tokushima	5	Tokyo	27	Tottori	4	Toyama	6	Wakayama	6	Yamagata	8	Yamaguchi	9	Yamanashi	5	Total	466	264	69	48	35	14	7	17	12
10	5	1	1	1		1
5	3
3	3			1
11	2
8	1
2	2
9	2	3	1			3	1
9		3
7	1	1
4	3	2					1
7		3		2
11	2		1		1	7
10	3	2	2	1
7	2		1		2
3	1	1	1
6	1	1
1	3	2
9	1
5	1	3	3				1
2	2					1
4	4	1				1
3	3	1	2			1
4	1	1					3
6	2	1
5	1
8	2		1	2
7	1						1
2	1		1				1
8	1	3	1		1	1
5	1						1
5	2		1		2
10		5	4
3	2
9		1	2				1
2		1	1	1
1	2	1	1
9	1	1	1	1			1
7	1	1		1
3				2
13	1	4	7	1	1
2		1	1
3	2			1
3		1				2
5	2	1
6		2	1
2	1		1				1

References

Works cited

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[https://www.e-elgar.com/assets/Companion-Pages/Oscarsson-HbkPolitical/caa3f6139f/18-Chapter-18_Appendix.pdf Oscarsson]

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