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1967 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1963 Japanese general election	previous_year = 1963	election_date = 29 January 1967	next_election = 1969 Japanese general election	next_year = 1969
seats_for_election	All 486 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	244
turnout	73.98% (2.84pp)
image1
leader1	Eisaku Satō
party1	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election1	54.67%, 283 seats
seats1	277
seat_change1	6
popular_vote1	22,447,838
percentage1	48.80%
swing1	5.87pp
image2
leader2	Kōzō Sasaki
party2	Japan Socialist Party
last_election2	29.03%, 144 seats
seats2	140
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	12,826,104
percentage2	27.88%
swing2	1.15pp
image4
leader4	Suehiro Nishio
party4	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
last_election4	7.37%, 23 seats
seats4	30
seat_change4	6
popular_vote4	3,404,464
percentage4	7.40%
swing4	0.03pp
image5
leader5	Takehisa Tsuji
party5	Kōmeitō (1962–1998)
last_election5	Did not exist
seats5	25
seat_change5	New
popular_vote5	2,472,371
percentage5	5.38%
swing5	New
map_image	1967 Japanese House of Representatives election.svg
map_caption	Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Eisaku Satō	before_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_election	Eisaku Satō	after_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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 , 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

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LDP	JSP	DSP	Komeitō	JCP	Ind.	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};"	Japan Socialist Party}};"	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}};"	Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}};"	Japanese Communist Party}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	20	Akita	8	Aomori	7	Chiba	13	Ehime	9	Fukui	4	Fukuoka	19	Fukushima	12	Gifu	9	Gunma	10	Hiroshima	12	Hokkaido	22	Hyōgo	19	Ibaraki	12	Ishikawa	6	Iwate	8	Kagawa	6	Kagoshima	11	Kanagawa	14	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	23	Saga	5	Saitama	13	Shiga	5	Shimane	5	Shizuoka	14	Tochigi	10	Tokushima	5	Tokyo	39	Tottori	4	Toyama	6	Wakayama	6	Yamagata	8	Yamaguchi	9	Yamanashi	5	Total	486	277	140	30	25	5	9
12	5	2	1
5	2	1
4	3
10	3
7		1			1
3	1
8	6	2	2	1
8	3	1
6	2				1
7	3
8	3	1
10	10	1	1
8	5	4	2
8	3				1
5					1
5	3
4	2
8	3
4	5	3	2
2	2		1
8	2
4	2	2	1	1
7	2
5	3				1
4	1	1
8	4			1
6	3
2	2	1
9	6
5	2
5	4		1
8	4	4	6	1
3	2
6	5		1		1
3	2
4	1
8	4	1			1
6	3	1
3	1		1
16	13	3	6	1
3	1
4	2
5					1
5	3
6	2	1
2	2				1

References

"統計局ホームページ/第27章公務員・選挙".

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