1969 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 27 December 1969. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 288 of the 486 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 68.51%.

1969 Japanese general election

27 December 1969
All 486 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.51% (5.48)
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito Leader since 1 December 1964 30 November 1968 13 February 1967 Last election 277 seats, 48.8% 140 seats, 27.9% 25 seats, 5.4% Seats won 288 90 47 Seat change 11 50 22 Popular vote 22,381,570 10,074,101 5,124,666 Percentage 47.6% 21.4% 10.9% Swing 1.2% 6.5% 5.5%   Leader Nishimura Eiichi Sanzō Nosaka Party Democratic Socialist Communist Leader since 1 August 1958 Last election 30 seats, 7.4% 5 seats, 4.8% Seats won 31 14 Seat change 1 9 Popular vote 3,636,591 3,199,032 Percentage 7.7% 6.8% Swing 0.3% 2.0%
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Liberal Democratic Party	22,381,570	47.6	288	+11
Japan Socialist Party	10,074,101	21.4	90	-50
Komeitō	5,124,666	10.9	47	+22
Democratic Socialist Party	3,636,591	7.7	31	+1
Japanese Communist Party	3,199,032	6.8	14	+9
Other parties	81,373	0.2	0	0
Independents	2,492,560	5.3	16	+7
Total	47,442,400	100	486	0
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20150215091026/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm

Vote share LDP   47.63% JSP   21.44% KP   10.91% DSP   7.74% JCP   6.81% Independents   5.30% Others   0.17%

Parliament seats LDP   59.26% JSP   18.52% KP   9.67% DSP   6.38% JCP   2.88% Independents   3.29%

Individual results

Ichiro Ozawa won a seat in the House of Representatives for the first time in this election, becoming the youngest elected legislator in history at that time. He went on to become a powerful political figure in the LDP and other parties.[2][3]

Future prime minister Tsutomu Hata was drafted to run in the election following his father's death, and won a seat for the first time.[4] Future prime minister Junichiro Koizumi also attempted to win his late father's seat in the election, but lost.[5]

References

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3. Desmond, Edward W. (2010-06-16). "Ichiro Ozawa: Reformer at Bay". ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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5. "Koizumi Urges Constitutional Revision For Direct Election of Japanese Premier". Wall Street Journal. 2001-04-27. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-08.