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
Turnout68.51% (5.48)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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

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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party22,381,57047.6288+11
Japan Socialist Party10,074,10121.490-50
Komeitō5,124,66610.947+22
Democratic Socialist Party3,636,5917.731+1
Japanese Communist Party3,199,0326.814+9
Other parties81,3730.200
Independents2,492,5605.316+7
Total47,442,4001004860
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
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Hayashi, Yuka (2010-09-09). "Japan's Kingmaker Bids to Seize the Crown". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  3. Desmond, Edward W. (2010-06-16). "Ichiro Ozawa: Reformer at Bay". ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  4. "Hata: Japan's Hope to End Paralysis". Los Angeles Times. 1994-04-23. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  5. "Koizumi Urges Constitutional Revision For Direct Election of Japanese Premier". Wall Street Journal. 2001-04-27. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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