1958 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 77.0%.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 23,480,170 | 59.1 | 298 | New |
| Japan Socialist Party | 13,155,715 | 33.1 | 167 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 1,012,035 | 2.5 | 1 | –1 |
| Other parties | 159,707 | 0.4 | 0 | –5 |
| Independents | 1,944,038 | 4.9 | 1 | –4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 290,824 | – | – | – |
| Total | 40,042,489 | 100 | 467 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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