1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

1968 Japanese House of Councillors election
126 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors; 126 seats needed for a majority
President of the House of Councillors before election; Kenzō Kōno; LDP	President of the House of Councillors-designate ; Ken Yasui; LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968,^[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in which its share of the popular vote decreased when compared to the election prior to it.

Results



Party		National			Constituency			Seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	20,120,089	46.71	21	19,405,546	44.86	48	68	69	137	–3
	Japan Socialist Party	8,542,199	19.83	12	12,617,680	29.17	16	37	28	65	–8
	Komeitō	6,656,771	15.45	9	2,632,528	6.09	4	11	13	24	+4
	Democratic Socialist Party	2,578,581	5.99	4	3,010,089	6.96	3	3	7	10	+3
	Japanese Communist Party	2,146,879	4.98	3	3,577,179	8.27	1	3	4	7	+3
	Other parties	157,501	0.37	0	106,587	0.25	0	0	0	0	0
	Independents	2,872,279	6.67	2	1,910,371	4.42	3	2	5	7	0
Total		43,074,299	100.00	51	43,259,980	100.00	75	124	126	250	–1

Valid votes		43,074,299	94.84		43,259,980	95.24
Invalid/blank votes		2,343,354	5.16		2,161,083	4.76
Total votes		45,417,653	100.00		45,421,063	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		65,886,145	68.93		65,886,145	68.94
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,^[1]^[2] National Diet

By constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	Kōmeitō	DSP	JCP	Ind.

Aichi	3	1	1	1
Akita	1	1
Aomori	1						1
Chiba	2	2
Ehime	1	1
Fukui	1	1
Fukuoka	3	2	1
Fukushima	2	2
Gifu	1	1
Gunma	2	2
Hiroshima	2	1	1
Hokkaido	4	2	2
Hyōgo	3		1	1	1
Ibaraki	2	1	1
Ishikawa	1						1
Iwate	1	1
Kagawa	1	1
Kagoshima	2	2
Kanagawa	2	1	1
Kōchi	1	1
Kumamoto	2	2
Kyoto	2	1				1
Mie	1	1
Miyagi	1	1
Miyazaki	1	1
Nagano	2	1	1
Nagasaki	1	1
Nara	1	1
Niigata	2		1				1
Ōita	1	1
Okayama	2	1	1
Osaka	3	1		1	1
Saga	1	1
Saitama	2	1	1
Shiga	1		1
Shimane	1	1
Shizuoka	2	2
Tochigi	2	2
Tokushima	1	1
Tokyo	4	1	1	1	1
Tottori	1		1
Toyama	1		1
Wakayama	1	1
Yamagata	1	1
Yamaguchi	1	1
Yamanashi	1	1
National	51	21	12	9	4	3	2
Total	127	69	28	13	7	4	5

References

^ ^a ^b Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.

[:0-1] Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

[2] "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.

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