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Japan 1960 general election

What was the result of the 1960 general election in Japan?

Liberal Democratic Party won 300 of 467 seats with 58.1% of the vote. 73.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 300 of 467 seats with 58.1% of the vote; 73.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.5 points on 1958.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 300 +2 seats 58.1% −0.9 points
  • Japan Socialist Party 144 −23 seats 27.4% −5.7 points
  • Democratic Socialist Party 17 8.8%
  • Japanese Communist Party 3 +2 seats 2.9% +0.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Japan 1958 general election, party by party.

234 of 467 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 58.1%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 300 of 467 seats. A majority needs 234.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1958. Japan Socialist Party lost 23 seats.

  3. 73.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.5 points on 1958.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party300+258.1−0.922,950,404
Japan Socialist Party144−2327.4−5.710,839,130
Democratic Socialist Party178.83,464,147
Japanese Communist Party3+22.9+0.41,156,723
Independents2+12.4−2.5956,781
Other parties (seats only)1

± is the change against the Japan 1958 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 22,950,404
  • Japan Socialist Party 10,839,130
  • Democratic Socialist Party 3,464,147
  • Japanese Communist Party 1,156,723
  • Independents 956,781
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

73.5% of the 54,312,993 registered voters cast a ballot (39,920,119 ballots), down 3.5 points on 1958. 39,509,126 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1947 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party58.1% of votes64.2% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party27.4% of votes30.8% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Party8.8% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party2.9% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 30.7 points of the vote.

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