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Japan 1967 general election

What was the result of the 1967 general election in Japan?

Liberal Democratic Party won 280 of 486 seats with 49.2% of the vote. 74.0% 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 280 of 486 seats with 49.2% of the vote; 74.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.8 points on 1963.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 280 −14 seats 49.2% −6.8 points
  • Japan Socialist Party 141 −3 seats 28.0% −1.0 points
  • Democratic Socialist Party 30 +7 seats 7.4% 0.0 points
  • Komeito 25 5.4%
  • Japanese Communist Party 5 0 seats 4.8% +0.8 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 1963 general election, party by party.

244 of 486 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 49.2%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 280 of 486 seats. A majority needs 244.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1963. Liberal Democratic Party lost 14 seats.

  3. 74.0%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.8 points on 1963.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party280−1449.2−6.822,613,191
Japan Socialist Party141−328.0−1.012,899,132
Democratic Socialist Party30+77.40.03,404,463
Komeito255.42,472,371
Independents5+45.0+1.62,326,392
Japanese Communist Party504.8+0.82,190,563

± is the change against the Japan 1963 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 22,613,191
  • Japan Socialist Party 12,899,132
  • Democratic Socialist Party 3,404,463
  • Komeito 2,472,371
  • Independents 2,326,392
  • Japanese Communist Party 2,190,563

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?

74.0% of the 62,992,796 registered voters cast a ballot (46,599,456 ballots), up 2.8 points on 1963. 45,996,574 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1958 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party49.2% of votes57.6% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party28.0% of votes29.0% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Party7.4% of votes6.2% of seats
  • Komeito5.4% of votes5.1% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party4.8% of votes1.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 21.2 points of the vote.

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