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Japan 1969 general election

What was the result of the 1969 general election in Japan?

Liberal Democratic Party won 288 of 486 seats with 47.6% of the vote. 68.5% 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 288 of 486 seats with 47.6% of the vote; 68.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.5 points on 1967.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 288 +8 seats 47.6% −1.6 points
  • Japan Socialist Party 90 −51 seats 21.4% −6.6 points
  • Komeito 47 +22 seats 10.9% +5.5 points
  • Democratic Socialist Party 31 +1 seat 7.7% +0.3 points
  • Japanese Communist Party 14 +9 seats 6.8% +2.0 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 1967 general election, party by party.

244 of 486 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.6%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 288 of 486 seats. A majority needs 244.

  2. +22 seats

    Seats gained by Komeito

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1967. Japan Socialist Party lost 51 seats.

  3. 68.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 5.5 points on 1967.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party288+847.6−1.622,381,570
Japan Socialist Party90−5121.4−6.610,074,101
Komeito47+2210.9+5.55,124,666
Democratic Socialist Party31+17.7+0.33,636,591
Japanese Communist Party14+96.8+2.03,199,032
Independents16+115.3+0.32,492,560

± is the change against the Japan 1967 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 22,381,570
  • Japan Socialist Party 10,074,101
  • Komeito 5,124,666
  • Democratic Socialist Party 3,636,591
  • Japanese Communist Party 3,199,032
  • Independents 2,492,560

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?

68.5% of the 69,260,424 registered voters cast a ballot (47,442,400 ballots), down 5.5 points on 1967. 46,989,893 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1947 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party47.6% of votes59.3% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party21.4% of votes18.5% of seats
  • Komeito10.9% of votes9.7% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Party7.7% of votes6.4% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party6.8% of votes2.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 26.2 points of the vote.

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