1960 Japanese general election

1960 Japanese general election
20 November 1960
All 467 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.50% ( 3.48pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hayato Ikeda Saburō Eda
(replacing Inejirō Asanuma †)
Party LDP Socialist
Last election 57.80%, 287 seats 32.94%, 166 seats
Seats won 296 145
Seat change 9 21
Popular vote 22,740,272 10,887,134
Percentage 57.56% 27.56%
Swing 0.24pp 5.88pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Last election Did not exist 2.55%, 1 seat
Seats won 17 3
Seat change New 2
Popular vote 3,464,148 1,156,723
Percentage 8.77% 2.93%
Swing New 0.38pp
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Hayato Ikeda
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Hayato Ikeda
LDP

General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 296 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%, the lowest since the 1947 general elections.

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