1965 Japanese House of Councillors election

1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
4 July 1965
127 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Takehisa Tsuji
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 140 73 20
Seat change 2 6 5
Popular vote 17,583,490 8,729,655 5,097,682
Percentage 47.2% 23.4% 13.7%
Swing 0.8% 0.8% 2.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after 7 4
Seat change 4
Popular vote 2,214,375 1,652,364
Percentage 5.9% 4.4%
Swing 0.6% 1.3%
Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.
President of the House of Councillors before election

Yōtoku Shigemasa
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Kenzō Kōno
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

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