1972 Japanese general election

1972 Japanese general election

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All 491 seats in the House of Representatives
246 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.76% (Increase3.25pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kakuei Tanaka Tomomi Narita Kenji Miyamoto
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Leader since 5 July 1972 30 November 1968 1 August 1958
Leader's seat Niigata–3rd Kagawa–1st Did not contest
Last election 47.63%, 288 seats 21.44%, 90 seats 6.81%, 14 seats
Seats won 271 118 38
Seat change Decrease17 Increase28 Increase24
Popular vote 24,563,199 11,478,742 5,496,827
Percentage 46.85% 21.90% 10.49%
Swing Decrease0.78pp Increase0.46pp Increase3.68pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
CGP
Leader Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kasuga Ikkō
Party Kōmeitō Democratic Socialist
Leader since 13 February 1967 August 1971
Leader's seat Tokyo–10th Aichi–1st
Last election 10.91%, 47 seats 7.74%, 31 seats
Seats won 29 19
Seat change Decrease18 Decrease12
Popular vote 4,436,755 3,660,953
Percentage 8.46% 6.98%
Swing Decrease2.45pp Decrease0.76pp


Prime Minister before election

Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 71.76%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party24,563,19946.85271–17
Japan Socialist Party11,478,74221.90118+28
Japanese Communist Party5,496,82710.4938+24
Kōmeitō4,436,7558.4629–18
Democratic Socialist Party3,660,9536.9819–12
Other parties143,0190.272+2
Independents2,645,5825.0514–2
Total52,425,077100.00491+5
Valid votes52,425,07799.04
Invalid/blank votes510,2340.96
Total votes52,935,311100.00
Registered voters/turnout73,769,63671.76
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

By prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP JCP Kōmeitō DSP Others Ind.
Aichi 20 9 6 1 3 1
Akita 8 5 2 1
Aomori 7 5 1 1
Chiba 13 9 2 1 1
Ehime 9 6 2 1
Fukui 4 3 1
Fukuoka 19 5 4 3 2 3 2
Fukushima 12 10 2
Gifu 9 7 2
Gunma 10 7 3
Hiroshima 12 8 3 1
Hokkaido 22 11 9 1 1
Hyōgo 19 9 4 2 3 1
Ibaraki 12 9 3
Ishikawa 6 5 1
Iwate 8 5 3
Kagawa 6 4 2
Kagoshima 11 6 2 3
Kanagawa 14 5 3 3 2 1
Kōchi 5 3 1 1
Kumamoto 10 6 2 1 1
Kyoto 10 3 2 3 2
Mie 9 6 2 1
Miyagi 9 6 2 1
Miyazaki 6 3 2 1
Nagano 13 7 4 1 1
Nagasaki 9 5 2 1 1
Nara 5 3 1 1
Niigata 15 10 5
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 6 3 1
Okinawa 5 2 1 2
Osaka 23 7 4 6 6
Saga 5 4 1
Saitama 13 8 3 1 1
Shiga 5 4 1
Shimane 5 4 1
Shizuoka 14 8 3 1 1 1
Tochigi 10 6 3 1
Tokushima 5 3 1 1
Tokyo 39 13 7 10 6 1 2
Tottori 4 2 1 1
Toyama 6 2 2 2
Wakayama 6 3 1 1 1
Yamagata 8 5 3
Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1
Yamanashi 5 3 2
Total 491 271 118 38 29 19 2 14

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