1972 Japanese general election

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.[1] Voter turnout was 71.76%.

1972 Japanese general election

10 December 1972

All 491 seats in the House of Representatives
246 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.76% (3.25pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kakuei Tanaka Tomomi Narita Kenji Miyamoto
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Last election 47.63%, 288 seats 21.44%, 90 seats 6.81%, 14 seats
Seats won 271 118 38
Seat change 17 28 24
Popular vote 24,563,199 11,478,742 5,496,827
Percentage 46.85% 21.90% 10.49%
Swing 0.78pp 0.46pp 3.68pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
CGP
Leader Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kasuga Ikkō
Party Kōmeitō Democratic Socialist
Last election 10.91%, 47 seats 7.74%, 31 seats
Seats won 29 19
Seat change 18 12
Popular vote 4,436,755 3,660,953
Percentage 8.46% 6.98%
Swing 2.45pp 0.76pp


Prime Minister before election

Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic

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

References

  1. "統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
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