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Japan 1947 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Japan Socialist Party won 143 of 466 seats with 26.2% of the vote; 68.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.1 points on 1946.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party131−1726.7+1.37,312,524
Japan Socialist Party143+4726.2+8.07,176,882
Democratic Party124+1425.4+5.16,960,270
National Cooperative Party31−147.0+0.71,915,948
Japanese Communist Party4−23.7−0.11,002,883
Other parties (seats only)330

± is the change against the Japan 1946 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party 7,312,524
  • Japan Socialist Party 7,176,882
  • Democratic Party 6,960,270
  • National Cooperative Party 1,915,948
  • Japanese Communist Party 1,002,883
  • Other parties (seats only)

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 we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

68.0% of the 40,907,493 registered voters cast a ballot (27,796,840 ballots), down 4.1 points on 1946. 27,361,607 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Japan Socialist Party26.2% of votes30.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party26.7% of votes28.1% of seats
  • Democratic Party25.4% of votes26.6% of seats
  • National Cooperative Party7.0% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party3.7% of votes0.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

Liberal Party led Japan Socialist Party by 0.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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