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Japan 1949 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Party won 264 of 466 seats with 43.9% of the vote; 74.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.1 points on 1947.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party264+13343.9+17.213,420,269
Democratic Party69−5515.7−9.74,798,352
Japan Socialist Party48−9513.5−12.74,129,794
Japanese Communist Party35+319.8+6.12,984,780
National Cooperative Party14−173.4−3.61,041,879
Labourers and Farmers Party72.0606,840
Social Reform Party51.3387,214
Other parties (seats only)24−9

± is the change against the Japan 1947 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party 13,420,269
  • Democratic Party 4,798,352
  • Japan Socialist Party 4,129,794
  • Japanese Communist Party 2,984,780
  • National Cooperative Party 1,041,879
  • Labourers and Farmers Party 606,840
  • Social Reform Party 387,214
  • 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

74.0% of the 42,105,300 registered voters cast a ballot (31,174,957 ballots), up 6.1 points on 1947. 30,592,519 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Liberal Party43.9% of votes56.7% of seats
  • Democratic Party15.7% of votes14.8% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party13.5% of votes10.3% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party9.8% of votes7.5% of seats
  • National Cooperative Party3.4% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Labourers and Farmers Party2.0% of votes1.5% of seats
  • Social Reform Party1.3% of votes1.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

Liberal Party led Democratic Party by 28.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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