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Japan 1972 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 271 of 491 seats with 46.9% of the vote; 71.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.3 points on 1969.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party271−1746.9−0.824,563,199
Japan Socialist Party118+2821.9+0.511,478,742
Japanese Communist Party38+2410.5+3.75,496,828
Komeito29−188.5−2.54,436,756
Democratic Socialist Party19−127.0−0.83,660,953
Independents14−25.0−0.32,645,582
Other parties (seats only)2

± is the change against the Japan 1969 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 24,563,199
  • Japan Socialist Party 11,478,742
  • Japanese Communist Party 5,496,828
  • Komeito 4,436,756
  • Democratic Socialist Party 3,660,953
  • Independents 2,645,582
  • 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

71.8% of the 73,769,637 registered voters cast a ballot (52,934,894 ballots), up 3.3 points on 1969. 52,425,079 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Liberal Democratic Party46.9% of votes55.2% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party21.9% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party10.5% of votes7.7% of seats
  • Komeito8.5% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Party7.0% of votes3.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 24.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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