1958 Japanese general election

22 May 1958

All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.98% (Increase1.15pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosaburō Suzuki Sanzō Nosaka
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats won 287[lower-alpha 1] 166 1
Seat change Decrease10 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 22,976,84 13,093,993 1,012,036
Percentage 57.80% 32.94% 2.55%
Swing Decrease5.38pp Increase2.76pp Increase0.57pp


Prime Minister before election

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

Elected Prime Minister

Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 77.0%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,976,84657.80287–10
Japan Socialist Party13,093,99332.94166+6
Japanese Communist Party1,012,0362.551–1
Other parties287,9910.721
Independents2,380,7955.9912+6
Total39,751,661100.004670
Valid votes39,751,66199.27
Invalid/blank votes290,8280.73
Total votes40,042,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout52,013,52976.98
Source: Mackie, Masumi

By prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP JCP Others Ind.
Aichi 19 10 8 1
Akita 8 5 2 1
Aomori 7 4 2 1
Chiba 13 10 3
Ehime 9 8 1
Fukui 4 3 1
Fukuoka 19 12 7
Fukushima 12 7 4 1
Gifu 9 5 4
Gunma 10 7 3
Hiroshima 12 9 2 1
Hokkaido 22 11 11
Hyōgo 18 10 7 1
Ibaraki 12 8 4
Ishikawa 6 5 1
Iwate 8 5 2 1
Kagawa 6 4 2
Kagoshima 11 8 2 1
Kanagawa 13 6 7
Kōchi 5 4 1
Kumamoto 10 7 3
Kyoto 10 6 4
Mie 9 5 4
Miyagi 9 5 4
Miyazaki 6 4 2
Nagano 13 7 5 1
Nagasaki 9 5 3 1
Nara 5 2 1 2
Niigata 15 8 6 1
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 6 4
Osaka 19 11 7 1
Saga 5 3 2
Saitama 13 9 4
Shiga 5 2 3
Shimane 5 3 2
Shizuoka 14 10 4
Tochigi 10 6 4
Tokushima 5 3 2
Tokyo 27 12 15
Tottori 4 3 1
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 4 2
Yamagata 8 6 2
Yamaguchi 9 6 3
Yamanashi 5 4 1
Total 467 287 166 1 1 12

Notes

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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