Japanese general election, 1972
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All 491 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 246 seats needed for a majority |
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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%.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Liberal Democratic Party | 24,563,199 | 46.9 | 271 | -17 |
Japan Socialist Party | 11,478,742 | 21.9 | 118 | +28 |
Japanese Communist Party | 5,496,827 | 10.5 | 38 | +24 |
Komeitō | 4,436,755 | 8.5 | 29 | -18 |
Democratic Socialist Party | 3,660,953 | 7.0 | 19 | -12 |
Other parties | 143,019 | 0.3 | 2 | +2 |
Independents | 2,645,582 | 5.0 | 14 | -2 |
Total | 52,425,079 | 100 | 491 | +5 |
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm |