All 467 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
71.1% ( 2.4%)
First party
Second party
Leader
Hayato Ikeda
Jōtarō Kawakami
Party
Liberal Democratic
Socialist
Leader's seat
Hiroshima–2nd
Hyōgo–1st
Last election
57.6%, 296 seats
27.6%, 145 seats
Seats won
283
144
Seat change
13
1
Popular vote
22,423,915
11,906,766
Percentage
54.7%
29.0%
Swing
2.9pp
1.5pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Suehiro Nishio
Kenji Miyamoto
Party
Democratic Socialist
Communist
Leader's seat
Osaka–2nd
Did not contest
Last election
8.8%, 17 seats
2.9%, 3 seats
Seats won
23
5
Seat change
6
2
Popular vote
3,023,302
1,646,477
Percentage
7.4%
4.0%
Swing
1.4pp
1.1pp
Prime Minister before election
Hayato Ikeda
Liberal Democratic
Prime Minister after election
Hayato Ikeda
Liberal Democratic
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General elections were held in Japan on 21 November 1963. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which won 283 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.1%.
Most commentators believed that the election results would not radically alter the Japanese political landscape, and this was confirmed in the results, which did not see any party win or lose a large amount of seats. Although the LDP lost 13 seats, 12 LDP-aligned independents were also elected. The highest gain in seats came from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), which tactically fielded far fewer candidates than the previous elections and concentrated on fewer districts, gaining six seats, which was more than any of the other opposition parties gained. The elections also saw the defeat of two former prime ministers; Tetsu Katayama of the DSP (formerly of the JSP) and Tanzan Ishibashi of the LDP.[2]
^"統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
^Baerwald, Hans H. (1964-01-01). "Japan at Election Time". Asian Survey. 4 (1): 646–655. doi:10.2307/3023540. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 3023540.
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