1965 Japanese House of Councillors election information
1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
← 1962
4 July 1965
1968 →
127 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors 126 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Eisaku Satō
Kōzō Sasaki
Takehisa Tsuji
Party
Liberal Democratic
Socialist
Kōmeitō
Seats after
140
73
20
Seat change
2
6
5
Popular vote
17,583,490
8,729,655
5,097,682
Percentage
47.2%
23.4%
13.7%
Swing
0.8%
0.8%
2.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Suehiro Nishio
Kenji Miyamoto
Party
Democratic Socialist
Communist
Seats after
7
4
Seat change
4
Popular vote
2,214,375
1,652,364
Percentage
5.9%
4.4%
Swing
0.6%
1.3%
President of the House of Councillors before election
Yōtoku Shigemasa
Liberal Democratic
President of the House of Councillors-designate
Kenzō Kōno
Liberal Democratic
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.
^Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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