General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 73.99%.
Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called , such as the resignation of Transport Minister Seijuro Arafune and calls for greater reform in 1966. The results did not radically alter the landscape of Japanese politics, although both the government and opposition were disappointed; the Liberal Democratic Party's vote share fell below 50% for the first time ever, and the Japan Socialist Party also lost seats, with Kōzō Sasaki, who had served as Chairman, resigning a few months after the election. However, more minor opposition parties made gains. This was the first election in which Komeito ran, and won nearly 25 seats, with the DSP also seeing a gain of six seats to hit thirty. The Japanese Communist Party also saw a slight increase in vote count, though did not gain any seats.
Results
By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPDSPKomeitōJCPInd.Aichi2012521Akita8521Aomori743Chiba13103Ehime9711Fukui431Fukuoka1986221Fukushima12831Gifu9621Gunma1073Hiroshima12831Hokkaido22101011Hyōgo198542Ibaraki12831Ishikawa651Iwate853Kagawa642Kagoshima1183Kanagawa144532Kōchi5221Kumamoto1082Kyoto1042211Mie972Miyagi9531Miyazaki6411Nagano13841Nagasaki963Nara5221Niigata1596Ōita752Okayama10541Osaka2384461Saga532Saitama136511Shiga532Shimane541Shizuoka148411Tochigi10631Tokushima5311Tokyo391613361Tottori431Toyama642Wakayama651Yamagata853Yamaguchi9621Yamanashi5221Total486277140302559
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