General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 Voter turnout was 76%.
On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party and the Liberal Party combined as the modern Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan continuously until 1993. The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and the Leftist Socialist Party of Japan also merged to form the Japan Socialist Party, which was Japan's largest opposition party in the 1955 system.
Results
By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonDPLPLSPJRSPJLFPJCPOthersInd.Aichi196661Akita8512Aomori7511Chiba137321Ehime93321Fukui4121Fukuoka194465Fukushima1233141Gifu9432Gunma10613Hiroshima125412Hokkaido22856111Hyōgo189135Ibaraki1263111Ishikawa6321Iwate83311Kagawa63111Kagoshima115321Kanagawa136133Kōchi51211Kumamoto103421Kyoto104231Mie9522Miyagi93213Miyazaki6141Nagano1352231Nagasaki93321Nara51211Niigata155541Ōita74111Okayama104321Osaka19434521Saga5122Saitama133541Shiga52111Shimane52111Shizuoka144631Tochigi104312Tokushima5311Tokyo2714166Tottori4211Toyama6411Wakayama6312Yamagata8332Yamaguchi93222Yamanashi52111Total46718511289674226
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