General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 Voter turnout was 74.0%. It was the first election held following the enactment of the current Constitution of Japan.
Future prime ministers Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō and future Foreign Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsuo Okazaki were first elected in this election.
The second cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was formed following the election.
The Japanese Communist Party's best prefecture performance was 20.07% in Osaka and its worst was 2.63% in Kagoshima. This was the best performance of the JCP until the 1972 election.
Results
By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonDLPDPJSPJCPNCPLFPOthersInd.Aichi191051111Akita853Aomori7331Chiba13112Ehime981Fukui422Fukuoka19923131Fukushima1293Gifu9711Gunma104321Hiroshima12732Hokkaido22112117Hyōgo18103221Ibaraki127212Ishikawa63111Iwate8611Kagawa6132Kagoshima1091Kanagawa1351331Kōchi5221Kumamoto104411Kyoto1033121Mie94113Miyagi9621Miyazaki651Nagano138212Nagasaki9711Nara52111Niigata15813111Ōita7511Okayama105212Osaka191054Saga532Saitama139121Shiga52111Shimane51211Shizuoka14911111Tochigi107111Tokushima532Tokyo271314711Tottori4211Toyama6321Wakayama6312Yamagata8521Yamaguchi9621Yamanashi52111Total4662646948351471712
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