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1949 Japanese general election
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Turnout
| 74.04% (
6.09pp)
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
|
Shigeru Yoshida
|
Takeru Inukai
|
Tetsu Katayama
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Party
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Democratic Liberal
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Democratic
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Socialist
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Last election
|
?
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25.44%, 124 seats
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26.23%, 143 seats
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Seats won
|
264
|
70
|
48
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Seat change
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New
|
54
|
95
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Popular vote
|
13,420,269
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4,798,352
|
4,129,794
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Percentage
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43.87%
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15.68%
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13.50%
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Swing
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New
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9.76pp
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12.73pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
|
Kyuichi Tokuda
|
Takeo Miki
|
Hisao Kuroda
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Party
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Communist
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National Cooperative
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Labourers and Farmers
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Last election
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3.67%, 4 seats
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7.00%, 31 seats
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?
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Seats won
|
35
|
14
|
7
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Seat change
|
31
|
17
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New
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Popular vote
|
2,984,780
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1,041,879
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606,840
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Percentage
|
9.76%
|
3.41%
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1.98%
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Swing
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6.09pp
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3.59pp
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New
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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.
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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 Sat?
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.
Results
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Party
| Votes
| %
| Seats
| +/?
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| Democratic Liberal Party
| 13,420,269
| 43.87
| 264
| New
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| Democratic Party
| 4,798,352
| 15.68
| 69
| ?55
|
| Japan Socialist Party
| 4,129,794
| 13.50
| 48
| ?95
|
| Japanese Communist Party
| 2,984,780
| 9.76
| 35
| +31
|
| National Cooperative Party
| 1,041,879
| 3.41
| 14
| ?17
|
| Labourers and Farmers Party
| 606,840
| 1.98
| 7
| New
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| Other parties
| 1,602,496
| 5.24
| 17
| ?
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| Independents
| 2,008,109
| 6.56
| 12
| 0
|
Total
| 30,592,519
| 100.00
| 466
| ?2
|
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Valid votes
| 30,592,519
| 98.13
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Invalid/blank votes
| 582,438
| 1.87
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Total votes
| 31,174,957
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 42,105,300
| 74.04
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Source:
Oscarsson
, Nohlen
et al.
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By prefecture
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References
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