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1968 Japanese House of Councillors election
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Eisaku Sat?
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Tomomi Narita
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Yoshikatsu Takeiri
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Party
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Liberal Democratic
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Socialist
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K?meit?
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Seats after
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137
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65
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24
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Seat change
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3
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8
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4
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Popular vote
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20,120,089
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8,542,199
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6,656,771
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Percentage
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46.7%
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19.8%
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15.5%
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Swing
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0.5%
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3.6%
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1.8%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Leader
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Eiichi Nishimura
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Kenji Miyamoto
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Party
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Democratic Socialist
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Communist
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Seats after
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10
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7
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Seat change
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3
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3
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Popular vote
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2,578,581
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2,146,879
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Percentage
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6.0%
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5.0%
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Swing
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0.1%
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0.6%
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House of Councillors
elections
were held in
Japan
on 7 July 1968,
[1]
electing half the seats in the House. The
Liberal Democratic Party
won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in which its share of the popular vote decreased when compared to
the election prior to it
.
Results
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Party
| National
| Constituency
| Seats
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Votes
| %
| Seats
| Votes
| %
| Seats
| Not up
| Won
| Total
after
| +/?
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| Liberal Democratic Party
| 20,120,089
| 46.71
| 21
| 19,405,546
| 44.86
| 48
| 68
| 69
| 137
| ?3
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| Japan Socialist Party
| 8,542,199
| 19.83
| 12
| 12,617,680
| 29.17
| 16
| 37
| 28
| 65
| ?8
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| Komeit?
| 6,656,771
| 15.45
| 9
| 2,632,528
| 6.09
| 4
| 11
| 13
| 24
| +4
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| Democratic Socialist Party
| 2,578,581
| 5.99
| 4
| 3,010,089
| 6.96
| 3
| 3
| 7
| 10
| +3
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| Japanese Communist Party
| 2,146,879
| 4.98
| 3
| 3,577,179
| 8.27
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 7
| +3
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| Other parties
| 157,501
| 0.37
| 0
| 106,587
| 0.25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Independents
| 2,872,279
| 6.67
| 2
| 1,910,371
| 4.42
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 0
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Total
| 43,074,299
| 100.00
| 51
| 43,259,980
| 100.00
| 75
| 124
| 126
| 250
| ?1
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Valid votes
| 43,074,299
| 94.84
| | 43,259,980
| 95.24
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Invalid/blank votes
| 2,343,354
| 5.16
| | 2,161,083
| 4.76
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Total votes
| 45,417,653
| 100.00
| | 45,421,063
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 65,886,145
| 68.93
| | 65,886,145
| 68.94
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Source:
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
,
[1]
[2]
National Diet
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By constituency
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References
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