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1955 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1953 Japanese general election	previous_year = 1953	election_date = 27 February 1955	next_election = 1958 Japanese general election	next_year = 1958
seats_for_election	All 467 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	234
turnout	75.83% (1.62pp)
image1
leader1	Ichirō Hatoyama
party1	Democratic Party (Japan, 1954)
last_election1	26.71%, 111 seats
seats1	185
seat_change1	74
popular_vote1	13,536,044
percentage1	36.57%
swing1	9.86pp
image2
leader2	Taketora Ogata
party2	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
last_election2	38.95%, 199 seats
seats2	112
seat_change2	87
popular_vote2	9,849,458
percentage2	26.61%
swing2	12.34pp
image4
leader4	Mosaburō Suzuki
party4	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan
last_election4	13.05%, 72 seats
seats4	89
seat_change4	17
popular_vote4	5,683,312
percentage4	15.35%
swing4	2.30pp
image5
leader5	Jōtarō Kawakami
party5	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan
last_election5	13.52%, 66 seats
seats5	67
seat_change5	1
popular_vote5	5,129,594
percentage5	13.86%
swing5	0.34pp
map_image	1955 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg
map_caption	Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Ichirō Hatoyama	before_party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1954)
after_election	Ichirō Hatoyama	after_party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1954)

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. 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

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	DP	LP	LSPJ	RSPJ	LFP	JCP	Others	Ind.	Democratic Party (Japan, 1954)}};"	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}};"	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Labourers and Farmers Party}};"	Japanese Communist Party}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	19	Akita	8	Aomori	7	Chiba	13	Ehime	9	Fukui	4	Fukuoka	19	Fukushima	12	Gifu	9	Gunma	10	Hiroshima	12	Hokkaido	22	Hyōgo	18	Ibaraki	12	Ishikawa	6	Iwate	8	Kagawa	6	Kagoshima	11	Kanagawa	13	Kōchi	5	Kumamoto	10	Kyoto	10	Mie	9	Miyagi	9	Miyazaki	6	Nagano	13	Nagasaki	9	Nara	5	Niigata	15	Ōita	7	Okayama	10	Osaka	19	Saga	5	Saitama	13	Shiga	5	Shimane	5	Shizuoka	14	Tochigi	10	Tokushima	5	Tokyo	27	Tottori	4	Toyama	6	Wakayama	6	Yamagata	8	Yamaguchi	9	Yamanashi	5	Total	467	185	112	89	67	4	2	2	6
6	6	6	1
5		1	2
5	1	1
7	3	2	1
3	3	2	1
1	2		1
4	4	6	5
3	3	1	4			1
4	3	2
6	1	3
5	4	1	2
8	5	6	1	1			1
9	1	3	5
6	3	1	1	1
3	2		1
3	3	1	1
3	1	1	1
5	3	2	1
6	1	3	3
1	2	1	1
3	4	2	1
4	2	3	1
5	2		2
3	2	1	3
1	4	1
5	2	2	3				1
3	3	2	1
1	2	1	1
5	5	4	1
4	1	1	1
4	3	2		1
4	3	4	5		2		1
1	2	2
3	5		4				1
2	1		1			1
2	1	1	1
4	6	3		1
4	3	1	2
3	1	1
14	1	6	6
2	1	1
4		1					1
3	1	2
3	3	2
3	2	2	2
2	1	1					1

Notes

References

Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
[https://www.e-elgar.com/assets/Companion-Pages/Oscarsson-HbkPolitical/caa3f6139f/18-Chapter-18_Appendix.pdf Oscarsson]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=DCboDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 Masumi]

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