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1963 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1960 Japanese general election	previous_year = 1960	election_date = 21 November 1963	next_election = 1967 Japanese general election	next_year = 1967
seats_for_election	All 467 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	234
turnout	71.14% ( 2.36pp)
image1
leader1	Hayato Ikeda
party1	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election1	57.56%, 296 seats
seats1	283
seat_change1	13
popular_vote1	22,423,915
percentage1	54.67%
swing1	2.89pp
image2
leader2	Jōtarō Kawakami
party2	Japan Socialist Party
last_election2	27.56%, 145 seats
seats2	144
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	11,906,766
percentage2	29.03%
swing2	1.53pp
image4
leader4	Suehiro Nishio
party4	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
last_election4	8.77%, 17 seats
seats4	23
seat_change4	6
popular_vote4	3,023,302
percentage4	7.37%
swing4	1.40pp
image5
leader5	Kenji Miyamoto
party5	Japanese Communist Party
last_election5	2.93%, 3 seats
seats5	5
seat_change5	2
popular_vote5	1,646,477
percentage5	4.01%
swing5	1.08pp
map_image	1963 Japanese House of Representatives election.svg
map_caption	Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Hayato Ikeda	before_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_election	Hayato Ikeda	after_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

General elections were held in Japan on 21 November 1963. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which won 283 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 71.1%.

Most commentators believed that the election results would not radically alter the Japanese political landscape, and this was confirmed in the results, which did not see any party win or lose a large number of seats. Although the LDP lost 13 seats, 12 LDP-aligned independents were also elected. The highest gain in seats came from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), which tactically fielded far fewer candidates than the previous elections and concentrated on fewer districts, gaining six seats, which was more than any of the other opposition parties gained. The elections also saw the defeat of two former prime ministers: Tetsu Katayama of the DSP (formerly of the JSP) and Tanzan Ishibashi of the LDP.

Results

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LDP	JSP	DSP	JCP	Ind.	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};"	Japan Socialist Party}};"	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}};"	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	283	144	23	5	12
11	6	1	1
4	3	1
3	3			1
10	2	1
5	3	1
3	1
10	7	2
9	3
6	3
7	3
9	2	1
10	9	1		2
8	6	3		1
8	3			1
4	1			1
6	2
4	1			1
6	4			1
7	5	1
4	1
8	2
4	3	2	1
6	2			1
5	3	1
4	2
8	4		1
6	2			1
3	2
9	5			1
5	2
6	4
8	6	3	2
3	2
8	5
3	2
4	1
9	4	1
7	3
4				1
13	12	2
3	1
5	1
4	2
6	2
4	3	2
4	1

References

"統計局ホームページ/第27章公務員・選挙".
Baerwald, Hans H.. (1964-01-01). "Japan at Election Time". Asian Survey.

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