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1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
previous_year	1965
next_election	1971 Japanese House of Councillors election
next_year	1971
seats_for_election	126 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
majority_seats	126
image_size	130x130px
election_date	7 July 1968
image1	Eisaku Satō grayscaled and cropped to aspect ratio 3x4.jpg
leader1	Eisaku Satō
party1	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
seats_after1	137
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	20,120,089
percentage1	46.7%
swing1	0.5%
image2	Tomomi-Narita-1.png
leader2	Tomomi Narita
party2	Japan Socialist Party
seats_after2	65
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	8,542,199
percentage2	19.8%
swing2	3.6%
image3	Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png
leader3	Yoshikatsu Takeiri
party3	Kōmeitō (1962–1998)
seats_after3	24
seat_change3	4
popular_vote3	6,656,771
percentage3	15.5%
swing3	1.8%
image4	Eiichi-Nishimura-1 (Cropped).png
leader4	Eiichi Nishimura
party4	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
seats_after4	10
seat_change4	3
popular_vote4	2,578,581
percentage4	6.0%
swing4	0.1%
leader5	Kenji Miyamoto
party5	Japanese Communist Party
seats_after5	7
seat_change5	3
popular_vote5	2,146,879
percentage5	5.0%
swing5	0.6%
map_image	[[File:1968 Japanese House of Councillors election - Map.svg	350px]]
map_caption	Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.
title	President of the House of Councillors
posttitle	President of the House of Councillors-designate
before_election	Kenzō Kōno
before_party	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_election	Ken Yasui
after_party	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968, 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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By constituency

Constituency	Total
seats	Seats won	LDP	JSP	Kōmeitō	DSP	JCP	Ind.	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};"	Japan Socialist Party}};"	Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}};"	Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}};"	Japanese Communist Party}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	3	Akita	1	Aomori	1	Chiba	2	Ehime	1	Fukui	1	Fukuoka	3	Fukushima	2	Gifu	1	Gunma	2	Hiroshima	2	Hokkaido	4	Hyōgo	3	Ibaraki	2	Ishikawa	1	Iwate	1	Kagawa	1	Kagoshima	2	Kanagawa	2	Kōchi	1	Kumamoto	2	Kyoto	2	Mie	1	Miyagi	1	Miyazaki	1	Nagano	2	Nagasaki	1	Nara	1	Niigata	2	Ōita	1	Okayama	2	Osaka	3	Saga	1	Saitama	2	Shiga	1	Shimane	1	Shizuoka	2	Tochigi	2	Tokushima	1	Tokyo	4	Tottori	1	Toyama	1	Wakayama	1	Yamagata	1	Yamaguchi	1	Yamanashi	1	National	51	Total	127	69	28	13	7	4	5
1	1	1
1
					1
2
1
1
2	1
2
1
2
1	1
2	2
	1	1	1
1	1
					1
1
1
2
1	1
1
2
1				1
1
1
1
1	1
1
1
	1				1
1
1	1
1		1	1
1
1	1
	1
1
2
2
1
1	1	1	1
	1
	1
1
1
1
1
21	12	9	4	3	2

References

[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-23 [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]])
"27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)".

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