1949 Japanese General Election
23 January 1949 · Occupation and the road to 1955 · 466 seats, 234 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal
Largest force
Democratic Liberal Party
264 of 466 seats
Turnout
74.0%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Liberal Party | Shigeru Yoshida | 264 | — | 13,420,269 | 43.9% | — | |
| Democratic Party | Takeru Inukai | 69 | -55 | 4,798,352 | 15.7% | -9.8 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Tetsu Katayama | 48 | -95 | 4,129,794 | 13.5% | -12.7 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Kyuichi Tokuda | 35 | +31 | 2,984,780 | 9.8% | +6.1 | |
| Other parties | — | 17 | — | 1,602,496 | 5.2% | — | |
| National Cooperative Party | Takeo Miki | 14 | -17 | 1,041,879 | 3.4% | -3.6 | |
| Independents | — | 12 | 0 | 2,008,109 | 6.6% | — | |
| Labourers and Farmers Party | Hisao Kuroda | 7 | — | 606,840 | 2.0% | — |