1955 Japanese General Election
Eve of the merger27 February 1955 · The 1955 system · 467 seats, 234 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
Ichirō Hatoyama
Democratic
Prime Minister (continued)
Ichirō Hatoyama
Democratic
Largest force
Democratic Party
185 of 467 seats
Turnout
75.8%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Ichirō Hatoyama | 185 | +74 | 13,536,044 | 36.6% | +9.9 | |
| Liberal Party | Taketora Ogata | 112 | -87 | 9,849,458 | 26.6% | -12.3 | |
| Left Socialist Party of Japan | Mosaburō Suzuki | 89 | +17 | 5,683,312 | 15.3% | +2.3 | |
| Right Socialist Party of Japan | Jōtarō Kawakami | 67 | +1 | 5,129,594 | 13.9% | +0.3 | |
| Independents | — | 6 | -5 | 1,229,082 | 3.3% | — | |
| Labourers and Farmers Party | — | 4 | -1 | 357,611 | 1.0% | — | |
| Japanese Communist Party | — | 2 | +1 | 733,121 | 2.0% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 2 | — | 496,614 | 1.3% | — |