1958 Japanese General Election
First LDP vs JSP contest22 May 1958 · The 1955 system · 467 seats, 234 for a majority
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Prime Minister before
Nobusuke Kishi
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Nobusuke Kishi
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
287 of 467 seats
Turnout
77.0%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Nobusuke Kishi | 287 | -10 | 22,976,846 | 57.8% | -5.4 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Mosaburō Suzuki | 166 | +6 | 13,093,993 | 32.9% | +2.8 | |
| Independents | — | 12 | +6 | 2,380,795 | 6.0% | — | |
| Japanese Communist Party | — | 1 | -1 | 1,012,036 | 2.5% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 1 | — | 287,991 | 0.7% | — |