1960 Japanese General Election
20 November 1960 · The 1955 system · 467 seats, 234 for a majority
The elections came near the end of a turbulent year marked by violent labour disputes at Mitsui Miike Coal Mine, the "May 19th Incident" in which Nobusuke Kishi and LDP lawmakers in the Diet forced the revised US-Japan Security Treaty through parliament (causing an upsurge in the Anpo protests), and the assassination of Japan Socialist Party (JSP) leader Inejirō Asanuma by waki
Prime Minister before
Hayato Ikeda
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Hayato Ikeda
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
296 of 467 seats
Turnout
73.5%
The result
Liberal Democratic Party
Hayato Ikeda · 57.6% of votes · +9 seats
296
seats
Japan Socialist Party
Saburō Eda · 27.6% of votes · -21 seats
145
seats
Democratic Socialist Party
Suehiro Nishio · 8.8% of votes
17
seats
Independents
2.8% of votes · -7 seats
5
seats
Japanese Communist Party
Kenji Miyamoto · 2.9% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
Other parties
0.4% of votes
1
seats