1963 Japanese General Election
21 November 1963 · The 1955 system · 467 seats, 234 for a majority
Most commentators believed that the election results would not radically alter the Japanese political landscape, and this was confirmed in the results, which did not see any party win or lose a large number of seats. Although the LDP lost 13 seats, 12 LDP-aligned independents were also elected.
Prime Minister before
Hayato Ikeda
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Hayato Ikeda
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
283 of 467 seats
Turnout
71.1%
The result
Liberal Democratic Party
Hayato Ikeda · 54.7% of votes · -13 seats
283
seats
Japan Socialist Party
Jōtarō Kawakami · 29.0% of votes · -1 seats
144
seats
Democratic Socialist Party
Suehiro Nishio · 7.4% of votes · +6 seats
23
seats
Independents
4.8% of votes · +7 seats
12
seats
Japanese Communist Party
Kenji Miyamoto · 4.0% of votes · +2 seats
5
seats