1969 Japanese General Election
27 December 1969 · The 1955 system · 486 seats, 244 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on 27 December 1969. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 288 of the 486 seats.
Prime Minister before
Eisaku Satō
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Eisaku Satō
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
288 of 486 seats
Turnout
68.5%
The result
Liberal Democratic Party
Eisaku Satō · 47.6% of votes · +11 seats
288
seats
Japan Socialist Party
Tomomi Narita · 21.4% of votes · -50 seats
90
seats
Komeitō
10.9% of votes · +22 seats
47
seats
Kōmeitō
Yoshikatsu Takeiri · 10.9% of votes · +22 seats
47
seats
Democratic Socialist Party
Eiichi Nishimura · 7.7% of votes · +1 seats
31
seats
Independents
5.3% of votes · +7 seats
16
seats
Japanese Communist Party
Kenji Miyamoto · 6.8% of votes · +9 seats
14
seats