1949 Japanese general election
23 January 1949
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.04% (Increase6.09pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Takeru Inukai Tetsu Katayama
Party Democratic Liberal Democratic Socialist
Last election – 25.44%, 124 seats 26.23%, 143 seats
Seats won 264 70 48
Seat change New Decrease 54 Decrease 95
Popular vote 13,420,269 4,798,352 4,129,794
Percentage 43.87% 15.68% 13.50%
Swing New Decrease9.76pp Decrease12.73pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kyuichi Tokuda Takeo Miki Hisao Kuroda
Party Communist National Cooperative Labourers and Farmers
Last election 3.67%, 4 seats 7.00%, 31 seats –
Seats won 35 14 7
Seat change Increase 31 Decrease 17 New
Popular vote 2,984,780 1,041,879 606,840
Percentage 9.76% 3.41% 1.98%
Swing Increase6.09pp Decrease 3.59pp New
Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal

General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 74.0%. It was the first election held following the enactment of the current Constitution of Japan.

Future prime ministers Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō and future Foreign Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsuo Okazaki were first elected in this election.

The second cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was formed following the election.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Liberal Party13,420,26943.87264New
Democratic Party4,798,35215.6869–55
Japan Socialist Party4,129,79413.5048–95
Japanese Communist Party2,984,7809.7635+31
National Cooperative Party1,041,8793.4114–17
Labourers and Farmers Party606,8401.987New
Other parties1,602,4965.2417–
Independents2,008,1096.56120
Total30,592,519100.00466–2
Valid votes30,592,51998.13
Invalid/blank votes582,4381.87
Total votes31,174,957100.00
Registered voters/turnout42,105,30074.04
Source: Oscarsson, Nohlen et al.

By prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats		 Seats won
DLP DP JSP JCP NCP LFP Others Ind.
Aichi 19 10 5 1 1 1 1
Akita 8 5 3
Aomori 7 3 3 1
Chiba 13 11 2
Ehime 9 8 1
Fukui 4 2 2
Fukuoka 19 9 2 3 1 3 1
Fukushima 12 9 3
Gifu 9 7 1 1
Gunma 10 4 3 2 1
Hiroshima 12 7 3 2
Hokkaido 22 11 2 1 1 7
Hyōgo 18 10 3 2 2 1
Ibaraki 12 7 2 1 2
Ishikawa 6 3 1 1 1
Iwate 8 6 1 1
Kagawa 6 1 3 2
Kagoshima 10 9 1
Kanagawa 13 5 1 3 3 1
Kōchi 5 2 2 1
Kumamoto 10 4 4 1 1
Kyoto 10 3 3 1 2 1
Mie 9 4 1 1 3
Miyagi 9 6 2 1
Miyazaki 6 5 1
Nagano 13 8 2 1 2
Nagasaki 9 7 1 1
Nara 5 2 1 1 1
Niigata 15 8 1 3 1 1 1
Ōita 7 5 1 1
Okayama 10 5 2 1 2
Osaka 19 10 5 4
Saga 5 3 2
Saitama 13 9 1 2 1
Shiga 5 2 1 1 1
Shimane 5 1 2 1 1
Shizuoka 14 9 1 1 1 1 1
Tochigi 10 7 1 1 1
Tokushima 5 3 2
Tokyo 27 13 1 4 7 1 1
Tottori 4 2 1 1
Toyama 6 3 2 1
Wakayama 6 3 1 2
Yamagata 8 5 2 1
Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1
Yamanashi 5 2 1 1 1
Total 466 264 69 48 35 14 7 17 12

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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