General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.76%.
Little changed in the aftermath of the election; the LDP saw a slight decrease in seat numbers (debatably due to it fielding more candidates than ever before as a result of regained confidence in 1969),[2] and its vote share remained below 50% (even with the addition of conservative-aligned independents). The Japan Socialist Party won over 100 seats following its disastrous results in the 1969 Japanese general election, although infighting continued within the party over choosing cooperation with Kōmeitō or the Japanese Communist Party, coined "Civil Service or Joint Struggle". Fears remained that it would be overtaken by the resurgence of the JCP.
The Japanese Communist Party was arguably the biggest winner of the election. Its seat count nearly tripled in relation to the 1969 election, and in the span of two elections, it had went from 5 to 38 seats. This meant it beat its post-war peak of 35 representatives in 1949. The other two opposition parties, the DSP and Kōmeitō, suffered losses despite cooperation with each other. Kōmeitō was going through a series of scandals around its censorship of press critical to it (aptly named the Press Publication Obstruction cases [ja]) which severely damaged its public image, and gave favor to the JCP, with image of the Soka Gakkai as a cult beginning to emerge. The DSP also lost 12 seats.
1972, japanese, general, election, general, elections, were, held, japan, december, 1972, result, victory, liberal, democratic, party, which, seats, voter, turnout, 1969, december, 1972, 1976, seats, house, representatives246, seats, needed, majorityturnout71,. General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972 The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party which won 271 of the 491 seats 1 Voter turnout was 71 76 1972 Japanese general election 1969 10 December 1972 1976 All 491 seats in the House of Representatives246 seats needed for a majorityTurnout71 76 3 25pp First party Second party Third party Leader Kakuei Tanaka Tomomi Narita Kenji Miyamoto Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Communist Leader since 5 July 1972 30 November 1968 1 August 1958 Leader s seat Niigata 3rd Kagawa 1st Did not contest Last election 47 63 288 seats 21 44 90 seats 6 81 14 seats Seats won 271 118 38 Seat change 17 28 24 Popular vote 24 563 199 11 478 742 5 496 827 Percentage 46 85 21 90 10 49 Swing 0 78pp 0 46pp 3 68pp Fourth party Fifth party Leader Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kasuga Ikkō Party Kōmeitō Democratic Socialist Leader since 13 February 1967 August 1971 Leader s seat Tokyo 10th Aichi 1st Last election 10 91 47 seats 7 74 31 seats Seats won 29 19 Seat change 18 12 Popular vote 4 436 755 3 660 953 Percentage 8 46 6 98 Swing 2 45pp 0 76ppPrime Minister before election Kakuei Tanaka Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Kakuei Tanaka Liberal Democratic Little changed in the aftermath of the election the LDP saw a slight decrease in seat numbers debatably due to it fielding more candidates than ever before as a result of regained confidence in 1969 2 and its vote share remained below 50 even with the addition of conservative aligned independents The Japan Socialist Party won over 100 seats following its disastrous results in the 1969 Japanese general election although infighting continued within the party over choosing cooperation with Kōmeitō or the Japanese Communist Party coined Civil Service or Joint Struggle Fears remained that it would be overtaken by the resurgence of the JCP The Japanese Communist Party was arguably the biggest winner of the election Its seat count nearly tripled in relation to the 1969 election and in the span of two elections it had went from 5 to 38 seats This meant it beat its post war peak of 35 representatives in 1949 The other two opposition parties the DSP and Kōmeitō suffered losses despite cooperation with each other Kōmeitō was going through a series of scandals around its censorship of press critical to it aptly named the Press Publication Obstruction cases ja which severely damaged its public image and gave favor to the JCP with image of the Soka Gakkai as a cult beginning to emerge The DSP also lost 12 seats Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Liberal Democratic Party24 563 19946 85271 17Japan Socialist Party11 478 74221 90118 28Japanese Communist Party5 496 82710 4938 24Kōmeitō4 436 7558 4629 18Democratic Socialist Party3 660 9536 9819 12Other parties143 0190 272 2Independents2 645 5825 0514 2Total52 425 077100 00491 5Valid votes52 425 07799 04Invalid blank votes510 2340 96Total votes52 935 311100 00Registered voters turnout73 769 63671 76Source Statistics Bureau of Japan By prefecture edit Prefecture Totalseats Seats won LDP JSP JCP Kōmeitō DSP Others Ind Aichi 20 9 6 1 3 1 Akita 8 5 2 1 Aomori 7 5 1 1 Chiba 13 9 2 1 1 Ehime 9 6 2 1 Fukui 4 3 1 Fukuoka 19 5 4 3 2 3 2 Fukushima 12 10 2 Gifu 9 7 2 Gunma 10 7 3 Hiroshima 12 8 3 1 Hokkaido 22 11 9 1 1 Hyōgo 19 9 4 2 3 1 Ibaraki 12 9 3 Ishikawa 6 5 1 Iwate 8 5 3 Kagawa 6 4 2 Kagoshima 11 6 2 3 Kanagawa 14 5 3 3 2 1 Kōchi 5 3 1 1 Kumamoto 10 6 2 1 1 Kyoto 10 3 2 3 2 Mie 9 6 2 1 Miyagi 9 6 2 1 Miyazaki 6 3 2 1 Nagano 13 7 4 1 1 Nagasaki 9 5 2 1 1 Nara 5 3 1 1 Niigata 15 10 5 Ōita 7 5 2 Okayama 10 6 3 1 Okinawa 5 2 1 2 Osaka 23 7 4 6 6 Saga 5 4 1 Saitama 13 8 3 1 1 Shiga 5 4 1 Shimane 5 4 1 Shizuoka 14 8 3 1 1 1 Tochigi 10 6 3 1 Tokushima 5 3 1 1 Tokyo 39 13 7 10 6 1 2 Tottori 4 2 1 1 Toyama 6 2 2 2 Wakayama 6 3 1 1 1 Yamagata 8 5 3 Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1 Yamanashi 5 3 2 Total 491 271 118 38 29 19 2 14References edit 統計局ホームページ 第27章 公務員 選挙 Archived from the original on 2015 02 15 Retrieved 2012 12 19 中野士朗 田中政権 八八六日 行政問題研究所1982年 255頁 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 Japanese general election amp oldid 1211623480, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
