1949 Japanese general election

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. Voter turnout was 74.0%. It was the first election held following the enactment of the current Constitution of Japan.

1949 Japanese general election
23 January 1949
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.04% (6.09pp)
  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 54 95
Popular vote 13,420,269 4,798,352 4,129,794
Percentage 43.87% 15.68% 13.50%
Swing New 9.76pp 12.73pp
  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 31 17 New
Popular vote 2,984,780 1,041,879 606,840
Percentage 9.76% 3.41% 1.98%
Swing 6.09pp 3.59pp New
Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal

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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.

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