1965 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
4 July 1965
127 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Takehisa Tsuji
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 140 73 20
Seat change 2 6 5
Popular vote 17,583,490 8,729,655 5,097,682
Percentage 47.2% 23.4% 13.7%
Swing 0.8% 0.8% 2.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Suehiro Nishio Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats after 7 4
Seat change 4
Popular vote 2,214,375 1,652,364
Percentage 5.9% 4.4%
Swing 0.6% 1.3%
President of the House of Councillors before election

Yōtoku Shigemasa
Liberal Democratic

 President of the House of Councillors-designate

Kenzō Kōno
Liberal Democratic

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