Japanese general election, 1949

Japanese general election, 1949

23 January 1949
All 466 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shigeru Yoshida Takeru Inukai Tetsu Katayama Party Democratic Liberal Democratic Socialist Seats won 269 70 48 Seat change New 62 96 Popular vote 13,583,289 4,828,189 4,129,794 Percentage 44.4% 15.8% 13.8% Swing New 10.5% 12.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Kyuichi Tokuda Takeo Miki Party Communist National Cooperative Seats won 35 14 Seat change 31 17 Popular vote 2,984,780 1,041,879 Percentage 9.8% 3.4% Swing 6.1% 3.6%
Prime Minister before election Shigeru Yoshida Democratic Liberal Prime Minister-designate Shigeru Yoshida Democratic Liberal

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General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a 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.

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