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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.
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| Party | National | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 17,583,490 | 47.17 | 25 | 16,651,284 | 44.20 | 46 | 69 | 71 | 140 | –2 | ||
| Japan Socialist Party | 8,729,655 | 23.42 | 12 | 12,346,650 | 32.77 | 24 | 37 | 36 | 73 | +7 | ||
| Kōmeitō | 5,097,682 | 13.68 | 9 | 1,910,975 | 5.07 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | +5 | ||
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2,214,375 | 5.94 | 2 | 2,303,860 | 6.12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –4 | ||
| Japanese Communist Party | 1,652,364 | 4.43 | 2 | 2,608,771 | 6.92 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Other parties | 298,401 | 0.80 | 0 | 185,991 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 1,700,849 | 4.56 | 2 | 1,664,639 | 4.42 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | ||
| Total | 37,276,816 | 100.00 | 52 | 37,672,170 | 100.00 | 75 | 124 | 127 | 251 | +1 | ||
| Valid votes | 37,276,816 | 93.42 | 37,672,170 | 94.41 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,624,119 | 6.58 | 2,232,535 | 5.59 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 39,900,935 | 100.00 | 39,904,705 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 59,544,407 | 67.01 | 59,544,407 | 67.02 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
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| LDP | JSP | Kōmeitō | DSP | JCP | Ind. | ||
| Aichi | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Akita | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Aomori | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Chiba | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ehime | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fukui | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fukuoka | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Fukushima | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gifu | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Gunma | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hiroshima | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hokkaido | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hyōgo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ibaraki | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ishikawa | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Iwate | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kagawa | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kagoshima | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Kanagawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kōchi | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kumamoto | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kyoto | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mie | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Miyagi | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Miyazaki | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nagano | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Nagasaki | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nara | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Niigata | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ōita | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Okayama | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Osaka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saga | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Saitama | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shiga | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shimane | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shizuoka | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tochigi | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Tokushima | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tokyo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tottori | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Toyama | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Wakayama | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yamagata | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yamaguchi | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yamanashi | 1 | 1 | |||||
| National | 52 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 127 | 71 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
