General election in Japan held in 1972
1972 Japanese general election Turnout 71.76% ( 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
CGP
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
0.76pp
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%.