1946 Japanese general election

1946 Japanese general election
10 April 1946
All 468 seats in the House of Representatives
235 seats needed for a majority
Registered36,878,417 152.7%
Turnout72.08% 11.08 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ichirō Hatoyama Chūji Machida Tetsu Katayama
Party Liberal Progressive Socialist
Seats won 141 94 93
Popular vote 13,505,746 10,350,530 9,924,930
Percentage 24.36% 18.67% 17.90%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Kyuichi Tokuda Yamamoto Sanehiko
Party JCP Cooperative
Seats won 5 14
Popular vote 2,135,757 1,799,764
Percentage 3.85% 3.35%
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Kijūrō Shidehara
Independent

 Elected Prime Minister

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

General elections were held in Japan on 10 April 1946, the first after World War II, during the Allied occupation. All 468 seats in the House of Representatives were elected by limited voting. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 141 of the 468 seats. Voter turnout was 72.1 percent.

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