General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats.^[1] Voter turnout was 73.99%.

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1967 Japanese general election

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All 486 seats in the House of Representatives 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.98% (2.84pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eisaku Satō Kōzō Sasaki Suehiro Nishio Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Democratic Socialist Last election 54.67%, 283 seats 29.03%, 144 seats 7.37%, 23 seats Seats won 277 140 30 Seat change 6 4 6 Popular vote 22,447,838 12,826,104 3,404,464 Percentage 48.80% 27.88% 7.40% Swing 5.87pp 1.15pp 0.03pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Takehisa Tsuji Kenji Miyamoto Party Kōmeitō Communist Last election – 4.01%, 5 seats Seats won 25 5 Seat change New Popular vote 2,472,371 2,190,564 Percentage 5.38% 4.76% Swing New 0.75pp
Prime Minister before election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Eisaku Satō Liberal Democratic

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Prime Minister Eisaku Satō had dissolved parliament in 1966, following a number of what was called Black Fog Incidents [ja], such as the resignation of Transport Minister Seijuro Arafune and calls for greater reform in 1966. The results did not radically alter the landscape of Japanese politics, although both the government and opposition were disappointed; the Liberal Democratic Party's vote share fell below 50% for the first time ever, and the Japan Socialist Party also lost seats, with Kōzō Sasaki, who had served as Chairman, resigning a few months after the election. However, more minor opposition parties made gains. This was the first election in which Komeito ran, and won nearly 25 seats, with the DSP also seeing a gain of six seats to hit thirty. The Japanese Communist Party also saw a slight increase in vote count, though did not gain any seats.