General elections were held in

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on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 Voter turnout was 76%. On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party and the

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combined as the modern Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan continuously until 1993. The

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and the

Leftist Socialist Party of Japan The was a political party in Japan that existed between 1948 and 1955. History Following the defeat of the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) in 1948 at the hands of Japan's two main conservative parties, the Liberal Party and the Democrat Party, t ...

also merged to form the

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, which was Japan's largest opposition party in the 1955 system.

Results

By prefecture

References

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