title: 1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
text: # 1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
  
  House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.
  
  ## Results
  
  Seats :
  
  | Party | Party | 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 | Total | 37,276,816 | 100.00 | 52 | 37,672,170 | 100.00 | 75 | 124 | 127 | 251 | +1 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,276,816 | 93.42 | | 37,672,170 | 94.41 | | | | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,624,119 | 6.58 | | 2,232,535 | 5.59 | | | | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 39,900,935 | 100.00 | | 39,904,705 | 100.00 | | | | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 59,544,407 | 67.01 | | 59,544,407 | 67.02 | | | | | |
  | Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, National Diet ||||||||||||
  
  ### By constituency
  
  | Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Constituency | Total seats | 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 |
  