Japanese general election, 1969

The Shūgiin - election 1969 was the 32nd choice for Shūgiin, the Japanese House of Commons, and took place on December 27, 1969. Since the first election held in December, it was also used as Shiwasu - choice (Japanese师 走 选 挙shiwasu Senkyo; Shiwasu is the name of the twelfth month in the old Japanese calendar ) refers.

Prime Minister Eisaku Satō closed in November 1969, negotiations with the U.S. government of Richard Nixon on the return of Okinawa under Japanese sovereignty successfully; on December 2, he dissolved Parliament. After the losses of his Liberal Democratic Party in the previous election after the "Black Mist Scandal " Satō was now trying to get a clear mandate for his expansion of the security relationship with the United States. Socialists and Communists used to have remained fundamentally against the security treaty with the U.S., the moderate Democratic- Socialist Party called for only one revision in individual points.

The turnout was 65%.

(*) All selected candidates were independents. Twelve joined the LDP Group, one of the DSP Group.

Effects

The seat of the LDP growth in line with expectations of Prime Minister Satō. significant gains also recorded the JCP and the relatively young Kōmeitō that especially for a " clean politics " championed. The main loser of the election was the Socialist Party. The 55mm system, a two-party system from LDP and SPJ ( with the JCP as a small splinter party ) began to experience its gradual erosion, which continued until the 1980s.

1969 many future leadership politicians first came into parliament, called hana no Shōwa 44- NEN - gumi (花 の 昭和44年 组, dt "Flower Class of Shōwa 44"). These included Kajiyama Seiroku (LDP; later General Secretary), Tsutomu Hata (LDP, later Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition ), Ichirō Ozawa (LDP; later interior minister, opposition leader ), Eto Takami ( Unabh.; later LDP faction leaders ), Yoshirō Mori ( Indep, . later LDP prime minister), Takako Doi ( SPJ, later party leader and opposition leader ), Tetsuzo Fuwa ( JCP, later Chairman of the Central Committee ).