General elections were held in

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on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 Voter turnout was 77.0%. The Japan Socialist Party only ran 246 candidates. The Japanese Communist Party, which strategically withdrew some of its candidates in favor of the JSP in the 1956 elections, ran 114 candidates. This election had the highest turnout for a post-war election so far.

Results

By prefecture

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