Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
General election results

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

Section Title: General election results
Table Section Text: None

Election	Leader	Candidates	Seats	Constituency votes	PR Block votes	Status

Number	%	Number	%

1958	Nobusuke Kishi	413	289 / 467	23,840,170	59.0%	Government

1960	Hayato Ikeda	399	300 / 467	22,950,404	58.1%	Government

1963	Hayato Ikeda	359	283 / 467	22,972,892	56.0%	Government

1967	Eisaku Satō	342	277 / 486	22,447,838	48.9%	Government

1969	Eisaku Satō	328	288 / 486	22,381,570	47.6%	Government

1972	Tanaka Kakuei	339	271 / 491	24,563,199	46.9%	Government

1976	Takeo Miki	320	249 / 511	23,653,626	41.8%	Government

1979	Masayoshi Ōhira	322	248 / 511	24,084,130	44.59%	Government

1980	Masayoshi Ōhira	310	284 / 511	28,262,442	47.88%	Government

1983	Yasuhiro Nakasone	339	250 / 511	25,982,785	45.76%	LDP-NLC coalition

1986	Yasuhiro Nakasone	322	300 / 512	29,875,501	49.42%	Government

1990	Toshiki Kaifu	338	275 / 512	30,315,417	46.14%	Government

1993	Kiichi Miyazawa	285	223 / 511	22,999,646	36.62%	Opposition (until 1994)

LDP-JSP-NPS coalition (since 1994)

1996	Ryutaro Hashimoto	355	239 / 500	21,836,096	38.63%	18,205,955	32.76%	LDP-SDP-NPS coalition

2000	Yoshirō Mori	337	233 / 480	24,945,806	40.97%	16,943,425	28.31%	LDP-NKP-NCP coalition

2003	Junichiro Koizumi	336	237 / 480	26,089,326	43.85%	20,660,185	34.96%	LDP-NKP coalition

2005	Junichiro Koizumi	346	296 / 480	32,518,389	47.80%	25,887,798	38.20%	LDP-NKP coalition

2009	Tarō Asō	326	119 / 480	27,301,982	38.68%	18,810,217	26.73%	Opposition

2012	Shinzō Abe	337	294 / 480	25,643,309	43.01%	16,624,457	27.79%	LDP-NKP coalition

2014	Shinzō Abe	352	291 / 475	25,461,427	48.10%	17,658,916	33.11%	LDP-KM coalition

2017	Shinzō Abe	332	284 / 465	26,719,032	48.21%	18,555,717	33.28%	LDP-KM coalition

Sentence(s)

In 2003, the Liberal Democratic Party won 237 seats.

final_sentence: In 2003, the Liberal Democratic Party won 237 seats.