1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
# 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 |
