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GTV massed crowds gathered outside newspaper office reading election results
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SV ditto
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SV man writes election results on board
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SV & CU people looking up at results
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SV INT inside the Socialists Party's building, man climbs steps and adds latest report to result board
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SV Socialist members applaud
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SV portrait of the late Inejiro Asanuma
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CU Mrs. Asanuma is greeted by members of the Socialist party
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CU Mrs. Asanuma accompanied by leader of the party Saburo Eda, waving arms and clapping hands at results
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GV headquarters of the Liberal Dem. Party
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GV INT showing TV camera and officials watching latest results
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CU man writes on result board
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SV Press men
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SCU chairman of the party draws black dot on good-luck doll
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SV result board
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CU result board, showing final Lib. Democratic result
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SCU chairman of party and others waving
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Background: Tokyo, Nov 21: Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda's Liberal-Democratic Party wona a sweeping victory in the general election of Nov 20. The party gained 296 seats, - 13 more than they had before.

The Socialist Party also made striking gains, winning 23 seats more than the 122 seats they had when the Diet was dissolved.

The new Democratic Socialist Party, which had 40 seats before dissolution, appeared to be threatened with eclipse. The party won only 17 seats, less than half the number they had before.

The Communist party, which had only 1 seat before the Diet dissolution, won 3 seats. Mr. Ikeda's Liberal Democrats won their victory in spite of the party's recent unpopularity over the new American security pact.