1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1950 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1947 4 June 1950 1953  

132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg Tetsu Katayama.jpg
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Tetsu Katayama
Party Liberal Socialist Ryokufūkai
Seats after766150
Popular vote8,313,7564,854,6293,660,391
Percentage29.70%17.34%13.08%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  TOMABECHI Gizo.jpg Hisao Kuroda 01.jpg TOKUDA Kyuichi.jpg
Leader Tomabechi Gizō Hisao Kuroda Kyuichi Tokuda
Party National Democratic Labourers and Farmers JCP
Seats after2954
Popular vote1,368,783200,0661,333,872
Percentage4.89%0.71%4.76%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950, [1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party won the most seats.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Party 8,313,75629.701810,414,99535.9134245276New
Japan Socialist Party 4,854,62917.34157,316,80825.2321253661+14
National Democratic Party 1,368,7834.8912,966,01110.23820929New
Ryokufūkai 3,660,39113.0861,773,5766.11341950New
Japanese Communist Party 1,333,8724.7621,637,4515.6502240
Labourers and Farmers Party 200,0660.711471,6491.631325New
Other parties629,3702.251958,4933.302033
Independents7,632,52627.27123,465,95611.95731922–89
Total27,993,393100.005629,004,939100.00761181322500
Valid votes27,993,39389.2229,004,93992.44
Invalid/blank votes3,382,54210.782,371,5737.56
Total votes31,375,935100.0031,376,512100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,461,37172.1943,461,37172.19
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LP JSP Ryokufūkai NDP LFP JCP OthersInd.
Aichi 321
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 22
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 3111
Fukushima 22
Gifu 11
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 3111
Hokkaido 422
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 211
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 211
Kyoto 211
Mie 11
Miyagi 11
Miyazaki 11
Nagano 211
Nagasaki 11
Nara 11
Niigata 211
Ōita 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 321
Saga 11
Saitama 211
Shiga 11
Shimane 11
Shizuoka 211
Tochigi 211
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 41111
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5618156112112
Total13252369922319

References

  1. 1 2 Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.