1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1971 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1968 27 June 1971 1974  

125 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors
125 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Eisaku Sato.jpg Tomomi-Narita-1.png Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after1346623
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote17,759,3958,494,2645,626,293
Percentage44.5%21.3%14.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.2%Increase2.svg2.5%Decrease2.svg1.4%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Kasuga-Ikko-1.jpg The-Zenei-1962-December-Special-1.png
Leader Kasuga Ikkō Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after1310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote2,441,5093,219,307
Percentage6.1%8.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.1%Increase2.svg3.1%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Ken Yasui
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yasoichi Mori
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971, [1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 17,759,39544.472117,727,26343.95417262134–3
Japan Socialist Party 8,494,26421.271112,597,64431.2428273966+1
Komeitō 5,626,29314.0981,391,8553.452131023–1
Japanese Communist Party 3,219,3078.0654,878,57012.1014610+3
Democratic Socialist Party 2,441,5096.1141,919,6434.7627613+3
Other parties48,3000.12074,7390.1900000
Independents2,342,5175.8711,741,2014.321325–2
Total39,931,585100.005040,330,915100.0075126125251+1
Valid votes39,931,58594.7140,330,91595.65
Invalid/blank votes2,229,1585.291,833,1004.35
Total votes42,160,743100.0042,164,015100.00
Registered voters/turnout71,177,66759.2371,177,66759.24
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 321
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 321
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 422
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 22
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
Okinawa 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 3111
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
National5021118451
Total126633910662

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.