1980 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1980 Japanese House of Councillors election
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126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Masayoshi Ohira.jpg Ichio Asukata Crop.png Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png
Leader Masayoshi Ōhira [a] Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election124 seats, 35.8%56 seats, 17.3%28 seats, 14.2%
Seats after1354726
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote23,778,1907,341,8286,669,387
Percentage42.5%13.1%11.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.7%Decrease2.svg4.2%Decrease2.svg2.3%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg Kasuga-Ikko-1.jpg Yohei Kono 1985.jpg
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Kasuga Ikkō Yōhei Kōno
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election16 seats, 8.4%11 seats, 6.7%4 seats, 3.9%
Seats after12112
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote4,072,0193,364,478351,291
Percentage7.3%6.0%0.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg0.7%Decrease2.svg3.3%
1980 Japanese House of Councillors election - Map.svg
Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Ken Yasui
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masatoshi Tokunaga
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 22 June 1980. On 16 May the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) brought no-confidence motion before the Diet relating to corruption issues, proposing more defense spending and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives to withdraw its backing from the government. Unexpectedly, 69 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of the Diet from the Fukuda Takeo, Miki Takeo and Hidenao Nakagawa factions abstained from voting on the motion. The government was defeated by 56 votes in total of 243 and resigned. For the first time elections for both the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives were elected at the same time. In the elections of both the houses the LDP gained a majority.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after		+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 23,778,19042.492124,533,08343.27486669135+11
Japan Socialist Party 7,341,82813.12912,715,88022.4313252247–9
Kōmeitō 6,669,38711.9292,817,3794.973141226–2
Japanese Communist Party 4,072,0197.2836,652,31111.7345712–4
Democratic Socialist Party 3,364,4786.0132,917,2395.14265110
Socialist Democratic Federation 627,2731.121213New
New Liberal Club 351,2910.630349,9890.620202–2
Other parties1,675,4942.991628,0561.111022–
Independents8,077,78614.4436,086,62110.7355813+4
Vacant1011–
Total55,957,746100.005056,700,558100.00771251272520
Valid votes55,957,74692.8056,700,55894.00
Invalid/blank votes4,341,3997.203,618,5846.00
Total votes60,299,145100.0060,319,142100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,925,03474.5180,925,03474.54
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats		Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP SDF OthersInd.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 3111
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 4211
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 22
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 22
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 22
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 4112
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5021993413
Total12669221276118

Notes

  1. ↑ Ōhira died ten days before the elections.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
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