Japanese House of Councillors election, 1980

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Japanese House of Councillors election, 1980

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  1977 22 June 1980 1983  

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Last election 125 seats, 35.8% 56 seats, 17.3% 25 seats, 14.2%
Seats after135 47 26
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg9Increase2.svg1
Popular vote23,778,190 7,341,828 6,669,387
Percentage42.5% 13.1% 11.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.7%Decrease2.svg4.2%Decrease2.svg2.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Nosaka Sanzo.jpg Blanksvg.svg Yohei Kono cropped.jpg
Leader Sanzō Nosaka Kasuga Ikkō Yōhei Kōno
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 16 seats, 8.4% 11 seats, 6.7% 3 seats, 3.9%
Seats after 12 11 3
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Steady2.svg0Steady2.svg0
Popular vote 4,072,019 3,364,478 351,291
Percentage 7.3% 6.0% 0.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg0.7%Decrease2.svg3.3%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Ken Yasui
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masatoshi Tokunaga
Liberal Democratic

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1980. On 16 May 1980, 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 called in June 1980. In the elections of both the houses the LDP gained a perfect majority.

Results

PartyNational seatsPrefecture seatsTotal seats 1980Total
Liberal Democratic Party 214869135
Japan Socialist Party 9132247
Komeito 931226
Communist Party 43712
Democratic Socialist Party 42612
Others11220
Independents 358
Total5076126252

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