1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

1971 Japanese House of Councillors election
27 June 1971
125 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors
125 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eisaku Satō Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 134 66 23
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 17,759,395 8,494,264 5,626,293
Percentage 44.5% 21.3% 14.1%
Swing 2.2% 2.5% 1.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Kasuga Ikkō Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist JCP
Seats after 13 10
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 2,441,509 3,219,307
Percentage 6.1% 8.1%
Swing 0.1% 3.1%
President of the House of Councillors before election

Ken Yasui
LDP

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yasoichi Mori
LDP

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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.

Results

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after		+/–
Liberal Democratic Party17,759,39544.472117,727,26343.95417262134–3
Japan Socialist Party8,494,26421.271112,597,64431.2428273966+1
Komeitō5,626,29314.0981,391,8553.452131023–1
Japanese Communist Party3,219,3078.0654,878,57012.1014610+3
Democratic Socialist Party2,441,5096.1141,919,6434.7627613+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

Constituency Total
seats 		Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō DSP JCP Ind.
Aichi 3 2 1
Akita 1 1
Aomori 1 1
Chiba 2 1 1
Ehime 1 1
Fukui 1 1
Fukuoka 3 2 1
Fukushima 2 1 1
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 1 1
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 2 2
Hyōgo 3 1 1 1
Ibaraki 2 2
Ishikawa 1 1
Iwate 1 1
Kagawa 1 1
Kagoshima 2 1 1
Kanagawa 2 1 1
Kōchi 1 1
Kumamoto 2 1 1
Kyoto 2 1 1
Mie 1 1
Miyagi 1 1
Miyazaki 1 1
Nagano 2 1 1
Nagasaki 1 1
Nara 1 1
Niigata 2 1 1
Ōita 1 1
Okinawa 1 1
Okayama 2 1 1
Osaka 3 1 1 1
Saga 1 1
Saitama 2 1 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 1 1
Tochigi 2 1 1
Tokushima 1 1
Tokyo 4 1 1 1 1
Tottori 1 1
Toyama 1 1
Wakayama 1 1
Yamagata 1 1
Yamaguchi 1 1
Yamanashi 1 1
National 50 21 11 8 4 5 1
Total 126 63 39 10 6 6 2

References

  1. ^ a b 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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