1950 Japanese House of Councillors election
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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.
Results
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Party | National | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– | |||
Liberal Party | 8,313,756 | 29.70 | 18 | 10,414,995 | 35.91 | 34 | 24 | 52 | 76 | New | ||
Japan Socialist Party | 4,854,629 | 17.34 | 15 | 7,316,808 | 25.23 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 61 | +14 | ||
National Democratic Party | 1,368,783 | 4.89 | 1 | 2,966,011 | 10.23 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 29 | New | ||
Ryokufūkai | 3,660,391 | 13.08 | 6 | 1,773,576 | 6.11 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 50 | New | ||
Japanese Communist Party | 1,333,872 | 4.76 | 2 | 1,637,451 | 5.65 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Labourers and Farmers Party | 200,066 | 0.71 | 1 | 471,649 | 1.63 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | New | ||
Other parties | 629,370 | 2.25 | 1 | 958,493 | 3.30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | ||
Independents | 7,632,526 | 27.27 | 12 | 3,465,956 | 11.95 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 22 | –89 | ||
Total | 27,993,393 | 100.00 | 56 | 29,004,939 | 100.00 | 76 | 118 | 132 | 250 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 27,993,393 | 89.22 | 29,004,939 | 92.44 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,382,542 | 10.78 | 2,371,573 | 7.56 | ||||||||
Total votes | 31,375,935 | 100.00 | 31,376,512 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 43,461,371 | 72.19 | 43,461,371 | 72.19 | ||||||||
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet |
By constituency
[edit]Prefecture | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||||
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LP | JSP | Ryokufūkai | NDP | LFP | JCP | Others | Ind. | ||
Aichi | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Akita | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Aomori | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Chiba | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Ehime | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fukui | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fukuoka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Fukushima | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Gifu | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Gunma | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hiroshima | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hokkaido | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Hyōgo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Ibaraki | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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 | |||||||
Okayama | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Osaka | 3 | 2 | 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 | 56 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Total | 132 | 52 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ "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.