1971 Japanese House of Councillors election
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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
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Party | National | Constituency | Seats | |||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– | |||
Liberal Democratic Party | 17,759,395 | 44.47 | 21 | 17,727,263 | 43.95 | 41 | 72 | 62 | 134 | –3 | ||
Japan Socialist Party | 8,494,264 | 21.27 | 11 | 12,597,644 | 31.24 | 28 | 27 | 39 | 66 | +1 | ||
Komeitō | 5,626,293 | 14.09 | 8 | 1,391,855 | 3.45 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 23 | –1 | ||
Japanese Communist Party | 3,219,307 | 8.06 | 5 | 4,878,570 | 12.10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +3 | ||
Democratic Socialist Party | 2,441,509 | 6.11 | 4 | 1,919,643 | 4.76 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +3 | ||
Other parties | 48,300 | 0.12 | 0 | 74,739 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independents | 2,342,517 | 5.87 | 1 | 1,741,201 | 4.32 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –2 | ||
Total | 39,931,585 | 100.00 | 50 | 40,330,915 | 100.00 | 75 | 126 | 125 | 251 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 39,931,585 | 94.71 | 40,330,915 | 95.65 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,229,158 | 5.29 | 1,833,100 | 4.35 | ||||||||
Total votes | 42,160,743 | 100.00 | 42,164,015 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 71,177,667 | 59.23 | 71,177,667 | 59.24 | ||||||||
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet |
By constituency
[edit]Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||
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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
[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.