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1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1968 27 June 1971 1974 →

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 Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Seats after 134 66 23
Seat change Decrease3 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 17,759,395 8,494,264 5,626,293
Percentage 44.5% 21.3% 14.1%
Swing Decrease2.2% Increase2.5% Decrease1.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Kasuga Ikkō Kenji Miyamoto
Party Democratic Socialist Communist
Seats after 13 10
Seat change Increase3 Increase3
Popular vote 2,441,509 3,219,307
Percentage 6.1% 8.1%
Swing Increase0.1% Increase3.1%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Ken Yasui
Liberal Democratic

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yasoichi Mori
Liberal Democratic

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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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

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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

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  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.