Japanese House of Councillors election, 1947

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1947
April 20, 1947
250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tetsu Katayama Ichirō Hatoyama Ishiguro Takeshige
Party Socialist Liberal Democratic
Seats won 47 38 28
Popular vote 3,479,814 1,360,456 2,989,132
Percentage 16.4% 6.4% 14.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Takeo Miki Kyuichi Tokuda
Party National Cooperative Communist
Seats won 9 4
Popular vote 549,916 610,948
Percentage 2.6% 2.9%
President of the House of Councillors-designate

Tsuneo Matsudaira
Socialist

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1947.[1] The Japan Socialist Party won more seats than any other party, although independents emerged as the largest group in the House. Most independents joined the Ryokufūkai parliamentary group in the first Diet session making it the largest group, and Ryokufūkai member Tsuneo Matsudaira was elected the first president of the House of Councillors.

Results

Party Constituency National Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Japan Socialist Party4,901,34123.0303,479,81416.41747
Liberal Party3,769,70417.7301,508,0877.1838
Democratic Party2,989,13214.1221508,0877.1628
National Cooperative Party978,5224.66549,9162.639
Japanese Communist Party825,3043.91610,9482.934
Other parties1,058,0325.071,063,2535.0613
Independents7,257,19135.45412,698,69859.757111
Invalid/blank votes-----
Total22,049,22610015021,271,172100100250
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

References

  1. ↑ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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