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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.

Quick facts 132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors 126 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

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132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Muneyoshi Tokugawa
Party Liberal Socialist Ryokufūkai
Seats after 76 61 50
Popular vote 8,313,756 4,854,629 3,660,391
Percentage 29.70% 17.34% 13.08%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tomabechi Gizō Hisao Kuroda Kyuichi Tokuda
Party National Democratic Labourers and Farmers JCP
Seats after 29 5 4
Popular vote 1,368,783 200,066 1,333,872
Percentage 4.89% 0.71% 4.76%

Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

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Results

More information Party, National ...
PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Party8,313,75629.701810,414,99535.9134245276New
Japan Socialist Party4,854,62917.34157,316,80825.2321253661+14
National Democratic Party1,368,7834.8912,966,01110.23820929New
Ryokufūkai3,660,39113.0861,773,5766.11341950New
Japanese Communist Party1,333,8724.7621,637,4515.6502240
Labourers and Farmers Party200,0660.711471,6491.631325New
Other parties629,3702.251958,4933.302033–
Independents7,632,52627.27123,465,95611.95731922–89
Total27,993,393100.005629,004,939100.00761181322500
Valid votes27,993,39389.2229,004,93992.44
Invalid/blank votes3,382,54210.782,371,5737.56
Total votes31,375,935100.0031,376,512100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,461,37172.1943,461,37172.19
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet
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By constituency

More information Prefecture, Total seats ...
Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
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
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