1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

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.

1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

4 June 1950

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 Tetsu Katayama
Party Liberal Socialist Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)
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–Farmers Communist
Seats after 29 5 4
Popular vote 1,368,783 200,066 1,333,872
Percentage 4.89% 0.71% 4.76%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)

Results

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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