Election for the Japanese House of Councillors held in 1971
1971 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Eisaku Satō
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Tomomi Narita
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Yoshikatsu Takeiri
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Party
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Liberal Democratic
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Socialist
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Kōmeitō
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Seats after
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134
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66
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23
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Seat change
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3
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1
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1
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Popular vote
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17,759,395
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8,494,264
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5,626,293
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Percentage
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44.5%
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21.3%
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14.1%
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Swing
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2.2%
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2.5%
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1.4%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Leader
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Kasuga Ikkō
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Kenji Miyamoto
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Party
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Democratic Socialist
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Communist
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Seats after
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13
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10
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Seat change
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3
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3
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Popular vote
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2,441,509
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3,219,307
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Percentage
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6.1%
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8.1%
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Swing
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0.1%
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3.1%
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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.
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Party | National | Constituency | Seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 39,931,585 | 94.71 | | 40,330,915 | 95.65 | | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 2,229,158 | 5.29 | | 1,833,100 | 4.35 | | |
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Total votes | 42,160,743 | 100.00 | | 42,164,015 | 100.00 | | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 71,177,667 | 59.23 | | 71,177,667 | 59.24 | | |
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Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet |