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

June 4, 1950

125 (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
Seats after 76 61 50
Popular vote 8,131,756 4,854,629 3,660,391
Percentage 29.3% 17.1% 13.1%
Swing New 0.7% New

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tomabechi Gizō Hisao Kuroda Kyuichi Tokuda
Party National Democratic Labourers and Farmers Communist
Seats after 29 5 4
Popular vote 1,368,783 200,066 1,333,872
Percentage 4.9% 0.7% 4.8%
Swing New New 1.9%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

Results

Party Constituency National Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Liberal Party10,414,99535.9348,313,75629.71852
Japan Socialist Party7,316,80825.2214,854,62917.31536
National Democratic Party2,966,01110.281,368,7834.919
Ryokufūkai1,773,5766.133,660,39113.169
Japanese Communist Party1,637,4515.601,333,8724.822
Labourers and Farmers Party471,6491.61200,0660.712
Other parties958,4933.32629,3702.213
Independents3,465,95611.977,632,52627.31219
Invalid/blank votes-----
Total29,004,9391007627,993,39310056132
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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