1959 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 2 June 1959,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

June 2, 1959

125 (of the 250) seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nobusuke Kishi	Mosaburō Suzuki
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Seats after	132	85
Seat change	10	5
Popular vote	12,120,598	7,794,754
Percentage	41.2%	26.5%
Swing	4.5%	3.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	–	Sanzō Nosaka
Party	Ryokufūkai	Communist
Seats after	11	3
Seat change	20	1
Popular vote	2,382,703	551,196
Percentage	8.1%	1.9%
Swing	2.0%	0.2%

President of the House of Councillors before election

Yūzō Shigemune
Liberal Democratic

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yutaka Terao
Liberal Democratic

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Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Liberal Democratic Party	15,667,022	52.0	49	12,120,598	41.2	22	71
Japan Socialist Party	10,265,394	34.1	21	7,794,754	26.5	17	38
Japanese Communist Party	999,255	3.3	0	551,916	1.9	1	1
Ryokufūkai	731,383	2.4	2	2,382,703	8.1	4	6
Political League for Small and Medium Enterprises	-	-	0	598,519	2.0	1	1
Other parties	155,189	0.5	0	154,743	0.5	0	0
Independents	2,311,112	7.7	3	5,817,187	19.8	7	10
Invalid/blank votes		-	-		-	-	-
Total	30,129,355	100	75	29,420,419	100	52	127
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

References

Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Elections in Japan
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