House of Councillors

House of Councillors

The is the upper house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or designation of the prime minister, the House of Representatives...

 elections were held in Japan

Japan

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 on 20 April 1947. The Japan Socialist Party won the most seats, although independents emerged as the largest group in the House. Most independents joined the Ryokufūkai parliamentary group in the first Diet session making it the largest group, and Ryokufūkai member Tsuneo Matsudaira was elected the first president of the House of Councillors.

Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Japan Socialist Party	4,901,341	23.0	30	3,479,814	16.4	17	47
Liberal Party	3,769,704	17.7	30	1,508,087	7.1	8	38
Democratic Party	2,989,132	14.1	22	1508,087	7.1	6	28
United People's Party	978,522	4.6	6	549,916	2.6	3	9
Japanese Communist Party Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism...	825,304	3.9	1	610,948	2.9	3	4
Other parties	1,058,032	5.0	7	1,063,253	5.0	6	13
Independents	7,257,191	35.4	54	12,698,698	59.7	57	111
Invalid/blank votes
Total	22,049,226	100	150	21,271,172	100	100	250
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications