Japanese House of Councillors election, 1959
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House of Councillors
elections were held in Japan
on 2 June 1959, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party
won the most seats.
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
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on 2 June 1959, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
won the most seats.
Results
| Party | Constituency | National | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... |
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 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... |
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 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The ' or Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. The English name Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications was used prior to 2004... |
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