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