1980 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1980 Japanese House of Councillors election
← 1977 22 June 1980 1983 →
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Masayoshi Ohira.jpg Ichio Asukata.png
Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 124 seats, 35.8% 56 seats, 17.3% 28 seats, 14.2%
Seats after 135 47 26
Seat change Increase11 Decrease9 Decrease2
Popular vote 23,778,190 7,341,828 6,669,387
Percentage 42.5% 13.1% 11.9%
Swing Increase6.7% Decrease4.2% Decrease2.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Sanzō Nosaka photographed by Shigeru Tamura.jpg Yōhei Kōno.jpg
Leader Sanzō Nosaka Yōhei Kōno
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 16 seats, 8.4% 11 seats, 6.7% 4 seats, 3.9%
Seats after 12 11 2
Seat change Decrease4 Steady Decrease2
Popular vote 4,072,019 3,364,478 351,291
Percentage 7.3% 6.0% 0.6%
Swing Decrease1.1% Increase0.7% Decrease3.3%
before election


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Elected


Liberal Democratic

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 22 June 1980. On 16 May the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) brought no-confidence motion before the Diet relating to corruption issues, proposing more defense spending and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives to withdraw its backing from the government. Unexpectedly, 69 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of the Diet from the Fukuda Takeo, Miki Takeo and Hidenao Nakagawa factions abstained from voting on the motion. The government was defeated by 56 votes in total of 243 and resigned. For the first time elections for both the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives were elected at the same time. In the elections of both the houses the LDP gained a majority.

Results[]

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after		+/–
Liberal Democratic Party23,778,19042.492124,533,08343.27486669135+11
Japan Socialist Party7,341,82813.12912,715,88022.4313252247–9
Kōmeitō6,669,38711.9292,817,3794.973141226–2
Japanese Communist Party4,072,0197.2836,652,31111.7345712–4
Democratic Socialist Party3,364,4786.0132,917,2395.14265110
Socialist Democratic Federation627,2731.121213New
New Liberal Club351,2910.630349,9890.620202–2
Other parties1,675,4942.991628,0561.111022–
Independents8,077,78614.4436,086,62110.7355813+4
Vacant1011–
Total55,957,746100.005056,700,558100.00771251272520
Valid votes55,957,74692.8056,700,55894.00
Invalid/blank votes4,341,3997.203,618,5846.00
Total votes60,299,145100.0060,319,142100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,925,03474.5180,925,03474.54
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
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