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1950 Japanese House of Councillors election


FieldValue
election_name1950 Japanese House of Councillors election
countryJapan
flag_year1870
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1947 Japanese House of Councillors election
previous_year1947
next_election1953 Japanese House of Councillors election
next_year1953
seats_for_election132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
majority_seats126
election_date4 June 1950
image_size130x130px
image1Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg
leader1Shigeru Yoshida
party1Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
seats_after176
popular_vote18,313,756
percentage129.70%
image2Tetsu Katayama.jpg
leader2Tetsu Katayama
party2Japan Socialist Party
seats_after261
popular_vote24,854,629
percentage217.34%
party3Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)
seats_after350
popular_vote33,660,391
percentage313.08%
image4TOMABECHI Gizo.jpg
leader4Tomabechi Gizō
party4National Democratic Party (Japan)
seats_after429
popular_vote41,368,783
percentage44.89%
image5Hisao Kuroda 01.jpg
leader5Hisao Kuroda
party5Labourers and Farmers Party
seats_after55
popular_vote5200,066
percentage50.71%
image6TOKUDA Kyuichi.jpg
leader6Kyuichi Tokuda
party6Japanese Communist Party
seats_after64
popular_vote61,333,872
percentage64.76%
map_image[[File:1950 Japanese House of Councillors election - Map.svg350px]]
map_captionResults of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.
titlePresident of the House of Councillors
posttitlePresident of the House of Councillors-designate
before_electionNaotake Satō
before_partyRyokufūkai (1947–1960)
after_electionNaotake Satō
after_partyRyokufūkai (1947–1960)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party won the most seats.

Results

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By constituency

PrefectureTotal
seatsSeats wonLPJSPRyokufūkaiNDPLFPJCPOthersInd.Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};"Japan Socialist Party}};"Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)}};"National Democratic Party (Japan)}};"Labourers and Farmers Party}};"Japanese Communist Party}};"Independent}};"Aichi3Akita1Aomori1Chiba2Ehime1Fukui1Fukuoka3Fukushima2Gifu1Gunma2Hiroshima3Hokkaido4Hyōgo3Ibaraki2Ishikawa1Iwate1Kagawa1Kagoshima2Kanagawa2Kōchi1Kumamoto2Kyoto2Mie1Miyagi1Miyazaki1Nagano2Nagasaki1Nara1Niigata2Ōita1Okayama2Osaka3Saga1Saitama2Shiga1Shimane1Shizuoka2Tochigi2Tokushima1Tokyo4Tottori1Toyama1Wakayama1Yamagata1Yamaguchi1Yamanashi1National56Total13252369922319
21
1
1
2
1
1
111
2
1
11
111
22
111
11
1
1
1
11
11
1
11
11
1
1
1
11
1
1
11
1
11
21
1
11
1
1
11
11
1
1111
1
1
1
1
1
1
18156112112

References

References

  1. [http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-23 [[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)".
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