1950_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election

1950 Japanese House of Councillors election
132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors; 126 seats needed for a majority
President of the House of Councillors before election; Naotake Satō; Ryokufūkai	President of the House of Councillors-designate ; Naotake Satō; Ryokufūkai

1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950,^[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party won the most seats.

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Party		National			Constituency			Seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Liberal Party	8,313,756	29.70	18	10,414,995	35.91	34	24	52	76	New
	Japan Socialist Party	4,854,629	17.34	15	7,316,808	25.23	21	25	36	61	+14
	National Democratic Party	1,368,783	4.89	1	2,966,011	10.23	8	20	9	29	New
	Ryokufūkai	3,660,391	13.08	6	1,773,576	6.11	3	41	9	50	New
	Japanese Communist Party	1,333,872	4.76	2	1,637,451	5.65	0	2	2	4	0
	Labourers and Farmers Party	200,066	0.71	1	471,649	1.63	1	3	2	5	New
	Other parties	629,370	2.25	1	958,493	3.30	2	0	3	3	–
	Independents	7,632,526	27.27	12	3,465,956	11.95	7	3	19	22	–89
Total		27,993,393	100.00	56	29,004,939	100.00	76	118	132	250	0

Valid votes		27,993,393	89.22		29,004,939	92.44
Invalid/blank votes		3,382,542	10.78		2,371,573	7.56
Total votes		31,375,935	100.00		31,376,512	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,461,371	72.19		43,461,371	72.19
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,^[1]^[2] National Diet

1950 Japanese House of Councillors election