1947 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1947.^[1] The Japan Socialist Party won more seats than any other party, although independents emerged as the largest group in the House. Most independents joined the Ryokufūkai parliamentary group in the first Diet session making it the largest group, and Ryokufūkai member Tsuneo Matsudaira was elected the first president of the House of Councillors.

Results



Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Japan Socialist Party	3,479,814	16.36	17	4,901,341	22.23	30	47
	Democratic Party	1,508,087	7.09	6	2,989,132	13.56	22	28
	Liberal Party	1,360,456	6.40	8	3,769,704	17.10	30	38
	Japanese Communist Party	610,948	2.87	3	825,304	3.74	1	4
	National Cooperative Party	549,916	2.59	3	978,522	4.44	6	9
	Other parties	1,063,253	5.00	6	1,058,032	4.80	7	13
	Independents	12,698,698	59.70	57	7,527,191	34.14	54	111
Total		21,271,172	100.00	100	22,049,226	100.00	150	250

Valid votes		21,271,172	85.24		22,049,226	89.83
Invalid/blank votes		3,684,218	14.76		2,497,308	10.17
Total votes		24,955,390	100.00		24,546,534	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,958,588	60.93		40,164,180	61.12
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

By constituency

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		JSP	LP	DP	NCP	JCP	Others	Ind.

Aichi	6		2					4
Akita	2		1					1
Aomori	2			1				1
Chiba	4		1	1				2
Ehime	2	1					1
Fukui	2	1						1
Fukuoka	6	3	1	1				1
Fukushima	4	1		1			1	1
Gifu	2	1						1
Gunma	4	1		3
Hiroshima	4	1						3
Hokkaido	8	2	1					5
Hyōgo	6	1		2			2	1
Ibaraki	4	1	1					2
Ishikawa	2		1	1
Iwate	2							2
Kagawa	2		1		1
Kagoshima	4							4
Kanagawa	4	1	2		1
Kōchi	2		1	1
Kumamoto	4	1	1	2
Kyoto	4	1	2					1
Mie	2						1	1
Miyagi	2	1		1
Miyazaki	2	1						1
Nagano	4	1	1	1	1
Nagasaki	2	1						1
Nara	2				1			1
Niigata	4	1	1					2
Ōita	2		1		1
Okayama	4	1	1			1		1
Osaka	6	2	2	2
Saga	2		1	1
Saitama	4	1	2	1
Shiga	2							2
Shimane	2							2
Shizuoka	4		2					2
Tochigi	4	1		2				1
Tokushima	2						1	1
Tokyo	8	2	3	1				2
Tottori	2						2
Toyama	2		1		1
Wakayama	2							2
Yamagata	2							2
Yamaguchi	2		1					1
Yamanashi	2	1						1
National	100	16	8	6	3	3	6	58
Total	250	45	39	28	9	4	14	111

References

^ 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

[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

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