Japanese House of Councillors election, 1947

April 20, 1947

250 seats in the House of Councillors

	First party	Second party

Leader	Tetsu Katayama	Ichirō Hatoyama
Party	Socialist	Liberal
Seats won	47	38

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Tsuneo Matsudaira
Socialist

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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	Constituency			National			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Japan Socialist Party	4,901,341	23.0	30	3,479,814	16.4	17	47
Liberal Party	3,769,704	17.7	30	1,508,087	7.1	8	38
Democratic Party	2,989,132	14.1	22	1508,087	7.1	6	28
National Cooperative Party	978,522	4.6	6	549,916	2.6	3	9
Japanese Communist Party	825,304	3.9	1	610,948	2.9	3	4
Other parties	1,058,032	5.0	7	1,063,253	5.0	6	13
Independents	7,257,191	35.4	54	12,698,698	59.7	57	111
Invalid/blank votes		-	-		-	-	-
Total	22,049,226	100	150	21,271,172	100	100	250
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

References

↑ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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