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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.

Results

Party Constituency National Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Liberal Party 10,414,995 35.9 34 8,313,756 29.7 18 52
Japan Socialist Party 7,316,808 25.2 21 4,854,629 17.3 15 36
National Democratic Party 2,966,011 10.2 8 1,368,783 4.9 1 9
Ryokufūkai 1,773,576 6.1 3 3,660,391 13.1 6 9
Japanese Communist Party 1,637,451 5.6 0 1,333,872 4.8 2 2
Labourers and Farmers Party 471,649 1.6 1 200,066 0.7 1 2
Other parties 958,493 3.3 2 629,370 2.2 1 3
Independents 3,465,956 11.9 7 7,632,526 27.3 12 19
Invalid/blank votes - - - - -
Total 29,004,939 100 76 27,993,393 100 56 132
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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