1959 Japanese House of Councillors election
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 2 June 1959,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.
Results
| Party | Constituency | National | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 15,667,022 | 52.0 | 49 | 12,120,598 | 41.2 | 22 | 71 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | 10,265,394 | 34.1 | 21 | 7,794,754 | 26.5 | 17 | 38 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 999,255 | 3.3 | 0 | 551,916 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryokufūkai | 731,383 | 2.4 | 2 | 2,382,703 | 8.1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Political League for Small and Medium Enterprises | - | - | 0 | 598,519 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other parties | 155,189 | 0.5 | 0 | 154,743 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 2,311,112 | 7.7 | 3 | 5,817,187 | 19.8 | 7 | 10 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 30,129,355 | 100 | 75 | 29,420,419 | 100 | 52 | 127 | |
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | ||||||||
