1971 Japanese House of Councillors election
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971,[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 | 17,727,263 | 44.0 | 41 | 17,759,395 | 44.5 | 21 | 62 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | 12,597,644 | 31.2 | 28 | 8,494,264 | 21.3 | 11 | 39 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 4,878,570 | 12.1 | 1 | 3,219,307 | 8.1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 1,919,643 | 4.8 | 2 | 2,441,509 | 6.1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Komeitō | 1,391,855 | 3.5 | 2 | 5,626,293 | 14.1 | 8 | 10 | |
| Other parties | 74,739 | 0.2 | 0 | 48,300 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 1,741,201 | 4.3 | 1 | 2,342,517 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 40,330,916 | 100 | 75 | 39,931,584 | 100 | 50 | 125 | |
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | ||||||||
