2001 Japanese House of Councillors election

2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
29 July 2001
121 of the 247 seats in the House of Councillors
124 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Junichiro Koizumi Yukio Hatoyama Takenori Kanzaki
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 102 seats 47 seats 22 seats
Seats won 64 26 13
Seats after 110 59 23
Seat change 8 12 1
Constituency vote 22,299,825 10,066,552 3,468,664
% and swing 41.04% (10.59pp) 18.53% (2.33pp) 6.38% (3.08pp)
National vote 21,114,727 8,990,524 8,187,804
% and swing 38.57% (13.40pp) 16.42% (5.33pp) 14.96% (1.16pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Ichirō Ozawa Takako Doi
Party JCP Liberal Social Democratic
Last election 23 seats 12 seats 13 seats
Seats won 5 6 3
Seats after 20 8 8
Seat change 3 4 5
Constituency vote 5,362,958 3,011,787 1,874,299
% and swing 9.87% (5.79pp) 5.54% (3.79pp) 3.45% (0.85pp)
National vote 4,329,210 4,227,148 3,628,635
% and swing 7.91% (6.69pp) 7.72% (1.56pp) 6.63% (1.16pp)
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yutaka Inoue
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Yutaka Inoue
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. They were the first national elections since Junichiro Koizumi became Prime Minister after Yoshiro Mori resigned in April 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its election allies, were the major winner, provided Koizumi a strong mandates to move forward with his reform policies. The ruling coalition performed well, and regain their majority in the House of Councillors.

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