2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

2004 Japanese House of Councillors election
11 July 2004
121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Junichiro Koizumi Katsuya Okada Takenori Kanzaki
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 110 seats 67 seats 23 seats
Seats won 49 50 11
Seats after 115 82 24
Seat change 5 15 1
Constituency vote 19,687,954 21,931,985 2,161,764
% and swing 35.09% (5.95pp) 39.09% (15.02pp) 3.85% (2.53pp)
National vote 16,797,686 21,137,457 8,621,265
% and swing 30.03% (8.54pp) 37.79% (13.65pp) 15.41% (0.45pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Mizuho Fukushima
Party JCP Social Democratic
Last election 20 seats 8 seats
Seats won 4 2
Seats after 9 5
Seat change 11 3
Constituency vote 5,520,141 984,340
% and swing 9.84% (0.03pp) 1.75% (1.70pp)
National vote 4,362,574 2,990,666
% and swing 7.80% (0.11pp) 5.35% (1.28pp)
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
President of the House of Councillors before election

Hiroyuki Kurata
LDP

Elected President of the House of Councillors

Chikage Oogi
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 11 July 2004. The House of Councillors consisted of 242 members who served six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. At these elections 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation.

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