2010 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Naoto Kan
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Sadakazu Tanigaki
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Natsuo Yamaguchi
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| Party
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Democratic
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LDP
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Komeito
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| Last election
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109 seats
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83 seats
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20 seats
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| Seats won
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44
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51
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9
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| Seats after
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106
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84
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19
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| Seat change
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3
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1
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1
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| Constituency vote
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22,756,000
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19,496,083
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2,265,818
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| % and swing
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38.97% (1.48pp)
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33.38% (2.03pp)
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3.88% (2.08pp)
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| National vote
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18,450,139
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14,071,671
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7,639,433
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| % and swing
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31.56% (7.92pp)
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24.07% (4.01pp)
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13.07% (0.11pp)
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Yoshimi Watanabe
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Kazuo Shii
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Mizuho Fukushima
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| Party
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Your
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JCP
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Social Democratic
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| Last election
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Did not exist
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7 seats
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5 seats
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| Seats won
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10
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3
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2
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| Seats after
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11
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6
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4
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| Seat change
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New
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1
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1
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| Constituency vote
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5,977,391
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4,256,400
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602,684
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| % and swing
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10.24% (New)
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7.29% (1.41pp)
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1.03% (1.25pp)
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| National vote
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7,943,649
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3,563,557
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2,242,735
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| % and swing
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13.59% (New)
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6.10% (1.38pp)
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3.84% (0.63pp)
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Seventh party
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Eighth party
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Ninth party
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| Leader
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Takeo Hiranuma
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Shizuka Kamei
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Yōichi Masuzoe
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| Party
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Sunrise
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People's New
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New Renaissance
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| Last election
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Did not exist
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4 seats, 2.2%
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Did not exist
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| Seats won
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1
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0
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1
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| Seats after
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3
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3
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2
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| Seat change
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New
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1
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New
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| Constituency vote
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328,475
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167,555
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625,431
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| % and swing
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0.56% (New)
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0.29% (1.58pp)
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1.07% (New)
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| National vote
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1,232,207
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1,000,036
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1,172,395
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| % and swing
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2.11% (New)
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1.71% (0.44pp)
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2.01% (New)
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Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result |
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 11, 2010. In the previous elections in 2007 the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had lost its majority to the Democratic Party (DPJ), which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six-year terms. The seats up for election in 2010 were last contested in the 2004 election.