2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

21 July 2013

121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shinzō Abe Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 84 seats 106 seats 19 seats
Seats won 65 17 11
Seats after 115 59 20
Seat change 31 47 1
Constituency vote 22,681,192 8,646,372 2,724,447
% and swing 42.74% (9.36pp) 16.29% (22.68pp) 5.13% (1.25pp)
National vote 18,460,335 7,134,215 7,568,082
% and swing 34.68% (10.61pp) 13.40% (18.16pp) 14.22% (1.15pp)

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yoshimi Watanabe Kazuo Shii Toru Hashimoto
Party Your JCP Restoration
Last election 11 seats 6 seats Did not exist
Seats won 8 8 8
Seats after 18 11 9
Seat change 7 5 New
Constituency vote 4,159,961 5,645,937 3,846,649
% and swing 7.84% (2.40pp) 10.64% (3.35pp) 7.25% (New)
National vote 4,755,161 5,154,055 6,355,300
% and swing 8.93% (4.66pp) 9.68% (3.58pp) 11.94% (New)

Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result

President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenji Hirata
Democratic

Elected President of the House of Councillors

Masaaki Yamazaki
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.