2013 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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Shinzō Abe
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Banri Kaieda
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Natsuo Yamaguchi
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| Party
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LDP
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Democratic
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Komeito
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| Last election
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84 seats
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106 seats
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19 seats
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| Seats won
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65
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17
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11
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| Seats after
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115
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59
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20
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| Seat change
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31
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47
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1
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| Constituency vote
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22,681,192
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8,646,372
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2,724,447
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| % and swing
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42.74% (9.36pp)
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16.29% (22.68pp)
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5.13% (1.25pp)
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| National vote
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18,460,335
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7,134,215
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7,568,082
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| % and swing
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34.68% (10.61pp)
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13.40% (18.16pp)
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14.22% (1.15pp)
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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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Toru Hashimoto
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| Party
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Your
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JCP
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Restoration
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| Last election
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11 seats
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6 seats
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Did not exist
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| Seats won
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8
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8
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8
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| Seats after
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18
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11
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9
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| Seat change
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7
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5
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New
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| Constituency vote
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4,159,961
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5,645,937
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3,846,649
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| % and swing
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7.84% (2.40pp)
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10.64% (3.35pp)
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7.25% (New)
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| National vote
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4,755,161
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5,154,055
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6,355,300
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| % and swing
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8.93% (4.66pp)
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9.68% (3.58pp)
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11.94% (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 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.