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1947 Japanese House of Councillors election 
Summary
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1947.[1] The Japan Socialist Party won more seats than any other party, although independents emerged as the largest group in the House. Most independents joined the Ryokufūkai parliamentary group in the first Diet session making it the largest group, and Ryokufūkai member Tsuneo Matsudaira was elected the first president of the House of Councillors.
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Results edit
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| Party | National | Constituency | Total seats | |||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Japan Socialist Party | 3,479,814 | 16.36 | 17 | 4,901,341 | 22.23 | 30 | 47 | |
| Democratic Party | 1,508,087 | 7.09 | 6 | 2,989,132 | 13.56 | 22 | 28 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,360,456 | 6.40 | 8 | 3,769,704 | 17.10 | 30 | 38 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 610,948 | 2.87 | 3 | 825,304 | 3.74 | 1 | 4 | |
| National Cooperative Party | 549,916 | 2.59 | 3 | 978,522 | 4.44 | 6 | 9 | |
| Other parties | 1,063,253 | 5.00 | 6 | 1,058,032 | 4.80 | 7 | 13 | |
| Independents | 12,698,698 | 59.70 | 57 | 7,527,191 | 34.14 | 54 | 111 | |
| Total | 21,271,172 | 100.00 | 100 | 22,049,226 | 100.00 | 150 | 250 | |
| Valid votes | 21,271,172 | 85.24 | 22,049,226 | 89.83 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,684,218 | 14.76 | 2,497,308 | 10.17 | ||||
| Total votes | 24,955,390 | 100.00 | 24,546,534 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 40,958,588 | 60.93 | 40,164,180 | 61.12 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | ||||||||
By constituency edit
| Prefecture | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||||
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| JSP | LP | DP | NCP | JCP | Others | Ind. | ||
| Aichi | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Akita | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Aomori | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Chiba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ehime | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fukui | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fukuoka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fukushima | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gifu | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Gunma | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Hiroshima | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Hokkaido | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Hyōgo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ibaraki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ishikawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Iwate | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Kagawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kagoshima | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Kanagawa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Kōchi | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kumamoto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Kyoto | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Mie | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Miyagi | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Miyazaki | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nagano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nagasaki | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nara | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Niigata | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ōita | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Okayama | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Saga | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Saitama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Shiga | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Shimane | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Shizuoka | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Tochigi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Tokushima | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tottori | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Toyama | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Wakayama | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Yamagata | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Yamaguchi | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yamanashi | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| National | 100 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 58 |
| Total | 250 | 45 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 111 |
References edit
- ^ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications