1947 Japanese House of Councillors election

none Japan 1870 parliamentary 1950 Japanese House of Councillors election 1950 250 seats in the House of Councillors 126 20 April 1947 Tetsu Katayama.jpg Tetsu Katayama Japan Socialist Party 47 3,479,814 16.36% Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Party (Japan, 1945) 38 1,360,456 6.40% Hitoshi Ashida.jpg Hitoshi Ashida Democratic Party (Japan, 1947) 28 1,508,087 7.09% Takeo Miki 1951 cropped.jpg Takeo Miki National Cooperative Party 9 549,916 2.59% TOKUDA Kyuichi.jpg Kyuichi Tokuda Japanese Communist Party 4 610,948 2.87% 350px Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block. President of the House of Councillors-designate Tsuneo Matsudaira Japan Socialist Party House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1947.Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) https://web.archive.org/web/20110323055016/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls 2011-03-23 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 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. Results File:Japan_House_of_Councillors_1947.svg National Constituency Japan Socialist Party 3479814 17 4901341 30 47 Democratic Party 1508087 6 2989132 22 28 Liberal Party 1360456 8 3769704 30 38 Japanese Communist Party 610948 3 825304 1 4 National Cooperative Party 549916 3 978522 6 9 Other parties 1063253 6 1058032 7 13 Independents 12698698 57 7527191 54 111 3684218 2497308 0 40958588 40164180 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications By constituency PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonJSPLPDPNCPJCPOthersInd. Aichi624Akita211Aomori211Chiba4112Ehime211Fukui211Fukuoka63111Fukushima41111Gifu211Gunma413Hiroshima413Hokkaido8215Hyōgo61221Ibaraki4112Ishikawa211Iwate22Kagawa211Kagoshima44Kanagawa4121Kōchi211Kumamoto4112Kyoto4121Mie211Miyagi211Miyazaki211Nagano41111Nagasaki211Nara211Niigata4112Ōita211Okayama41111Osaka6222Saga211Saitama4121Shiga22Shimane22Shizuoka422Tochigi4121Tokushima211Tokyo82312Tottori22Toyama211Wakayama22Yamagata22Yamaguchi211Yamanashi211National100168633658Total2504539289414111 References Category:House of Councillors (Japan) elections Japan House of Councillors Japan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results