JAPAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 21 JULY 2013 ================================================================================ Elections to the Sangi-in (House of Councillors) Source: Japanese Wikipedia Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party, LDP) * Minshu-to (Democratic Party, DP) * Komei-to Clean Government Party) * Minna no To (Your Party) * Nihon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) * Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party, JCP) * Shakai Minshu-to (Social Democratic Party, SDP) The House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Half the members are elected every three years. In 2013, therefore, 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation. NATIONAL SUMMARY OF SEATS ========================================================================== In this table Seats 1 is the members elected from the prefectural districts and Seats 2 is the members elected by proportional representation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Seats 1 Seats 2 Total From 2010 Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Democratic Party 47 18 65 50 115 +31 Clean Government Party 4 7 11 9 20 +01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LDP-CGP 51 25 76 59 135 +32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 10 7 17 42 59 -47 Your Party 4 4 8 10 18 +07 Japan Communist Party 3 5 8 3 11 +05 Restoration Party 2 6 8 1 9 +09 Social Democratic Party - 1 1 2 3 -01 Others 3 1 4 4 7 -05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73 48 121 121 242 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS: PREFECTURAL SEATS ========================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Democratic Party 22,681,192 42.7 +09.3 47 +08 Clean Government Party 2,724,447 05.1 +01.2 4 +01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LDP-CGP 25,405,639 47.8 +10.3 51 +09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 8,646,371 16.3 -22.7 10 -18 Japan Communist Party 5,645,937 10.6 +03.3 3 +03 Your Party 4,159,961 10.2 4 +01 Restoration Party 3,846,649 07.8 +00.6 2 +02 Social Democratic Party 271,547 00.5 -00.5 - 00 Others 5,096,372 09.7 3 +03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,072,476 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS: PROPORTIONAL SEATS ========================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Democratic Party 18,460,404 34.7 +10.6 18 +06 Clean Government Party 7,568,080 14.2 +01.1 7 +01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LDP-CGP 26,028,484 48.9 +11.7 25 +07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 7,268,653 13.4 -18.2 7 -09 Restoration Party 6,355,299 11.9 6 +06 Japan Communist Party 5,154,055 09.7 +03.6 5 +02 Your Party 4,755,160 08.9 -04.7 4 -03 Social Democratic Party 1,255,235 02.4 -01.4 1 -01 Others 2,547,160 01.5 1 -02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,816,886 48 --------------------------------------------------------------------------