1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

1950 Japanese House of Councillors election

4 June 1950
132 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors 126 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shigeru Yoshida Tetsu Katayama Party Liberal Socialist Ryokufūkai (1947–1960) Seats after 76 61 50 Popular vote 8,313,756 4,854,629 3,660,391 Percentage 29.70% 17.34% 13.08%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   130x130px 130x130px 130x130px Leader Tomabechi Gizō Hisao Kuroda Kyuichi Tokuda Party National Democratic Party (Japan) Labourers and Farmers Party Communist Seats after 29 5 4 Popular vote 1,368,783 200,066 1,333,872 Percentage 4.89% 0.71% 4.76%
President of the House of Councillors before election Naotake Satō Ryokufūkai (1947–1960) President of the House of Councillors-designate Naotake Satō Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party won the most seats.

Results

By constituency

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LP	JSP	Ryokufūkai	NDP	LFP	JCP	Others	Ind.
Aichi	3	2	1
Akita	1	1
Aomori	1	1
Chiba	2	2
Ehime	1		1
Fukui	1		1
Fukuoka	3	1	1		1
Fukushima	2	2
Gifu	1	1
Gunma	2				1				1
Hiroshima	3	1	1		1
Hokkaido	4		2					2
Hyōgo	3	1	1	1
Ibaraki	2	1			1
Ishikawa	1	1
Iwate	1								1
Kagawa	1		1
Kagoshima	2	1	1
Kanagawa	2	1	1
Kōchi	1	1
Kumamoto	2	1			1
Kyoto	2	1							1
Mie	1								1
Miyagi	1	1
Miyazaki	1		1
Nagano	2	1	1
Nagasaki	1	1
Nara	1			1
Niigata	2	1	1
Ōita	1	1
Okayama	2	1	1
Osaka	3	2	1
Saga	1	1
Saitama	2	1	1
Shiga	1	1
Shimane	1				1
Shizuoka	2	1		1
Tochigi	2	1	1
Tokushima	1				1
Tokyo	4	1	1		1	1
Tottori	1		1
Toyama	1								1
Wakayama	1								1
Yamagata	1		1
Yamaguchi	1	1
Yamanashi	1								1
National	56	18	15	6	1	1	2	1	12
Total	132	52	36	9	9	2	2	3	19