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2001 Japanese House of Councillors election

2001 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1998 29 July 2001 2004 →

121 of the 247 seats in the House of Councillors
124 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Junichiro Koizumi Yukio Hatoyama Takenori Kanzaki
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 102 seats, 25.2% 47 seats, 21.8% 22 seats, 13.8%
Seats after 110 59 23
Seat change Increase8 Increase12 Increase1
Popular vote 21,114,727 8,990,524 8,187,804
Percentage 38.6% 16.4% 15.0%
Swing Increase13.4pp Decrease5.4pp Increase1.2pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Ichirō Ozawa Takako Doi
Party JCP Liberal Social Democratic
Last election 23 seats, 14.6% 12 seats, 9.3% 13 seats, 7.8%
Seats after 20 8 8
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease4 Decrease5
Popular vote 4,329,210 4,227,148 3,628,635
Percentage 7.9% 7.7% 6.6%
Swing Decrease6.7pp Decrease1.6pp Decrease1.2%

Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Yutaka Inoue
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Yutaka Inoue
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. They were the first national elections since Junichiro Koizumi became Prime Minister after Yoshiro Mori resigned in April 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its election allies, were the major winner, provided Koizumi a strong mandates to move forward with his reform policies. The ruling coalition performed well, and regain their majority in the House of Councillors.


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