2019 Japanese House of Councillors election

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2019 Japanese House of Councillors election

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124 of the 245 seats in the House of Councillors 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.80% (5.90pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Shinzō Abe 35.37 113 −7 CDP Yukio Edano 15.81 32 New Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 13.05 28 +3 Ishin Toranosuke Katayama Ichirō Matsui 9.80 16 +4 Communist Kazuo Shii 8.95 13 −1 DPFP Yuichiro Tamaki 6.95 21 +19 Reiwa Taro Yamamoto 4.55 2 New Social Democratic Seiji Mataichi 2.09 2 0 Anti-NHK Takashi Tachibana 1.97 1 New Independents – – 17 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Election results President before President after Chuichi Date Liberal Democratic Akiko Santō Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 21 July 2019 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet, for a term of six years.

74 members were elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV)/First-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in 45 multi- and single-member prefectural electoral districts. The nationwide district elected 50 members by D'Hondt proportional representation with optionally open lists, the previous most open list system was modified in 2018 to give parties the option to prioritize certain candidates over the voters' preferences in the proportional election.^[1][2]

The election saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition lose the two-thirds majority needed to enact constitutional reform.^[3][4] The Liberal Democratic Party also lost its majority in the House of Councillors, but the LDP maintained control of the House of Councillors with its junior coalition partner Komeito.