2001 Japanese House of Councillors election

2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
29 July 2001
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 8 12 1
Popular vote 21,114,727 8,990,524 8,187,804
Percentage 38.6% 16.4% 15.0%
Swing 13.4pp 5.4pp 1.2pp
  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 3 4 5
Popular vote 4,329,210 4,227,148 3,628,635
Percentage 7.9% 7.7% 6.6%
Swing 6.7pp 1.6pp 1.2%
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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