2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

2013 Japanese House of Councillors election
July 21, 2013
121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shinzō Abe Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Leader since 26 September 2012 25 December 2012 8 September 2009
Last election 84 seats, 24.07% 106 seats, 31.56% 19 seats, 13.07%
Seats after 115 59 20
Seat change 31 47 1
Popular vote 18,460,335 7,134,215 7,568,082
Percentage 34.68% 13.40% 14.22%
Swing 10.61pp 18.16pp 1.15pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yoshimi Watanabe Kazuo Shii Toru Hashimoto
Party Your JCP Restoration
Leader since 8 August 2009 24 November 2000 19 January 2013
Last election 11 seats, 13.59% 6 seats, 6.10% –
Seats after 18 11 9
Seat change 7 5 New
Popular vote 4,755,161 5,154,055 6,355,300
Percentage 8.93% 9.68% 11.94%
Swing 4.66pp 3.58pp New
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenji Hirata
Democratic

 Elected President of the House of Councillors

Masaaki Yamazaki
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.

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