Japanese House of Councillors election, 2004

Japanese House of Councillors election, 2004

← 2001 July 11, 2004 2007 →
121 (73 SNTV, 48 proportional) of 242 seats in the House of Councillors
First party Second party   Leader Junichiro Koizumi Katsuya Okada Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Last election 111 59 Seats won 115 82 Seat change +4 +23 Popular vote 16,797,684 (result for 48 PR seats) 21,138,032 (result for 48 PR seats) Percentage 30.0% (result for 48 PR seats) 37.8% (result for 48 PR seats)
seats won by ■ - DPJ ■ - LDP ■ - New Komeito ■ - SDP ■ - Independent factions ■ - No election
President of the House of Councillors before election Hiroyuki Kurata Liberal Democratic Elected President of the House of Councillors Chikage Oogi Liberal Democratic

■ - DPJ ■ - LDP ■ - New Komeito
■ - SDP ■ - Independent factions

Hiroyuki Kurata
Liberal Democratic

Chikage Oogi
Liberal Democratic

Elections to the House of Councillors, the upper house of the legislature of Japan, were held on July 11, 2004. The House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. At these elections 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation.

The opposition Democratic Party won a plurality of the popular vote and seats contested in the election, sweeping the liberal urban areas. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to win in its strongholds but once more received most of its support from the agrarian areas. New Komeito did well, reaching its goals, as did the Social Democratic Party. The Japanese Communist Party did not reach its goals, while independents won the rest of the seats. The Liberal League and Midori no kaigi failed to win any seats.

Elected candidates in bold

Compiled from JANJAN's "The Senkyo" and MIC official results.

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