1959 Japanese House of Councillors election

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127 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors 126 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nobusuke Kishi Mosabur? Suzuki Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Seats after 132 85 Seat change 10 5 Popular vote 12,120,598 7,794,754 Percentage 41.2% 26.5% Swing 4.5% 3.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sanz? Nosaka Party Ryokuf?kai Communist Seats after 11 3 Seat change 20 1 Popular vote 2,382,703 551,196 Percentage 8.1% 1.9% Swing 2.0% 0.2%
President of the House of Councillors before election Y?z? Shigemune Liberal Democratic President of the House of Councillors -designate Yutaka Terao Liberal Democratic

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 2 June 1959, ^[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats. K?ji Harashima , who later become a founding member and the first chairman of K?meit? , was elected to the Diet for the first time as one of several Soka Gakkai -affiliated independents.

During the campaign, Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and MITI began to discuss the now-famous "income doubling" plan, although it was temporarily shelved due to disputes between party factions and the looming importance of the US?Japan Security Treaty revision issue . The plan would not be revived until the tenure of Hayato Ikeda , beginning in 1960. ^[2]

Results [ edit ]

Party		National			Constituency			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/?
	Liberal Democratic Party	12,120,598	41.20	22	15,667,022	52.00	49	61	71	132	+10
	Japan Socialist Party	7,794,754	26.49	17	10,265,394	34.07	21	47	38	85	+5
	Ryokuf?kai	2,382,703	8.10	4	731,383	2.43	2	5	6	11	?20
	Political League for Small and Medium Enterprises	598,519	2.03	1				0	1	1	New
	Japanese Communist Party	551,916	1.88	1	999,255	3.32	0	2	1	3	+1
	Other parties	154,743	0.53	0	155,189	0.52	0	0	0	0	0
	Independents	5,817,187	19.77	7	2,311,112	7.67	3	8	10	18	+4
Total		29,420,420	100.00	52	30,129,355	100.00	75	123	127	250	0
Valid votes		29,420,420	93.59		30,129,355	95.83
Invalid/blank votes		2,016,244	6.41		1,310,398	4.17
Total votes		31,436,664	100.00		31,439,753	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		53,516,473	58.74		53,516,473	58.75
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications , [1] [3] National Diet

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