1980 Japanese House of Councillors election

1980 Japanese House of Councillors election

22 June 1980
127 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   130x130px 130x130px Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō (1962–1998) Last election 124 seats, 35.8% 56 seats, 17.3% 28 seats, 14.2% Seats after 135 47 26 Seat change 11 9 2 Popular vote 23,778,190 7,341,828 6,669,387 Percentage 42.5% 13.1% 11.9% Swing 6.7% 4.2% 2.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   130x130px 130x130px Leader Sanzō Nosaka Kasuga Ikkō Yōhei Kōno Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Last election 16 seats, 8.4% 11 seats, 6.7% 4 seats, 3.9% Seats after 12 11 2 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 4,072,019 3,364,478 351,291 Percentage 7.3% 6.0% 0.6% Swing 1.1% 0.7% 3.3%
President of the House of Councillors before election Ken Yasui Liberal Democratic Elected President of the House of Councillors Masatoshi Tokunaga Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 22 June 1980. On 16 May the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) brought no-confidence motion before the Diet relating to corruption issues, proposing more defense spending and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives to withdraw its backing from the government. Unexpectedly, 69 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of the Diet from the Fukuda Takeo, Miki Takeo and Hidenao Nakagawa factions abstained from voting on the motion. The government was defeated by 56 votes in total of 243 and resigned. For the first time elections for both the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives were elected at the same time. In the elections of both the houses the LDP gained a majority.

Results

By constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	Kōmeitō	JCP	DSP	SDF	Others	Ind.
Aichi	3	1				1			1
Akita	1	1
Aomori	1	1
Chiba	2	1	1
Ehime	1	1
Fukui	1	1
Fukuoka	3	1	1	1
Fukushima	2	1	1
Gifu	1	1
Gunma	2	1	1
Hiroshima	2	1				1
Hokkaido	4	2	1		1
Hyōgo	3	1	1		1
Ibaraki	2	1	1
Ishikawa	1	1
Iwate	1	1
Kagawa	1	1
Kagoshima	2	2
Kanagawa	2	1	1
Kōchi	1	1
Kumamoto	2	2
Kyoto	2	1			1
Mie	1	1
Miyagi	1	1
Miyazaki	1	1
Nagano	2	1	1
Nagasaki	1	1
Nara	1	1
Niigata	2	1	1
Ōita	1	1
Okinawa	1							1
Okayama	2	1	1
Osaka	3	1		1					1
Saga	1	1
Saitama	2	1	1
Shiga	1								1
Shimane	1	1
Shizuoka	2	1	1
Tochigi	2	2
Tokushima	1	1
Tokyo	4			1	1				2
Tottori	1	1
Toyama	1	1
Wakayama	1	1
Yamagata	1	1
Yamaguchi	1	1
Yamanashi	1	1
National	50	21	9	9	3	4	1		3
Total	126	69	22	12	7	6	1	1	8

References

• About Japan Series (1999), Changing Japanese Politics, No. 24, Tokyo: Foreign Press Center.
• Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU[1].
• https://archive.today/20070712184335/http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn80par.html