Japanese House of Councillors election, 1959

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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.

Results

Party Constituency National Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Liberal Democratic Party15,667,02252.04912,120,59841.22271
Japan Socialist Party10,265,39434.1217,794,75426.51738
Japanese Communist Party999,2553.30551,9161.911
Ryokufūkai731,3832.422,382,7038.146
Political League for Small and Medium Enterprises--0598,5192.011
Other parties155,1890.50154,7430.500
Independents2,311,1127.735,817,18719.8710
Invalid/blank votes -- ---
Total30,129,3551007529,420,41910052127
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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