2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

11 July 2004

121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Junichiro Koizumi Katsuya Okada Takenori Kanzaki
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 110 seats, 38.6% 67 seats, 24.1% 23 seats, 15.0%
Seats after 115 82 24
Seat change 5 15 1
Popular vote 16,797,686 21,138,032 8,621,265
Percentage 30.0% 37.8% 15.4%
Swing 8.6pp 13.7pp 0.4pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Mizuho Fukushima
Party JCP Social Democratic
Last election 20 seats, 7.9% 8 seats, 6.6%
Seats after 9 5
Seat change 11 3
Popular vote 4,362,574 2,990,665
Percentage 7.8% 5.4%
Swing 0.1pp 1.2pp

Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result

President of the House of Councillors before election

Hiroyuki Kurata
LDP

Elected President of the House of Councillors

Chikage Oogi
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 11 July 2004. The House of Councillors consisted of 242 members who served 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.