2010 Japanese House of Councillors election

2010 Japanese House of Councillors election
July 11, 2010
121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Naoto Kan Sadakazu Tanigaki Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party Democratic LDP Komeito
Last election 109 seats, 39.5% 83 seats, 28.1% 20 seats, 13.2%
Seats after 106 84 19
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 18,450,139 14,071,671 7,639,433
Percentage 31.6% 24.1% 13.1%
Swing 7.9pp 4.0pp 0.1pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yoshimi Watanabe Kazuo Shii Mizuho Fukushima
Party Your JCP Social Democratic
Last election – 7 seats, 7.5% 5 seats, 4.5%
Seats after 11 6 4
Seat change New 1 1
Popular vote 7,943,649 3,563,556 2,242,735
Percentage 13.6% 6.1% 3.8%
Swing New 1.4pp 0.7pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Takeo Hiranuma Shizuka Kamei Yōichi Masuzoe
Party Sunrise People's New New Renaissance
Last election – 4 seats, 2.2% –
Seats after 3 3 2
Seat change New 3 New
Popular vote 1,232,207 1,000,036 1,172,395
Percentage 2.1% 1.7% 2.0%
Swing New 0.5pp New
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
President of the House of Councillors before election

Satsuki Eda
Democratic

 Elected President of the House of Councillors

Takeo Nishioka
Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 11, 2010. In the previous elections in 2007 the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had lost its majority to the Democratic Party (DPJ), which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six-year terms. The seats up for election in 2010 were last contested in the 2004 election.

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