Japanese House of Councillors election, 1971

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971,^[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.

Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Liberal Democratic Party	17,727,263	44.0	41	17,759,395	44.5	21	62
Japan Socialist Party	12,597,644	31.2	28	8,494,264	21.3	11	39
Japanese Communist Party	4,878,570	12.1	1	3,219,307	8.1	5	6
Democratic Socialist Party	1,919,643	4.8	2	2,441,509	6.1	4	6
Komeitō	1,391,855	3.5	2	5,626,293	14.1	8	10
Other parties	74,739	0.2	0	48,300	0.1	0	0
Independents	1,741,201	4.3	1	2,342,517	5.9	1	2
Invalid/blank votes		-	-		-	-	-
Total	40,330,916	100	75	39,931,584	100	50	125
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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