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| Japanese House of Councillors election, 1980 | ||||
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| 126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors | ||||
| 22 June 1980 | ||||
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| Leader | Masayoshi Ōhira | Ichio Asukata | ||
| Party | Liberal Democratic | Socialist | ||
| Last election | 125 | 56 | ||
| Seats won | 135 | 47 | ||
| Seat change | +10 | -9 | ||
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Incumbent President of the House of Councillors President of the House of Councillors-elect |
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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1980. On 16 May 1980, 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 called in June 1980. In the elections of both the houses the LDP gained a perfect majority.
Results
| Party | National seats | Prefecture seats | Total seats 1980 | Total |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 21 | 48 | 69 | 135 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 9 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
| Komeito | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| Communist Party | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Others | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Independents | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Total | 50 | 76 | 126 |
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]. - http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn80par.html
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