2001 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. They were the first national elections since Junichiro Koizumi became Prime Minister after Yoshiro Mori resigned in April 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its election allies, were the major winner, provided Koizumi a strong mandates to move forward with his reform policies. The ruling coalition performed well, and regain their majority in the House of Councillors.

2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
29 July 2001
121 of the 247 seats in the House of Councillors
124 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.57% (2.27pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal Democratic Junichiro Koizumi 38.57 110 +8
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 16.42 59 +12
Komeito Takenori Kanzaki 14.96 23 +1
Communist Tetsuzo Fuwa 7.91 20 −3
Liberal Ichirō Ozawa 7.72 8 −4
Social Democratic Takako Doi 6.63 8 −5
New Conservative Chikage Oogi 2.33 5 +5
Dainiin Club – 1.22 1 +1
Other parties – – 5 +4
Independents – – 8 −18
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
President of the House of Councillors before President of the House of Councillors after
Yutaka Inoue
Liberal Democratic		 Yutaka Inoue
Liberal Democratic
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