2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

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

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
Turnout56.57% (0.07pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal Democratic Junichiro Koizumi 30.03 115 +5
Democratic Katsuya Okada 37.79 82 +23
Komeito Takenori Kanzaki 15.41 24 +1
Communist Tetsuzo Fuwa 7.80 9 −11
Social Democratic Mizuho Fukushima 5.35 5 −3
Independents 7 −1
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
Hiroyuki Kurata
Liberal Democratic
Chikage Oogi
Liberal Democratic
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