2019 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 21 July 2019 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet, for a term of six years.

2019 Japanese House of Councillors election
21 July 2019
124 of the 245 seats in the House of Councillors
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.80% (5.90pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal Democratic Shinzō Abe 35.37 113 −7
CDP Yukio Edano 15.81 32 New
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 13.05 28 +3
Innovation Toranosuke Katayama
Ichirō Matsui		 9.80 16 +4
Communist Kazuo Shii 8.95 13 −1
DPP Yuichiro Tamaki 6.95 21 +19
Reiwa Taro Yamamoto 4.55 2 New
Social Democratic Seiji Mataichi 2.09 2 0
Anti-NHK Takashi Tachibana 1.97 1 New
Independents – – 17 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Election results
President before President after
Chuichi Date
Liberal Democratic		 Akiko Santō
Liberal Democratic

74 members were elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV)/First-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in 45 multi- and single-member prefectural electoral districts. The nationwide district elected 50 members by D'Hondt proportional representation with optionally open lists, the previous most open list system was modified in 2018 to give parties the option to prioritize certain candidates over the voters' preferences in the proportional election.

The election saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition lose the two-thirds majority needed to enact constitutional reform. The Liberal Democratic Party also lost its majority in the House of Councillors, but the LDP maintained control of the House of Councillors with its junior coalition partner Komeito.

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