[0] Breakdown of seats won by parties in upper house poll

Japan Policy & Politics, August 6, 2001

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo

Following is a table showing seats secured by parties in Sunday's House of Councillors election as of 1:45 a.m., according to early returns. Figures in brackets denote women.

 Parties      Total     District  Proportional   Total number of
             Seats Won  Seats Won  Seats Won  seats in upper house
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 LDP              61 ( 6)     44       17            107
 DPJ              24 ( 2)     18        6             57
 New Komeito      11 ( 2)      5        6             21
 JCP               3 ( 0)      1        2             18
 SDP               2 ( 1)      0        2              7
 NCP               0 ( 0)      0        0              4
 LP                4 ( 1)      2        2              6
 Mushozoku no Kai  0 ( 0)      0        0              4
 Liberal League    0 ( 0)      0        0              0
 Niin Club         0 ( 0)      0        0              1
 Small parties     0 ( 0)      0        0              1
 Independents      3 ( 0)      3       --              8
 Vacancies        --          --       --              0
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 Total           108 (12)     73       35            234
 (Note: LDP = Liberal Democratic Party; DPJ = Democratic Party of
Japan; JCP = Japanese Communist Party; SDP = Social Democratic Party;
NCP = New Conservative Party; LP = Liberal Party. The total number of
seats was reduced from 252 to 247 in the election.)