| Japanese House of Councillors 参議院 Sangiin | |||||
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| Type | Upper house | ||||
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| President | Satsuki Eda, DPJ since 2007 | ||||
| Members | 242 | ||||
| Political groups | DPJ LDP NKP JCP SDP PNP NPN | ||||
| Meeting place | National Diet Building, Tokyo | ||||
| Web site | www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/index.htm | ||||
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The House of Councillors has 242 members who each serve six-year terms, two years longer than those of the House of Representatives. Councillors must be at least 30 years old, compared with 25 years old in the House of Representatives. The House cannot be dissolved, as only half of its membership is re-elected at each election, using a parallel voting system. Parallel voting describes a mixed Voting system where voters in effect participate in two separate elections using different systems and where the results in one election have Of the 121 members subject to election each time, 73 are elected from the 47 prefectural districts (by single non-transferable vote) and 48 are elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation. The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an Electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation or PR is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes Up to the 1998 election, there were 252 members, 126 elected at a time: 76 from prefectural districts and 50 elected nationwide. At the 2001 elections these numbers were reduced and the total number was 247 (126 elected in 1998 and 121 elected in 2001).
See List of members of the Diet of Japan for the list of current members of the House of Councillors. This is a list of members of the Diet of Japan. House of Representatives Data current as of May 12 2006
Latest election
| Parties | Proportional votes | % | Prefectural seats 2007 | Proportional seats 2007 | Not up | +/– | Elected in 2007 | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Minshutō | 23,256,242 | 39. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 29 2007. The is a liberal Political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several smaller parties 5 | 40 | 20 | 49 | +11 | 60 | 109 |
| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyū Minshutō | 16,544,696 | 28. The, frequently abbreviated to LDP or, is a Centre right, conservative, Political party and the largest party in Japan. 1 | 23 | 14 | 46 | –9 | 37 | 83 |
| New Komeito Party (NKP) Shin Kōmeitō | 7,762,324 | 13. The, New Komeito Party, or NKP is a Centre-right political party in Japan founded by members of the Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –2 | 9 | 20 |
| Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Nihon Kyōsantō | 4,407,937 | 7. The Japanese Communist Party ( JCP) ( Japanese " 日本共産党 Nihon Kyōsan-tō) is a Political party in Japan. 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | 7 |
| Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shakai Minshutō | 2,637,716 | 4. The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also abbreviated as SDP in English 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | 5 |
| People's New Party (PNP) Kokumin Shintō | 1,269,220 | 2. The People's New Party (国民新党 Kokumin Shintō) is a Centre-right, Conservative, Japanese political party formed on August 17 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| New Party Nippon (NPN) Shintō Nippon | 1,770,697 | 3. The New Party Nippon (新党日本 Shintō Nippon) is a Japanese political party formed on August 21, 2005. 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 1 |
| Others | 1,264,841 | 2. 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | +6 | 7 | 13 |
| Total | 121 | 121 | 242 | |||||
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