1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

{{Short description|Election for the Japanese House of Councillors held in 1971}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1971 Japanese House of Councillors election

| country = Japan

| flag_year = 1870

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1968 Japanese House of Councillors election

| previous_year = 1968

| next_election = 1974 Japanese House of Councillors election

| next_year = 1974

| seats_for_election = 125 of the 251 seats in the House of Councillors

| majority_seats = 125

| election_date = 27 June 1971

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Eisaku Sato.jpg

| leader1 = Eisaku Satō

| party1 = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

| seats_after1 = 134

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}3

| popular_vote1 = 17,759,395

| percentage1 = 44.5%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}2.2%

| image2 = Tomomi-Narita-1.png

| leader2 = Tomomi Narita

| party2 = Japan Socialist Party

| seats_after2 = 66

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote2 = 8,494,264

| percentage2 = 21.3%

| swing2 = {{increase}}2.5%

| image3 = Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png

| leader3 = {{nowrap|Yoshikatsu Takeiri}}

| party3 = Kōmeitō (1962–1998)

| seats_after3 = 23

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote3 = 5,626,293

| percentage3 = 14.1%

| swing3 = {{decrease}}1.4%

| image4 = Kasuga-Ikko-1.jpg

| leader4 = Kasuga Ikkō

| party4 = Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)

| seats_after4 = 13

| seat_change4 = {{increase}}3

| popular_vote4 = 2,441,509

| percentage4 = 6.1%

| swing4 = {{increase}}0.1%

| image5 = The-Zenei-1962-December-Special-1.png

| leader5 = Kenji Miyamoto

| party5 = Japanese Communist Party

| seats_after5 = 10

| seat_change5 = {{increase}}3

| popular_vote5 = 3,219,307

| percentage5 = 8.1%

| swing5 = {{increase}}3.1%

| title = President of the House of Councillors

| posttitle = President of the House of Councillors-designate

| before_election = Ken Yasui

| before_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

| after_election = Yasoichi Mori

| after_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}{{Politics of Japan}}

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971,[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323055016/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls |date=2011-03-23 }} Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.