= 1947 House of Councillors Elections = The '''1947 House of Councillors elections''' were the first [[Japan/Diet#House_of_Councillors|upper house]] [[Japan/Elections|elections]] in Japan following World War II. These were also the first elections held under the [[Japan/ConstitutionOfJapan|new constitution]]. Exceptionally though, all 250 seats were up for this election, whereas a normal upper house election only sees about half of the seats up. <> ---- == History == A [[Japan/1947GeneralElections|general election]] was held just days later on April 25th, although technically under the rules of the [[Japan/ConstitutionOfTheEmpireOfJapan|old constitution]]. ---- == Results == ---- CategoryRicottone