House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 11 July 2004. The House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. At these elections 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation.

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2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 2001 11 July 2004 2007 →
121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors 122 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.57% (0.07pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Junichiro Koizumi 30.03 115 +5 Democratic Katsuya Okada 37.79 82 +23 Komeito Takenori Kanzaki 15.41 24 +1 Communist Tetsuzo Fuwa 7.80 9 −11 Social Democratic Mizuho Fukushima 5.35 5 −3 Independents – – 7 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result President of the House of Councillors before President of the House of Councillors after Hiroyuki Kurata Liberal Democratic Chikage Oogi Liberal Democratic

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Government

• Liberal Democratic Party (conservative)
• New Komeito (theocratic Buddhist, conservative)

Opposition

• Democratic Party (social-democratic/liberal)
• Japanese Communist Party (communist)
• Social Democratic Party (social-democratic)

The opposition Democratic Party won a plurality of the popular vote and seats contested in the election, sweeping the liberal urban areas. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to win in its strongholds but once more received most of its support from the agrarian areas. New Komeito did well, reaching its goals, as did the Social Democratic Party. The Japanese Communist Party did not reach its goals, while independents won the rest of the seats. The Liberal League and Green Political Assembly failed to win any seats.