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The 23rd Elections to the House of Councillors (第23回参議院議員通常選挙 Dainijūsankai Sangiingiin Tsūjōsenkyo 23rd regular/ordinary election of members of the House of Councillors) for the upper house of the National Diet the legislature of Japan was held on July 21 2013. In the last election in 2010 the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms.
