Japanese House of Councillors election, 1983

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1983
26 June 1983
126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Last election 135 seats, 42.5% 47 seats, 13.1% 26 seats, 11.9%
Seats after 137 44 27
Seat change Increase2 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 16,441,437 7,590,331 7,314,465
Percentage 35.3% 16.3% 15.7%
Swing Decrease7.2% Increase3.2% Increase3.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Sanzō Nosaka Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 12 seats, 7.3% 11 seats, 6.0% 3 seats, 0.6%
Seats after 14 12 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 4,163,877 3,888,429 1,239,169
Percentage 8.9% 8.4% 2.7%
Swing Increase1.6% Increase2.4% Increase2.1%
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Masatoshi Tokunaga
Liberal Democratic

 Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The House of Councillors elections were won by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Results

Party PR seats District seats Total Elected 1983 Total
Liberal Democratic Party 19 49 68 137
Social Democratic Party 9 13 22 44
Komeito 8 6 14 26
Communist Party 5 2 7 14
Democratic Socialist Party 4 2 6 11
NLC 1 1 2 2
Others 4 2 6 6
Independents 0 1 1 9
Vacant 3
Total 50 76 126 252

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