Japanese House of Councillors election, 1986

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1986

6 July 1986

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 137 seats, 35.3% 44 seats, 16.3% 27 seats, 15.7%
Seats after 143 42 24
Seat change Increase6 Decrease2 Decrease3
Popular vote 22,132,573 9,869,088 7,438,501
Percentage 38.6% 17.2% 13.0%
Swing Increase3.3% Increase0.9% Decrease2.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Sanzō Nosaka Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 14 seats, 8.9% 12 seats, 8.4% 2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after 16 12 2
Seat change Increase2 Steady0 Decrease1
Popular vote 5,430,838 3,940,325 1,367,291
Percentage 9.5% 6.9% 2.4%
Swing Increase0.6% Decrease1.5% Decrease0.3%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
Liberal Democratic

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1986.

Only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.

Results

 Summary of the 6 July 1986 Japanese House of Councillors election results[1][2]
Parties Prefectural constituency voteNational PR vote Total seats wonNot upPost-election composition
Votes[3]%Seats Votes[3]%Seats
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 26,111,25845.07%50 22,132,57338.58%22 7271143
New Liberal Club (NLC) 1,367,2912.38%1 112
Ruling coalition 26,111,25845.07%50 23,499,86440.97%23 7372145
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 12,464,57921.51%11 9,869,08817.20%9 202141
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 6,617,48711.42%4 5,430,8389.47%5 9716
   Justice Party 2,549,0374.40%3 7,438,50112.97%7 101424
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 2,643,3704.56%2 3,940,3256.87%3 5712
Tax Party 327,4440.57%0 1,803,0513.14%1 112
New Salaryman Party 1,759,4843.07%1 123
Second Chamber Club 1,455,5322.54%1 112
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 011
Center-left opposition 5,519,8519.53%5 16,396,89328.58%13 182644
  Others 1,192,8012.06%0 2,166,0593.78%0 000
  Independents 6,032,25910.41%6 606
Totals 57,938,236100.00%76 57,326,742100.00%50 126126252
Turnout 71.36% 71.32%

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html

  1. Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1986 Sangiin election
  2. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-11 to 27-14 Elections for the House of Councillors
  3. 1 2 Fractional votes rounded to full numbers
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