Japanese House of Councillors election, 1995

23 July 1995

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Yōhei Kōno	Toshiki Kaifu	Tomiichi Murayama
Party	Liberal Democratic	New Frontier	Socialist
Last election	106 seats, 33.3%	New party	73 seats, 17.8%
Seats after	110	56	37
Seat change	4	56	36
Popular vote	11,096,972	12,506,322	6,882,919
Percentage	27.3%	30.8%	16.9%
Swing	6.0%	N/A	0.9%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Kenji Miyamoto	Tomio Fujii	Masayoshi Takemura
Party	Communist	Komeito	New Party Sakigake
Last election	11 seats, 7.9%	24 seats, 14.3%	New party
Seats after	14	11	3
Seat change	3	13	3
Popular vote	3,873,955	–	1,455,886
Percentage	9.5%	–	3.9%
Swing	1.6%	–	N/A

President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yuji Osada
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
Liberal Democratic

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1995.

Because of the circumstances of its creation, the opposition party New Frontier Party held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the LDP.

This election made history that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, which held the largest opposition party for 38 years, and entered coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.

Results

Party	Held Over	Newly Elected	Total Seats
Liberal Democratic Party	61	49	110
New Frontier Party	16	40	56
Socialist Party	22	16	38
Communist Party	6	8	14
Kōmeitō	11	0	11
New Party Sakigake	0	3	3
Democratic Reform League	2	0	2
Second Chamber Club	1	1	2
Sports and Peace Party	1	0	1
Others	2	1	3
Independents	6	6	12
Total			252

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn95par.html

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