1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1983 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1980 26 June 1983 1986  

129 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Yasuhiro Nakasone.jpg Masashi Ishibashi.jpg Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election135 seats, 42.5%47 seats, 13.1%26 seats, 11.9%
Seats after1374426
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg3Steady2.svg
Popular vote16,441,4377,590,3317,314,465
Percentage35.3%16.3%15.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.2%Increase2.svg3.2%Increase2.svg3.8%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg Ryosaku-Sasaki-1.png
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election12 seats, 7.3%11 seats, 6.0%2 seats, 0.6%
Seats after14112
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote4,163,8773,888,4291,239,169
Percentage8.9%8.4%2.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.6%Increase2.svg2.4%Increase2.svg2.1%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Masatoshi Tokunaga
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 126 seats up for election, retaining its majority in the House.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 16,441,43735.331919,975,03443.24496968137+2
Japan Socialist Party 7,590,33116.31911,217,51524.2813222244–3
Kōmeitō 7,314,46515.7283,615,9957.8361214260
Japanese Communist Party 4,163,8778.9554,859,33410.5227714+2
Democratic Socialist Party 3,888,4298.3642,638,7805.71256110
New Party for Salaried Men 1,999,2444.302022New
Japan Wellbeing Party 1,577,6303.391011New
New Liberal Club 1,239,1692.661563,8111.2210220
Dainiin Club 1,142,3492.451112New
Other parties1,179,9972.5401,561,8353.382224
Independents1,768,0213.831516–7
Vacant3033
Total46,536,928100.005046,200,325100.00791231292520
Valid votes46,536,92897.5746,200,32596.86
Invalid/blank votes1,159,4042.431,500,0343.14
Total votes47,696,332100.0047,700,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,682,41657.0083,682,41657.00
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP NPSM NLC JWP DC OthersInd.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 3111
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 22
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 422
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 211
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 22
Kyoto 211
Mie 11
Miyagi 11
Miyazaki 11
Nagano 211
Nagasaki 11
Nara 11
Niigata 211
Ōita 11
Okinawa 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 3111
Saga 11
Saitama 211
Shiga 11
Shimane 11
Shizuoka 22
Tochigi 211
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 41111
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National501998542111
Total12668221476221121

References

  1. Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.