1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1986 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1983 6 July 1986 1989  

127 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 election137 seats, 35.3%44 seats, 16.3%26 seats, 15.7%
Seats after1404124
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote22,132,5739,869,0887,438,501
Percentage38.6%17.2%13.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.3ppIncrease2.svg 0.9ppDecrease2.svg 2.7pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election14 seats, 8.9%11 seats, 8.4%2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after16122
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote5,430,8383,940,3251,367,291
Percentage9.5%6.9%2.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.6ppDecrease2.svg 1.5ppDecrease2.svg 0.3pp

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect half the seats in the upper house of the Diet. The elections were held alongside elections for the House of Representatives, the second and most recent such instance since 1980.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 22,132,57338.582226,111,25845.07506872140+3
Japan Socialist Party 9,869,08817.20912,464,57921.5111212041–3
Kōmeitō 7,438,50112.9772,549,0374.403141024–2
Japanese Communist Party 5,430,8389.4756,617,48711.4247916+2
Democratic Socialist Party 3,940,3256.8732,643,3704.5627512+1
Tax Affairs Party 1,803,0513.141327,4440.570112New
New Party for Salaried Men 1,759,4843.071213+1
Dainiin Club 1,455,5322.541213+1
New Liberal Club 1,367,2912.3811120
Other parties2,166,0593.7801,192,8012.060101
Independents6,032,25910.416167+1
Vacant1011
Total57,362,742100.005057,938,235100.00771251272520
Valid votes57,362,74293.0657,938,23593.94
Invalid/blank votes4,280,5306.943,735,1356.06
Total votes61,643,272100.0061,673,370100.00
Registered voters/turnout86,426,84571.3286,426,84571.36
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP TAPNPSM DC NLC Ind.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 321
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 22
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 4211
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 22
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 211
Tochigi 22
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 4211
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National502297531111
Total1267220109511116

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.