1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

←  1989 23 July 1992 1995  →
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kiichi Miyazawa Makoto Tanabe Koshiro Ishida Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō Last election 109 seats, 27.3% 66 seats, 35.1% 20 seats, 10.9% Seats after 106 71 24 Seat change 3 5 4 Popular vote 14,961,199 7,981,726 6,415,503 Percentage 33.3% 17.8% 14.3% Swing 6.0% 17.3% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kenji Miyamoto – Eiichi Nagasue Party JCP Democratic Reform Democratic Socialist Last election 14 seats, 7.0% 12 seats 8 seats, 4.9% Seats after 11 12 7 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 3,532,956 – 2,255,423 Percentage 7.9% – 5.0% Swing 0.9% – 0.1%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Morihiro Hosokawa Antonio Inoki Columbia Top Party New Party Sports & Peace Dainiin Club Last election – 1 seat, 1.8% 2 seats, 2.2% Seats after 4 2 2 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 3,617,246 1,375,791 1,321,639 Percentage 8.1% 3.1% 2.9% Swing New 1.3% 0.7%
President of the House of Councillors before election Yuji Osada LDP Elected President of the House of Councillors Bunbei Hara LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1992. Only half of the seats in the House of Councillors were up for election.

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	14,961,199	32.97	19	19,711,047	43.43	48	39	67	106	–3
	Japan Socialist Party	7,981,726	17.59	10	5,846,238	12.88	12	49	22	71	+5
	Kōmeitō	6,415,503	14.14	8	3,550,060	7.82	6	10	14	24	+4
	Japan New Party	3,617,247	7.97	4				0	4	4	New
	Japanese Communist Party	3,532,956	7.78	4	4,817,001	10.61	2	5	6	11	–3
	Democratic Socialist Party	2,255,423	4.97	3	1,039,980	2.29	1	3	4	7	–1
	Sports and Peace Party	1,375,791	3.03	1				1	1	2	+1
	Dainiin Club	1,321,639	2.91	1				1	1	2	0
	Democratic Reform Party				4,399,684	9.69	0	12	0	12	0
	Other parties	3,921,722	8.64	0	1,573,400	3.47	2	2	2	4	–
	Independent				4,445,795	9.80	5	3	5	8	–7
Vacant							1	0	1	1	–
Total		45,383,206	100.00	50	45,383,205	100.00	77	125	127	252	0
Valid votes		45,383,206	95.98		45,383,205	95.95
Invalid/blank votes		1,900,566	4.02		1,913,874	4.05
Total votes		47,283,772	100.00		47,297,079	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		93,254,025	50.70		93,254,025	50.72
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

By constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	Kōmeitō	JCP	JNP	DSP	SPP	DC	Others	Ind.
Aichi	3	1		1			1
Akita	1	1
Aomori	1	1
Chiba	2	1	1
Ehime	1	1
Fukui	1	1
Fukuoka	3	1	1	1
Fukushima	2	2
Gifu	1	1
Gunma	2	2
Hiroshima	2	1								1
Hokkaido	4	1	1	1							1
Hyōgo	3	1	1	1
Ibaraki	2	1	1
Ishikawa	1	1
Iwate	1	1
Kagawa	1	1
Kagoshima	2	1	1
Kanagawa	2	1	1
Kōchi	1										1
Kumamoto	2	1									1
Kyoto	2	1			1
Mie	1	1
Miyagi	1	1
Miyazaki	1	1
Nagano	2	1	1
Nagasaki	1	1
Nara	1	1
Niigata	2	1	1
Ōita	1	1
Okinawa	1									1
Okayama	2	1	1
Osaka	3	1		1							1
Saga	1	1
Saitama	3	2	1
Shiga	1	1
Shimane	1	1
Shizuoka	2	1	1
Tochigi	2	2
Tokushima	1	1
Tokyo	4	1		1	1						1
Tottori	1	1
Toyama	1	1
Wakayama	1	1
Yamagata	1	1
Yamaguchi	1	1
Yamanashi	1	1
National	50	19	10	8	4	4	3	1	1
Total	127	68	22	14	6	4	4	1	1	2	5

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.