1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1995 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1992 23 July 1995 1998  

126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Yohei Kono 1999.jpg Toshiki Kaifu 19890810 (cropped).jpg Tomiichi Murayama 19940630.jpg
Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu Tomiichi Murayama
Party LDP New Frontier Socialist
Last election106 seats, 33.0%71 seats, 17.6%
Seats after1116838
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12NewDecrease2.svg33
Popular vote11,096,97212,506,3226,882,919
Percentage27.3%30.8%16.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.7ppNewDecrease2.svg0.7pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg Masayoshi Takemura Tomiichi Murayama Cabinet 19950808.jpg
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Masayoshi Takemura
Party JCP NP-Sakigake
Last election11 seats, 7.8%
Seats after143
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3New
Popular vote3,873,9551,455,886
Percentage9.5%3.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.7pp"New"

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 1995.

Contents

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.

The elections was historic in that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, which had been the largest opposition party for 38 years, and entered coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.

The elections were considered a referendum on the sitting coalition government. [1]

Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
New Frontier Party 12,506,32230.751811,003,68126.4722164056New
Liberal Democratic Party 11,096,97227.291510,557,54725.40316146107+1
Japan Socialist Party 6,882,91916.9294,926,00311.857221638–33
Japanese Communist Party 3,873,9559.5354,314,83010.3836814+3
New Party Sakigake 1,455,8863.5821,059,3532.551033New
Dainiin Club 1,282,5963.1511120
Sports and Peace Party 541,8941.330101–1
Party for Peace and Citizens 377,7860.930579,3771.391112New
Democratic Reform Party 1,854,1754.462022–10
Komeito 11011–13
Other parties2,649,9306.5201,158,0042.790101
Independents6,120,09914.7296915+7
Total40,668,260100.005041,573,069100.00761261262520
Valid votes40,668,26094.4541,573,06996.51
Invalid/blank votes2,391,8615.551,501,6543.49
Total votes43,060,121100.0043,074,723100.00
Registered voters/turnout96,759,02544.5096,759,02544.52
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [2] [3] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

By constituency

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDP NFP JSP JCP NPS DRP DC PPCInd.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 211
Fukushima 211
Gifu 211
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 211
Hyōgo 211
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 211
Kanagawa 3111
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 211
Kyoto 211
Mie 11
Miyagi 211
Miyazaki 11
Nagano 211
Nagasaki 11
Nara 11
Niigata 211
Ōita 11
Okinawa 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 3111
Saga 11
Saitama 3111
Shiga 11
Shimane 11
Shizuoka 211
Tochigi 211
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 41111
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5015189521
Total126474016832118

References

  1. Thies, Michael F (1995). "The Japanese House of Councillors election of 1995" . Electoral Studies. 14 (4): 464–470. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(96)81773-2. ISSN   0261-3794.
  2. 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
  3. "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.