Japanese general election, 1986

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Japanese general election, 1986
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  1983 6 July 1986 1990  

All 512 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
257 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
  Yasuhiro Nakasone in Andrews cropped.jpg
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Last election 250 seats, 45.76% 112 seats, 19.49% 58 seats, 10.12%
Seats won304 85 56
Seat changeIncrease2.svg54Decrease2.svg27Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote29,875,501 10,412,584 5,701,277
Percentage49.42% 17.23% 9.43%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.66%Decrease2.svg2.26%Decrease2.svg0.69%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Kenji Miyamoto.jpg Blanksvg.svg Blanksvg.svg
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
Last election 26 seats, 9.34% 38 seats, 7.27% 8 seats, 2.36%
Seats won 26 26 6
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote 5,313,246 3,895,858 1,114,800
Percentage 8.79% 6.44% 1.64%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.55%Decrease2.svg0.83%Decrease2.svg0.72%

  Seventh party
  Satsuki Eda cropped.jpg
Leader Satsuki Eda
Party Socialist Democratic
Last election 3 seats, 0.67%
Seats won 4
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote 499,670
Percentage 0.83%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.16%

Prime Minister before election

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister-designate

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

The Japanese general election, 1986 was an election held in Japan on July 6, 1986, for the House of Representatives.

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Election results

e    d  Summary of the 6 July 1986 Japanese House of Representatives election results [1] [2]
Parties Candidates Votes [3] % Seats +/-
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 322 29,875,501 49.42% 300 Increase2.svg51
New Liberal Club (NLC) 12 1,114,800 1.84% 6 Decrease2.svg2
Ruling coalition 334 30,990,301 51.27% 306 Increase2.svg49
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 138 10,412,584 17.23% 85 Decrease2.svg25
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 129 5,313,246 8.79% 26 Decrease2.svg1
   Justice Party 61 5,701,277 9.43% 56 Decrease2.svg3
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 56 3,895,858 6.44% 26 Decrease2.svg11
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 5 499,670 0.83% 4 Increase2.svg1
Center-left opposition 122 10,096,805 16.70% 86 Decrease2.svg13
  Others 15 120,627 0.20% 0 Steady2.svg0
  Independents 100 3,515,043 5.81% 9 Increase2.svg2
Totals (Turnout 71.4%) 838 60,448,610 100.00% 512 Increase2.svg12
(reapportionment: +1
11 vacant seats)
Vote share
LDP
49.42%
JSP
17.23%
KP
9.43%
JCP
8.79%
DSP
6.44%
NLC
1.84%
SDF
0.83%
Independents
5.81%
Others
0.20%
Parliament seats
LDP
58.59%
JSP
16.60%
KP
10.94%
JCP
5.08%
DSP
5.08%
NLC
1.17%
SDF
0.78%
Independents
1.76%

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References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html

  1. Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1986 Shūgiin election
  2. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
  3. Fractional votes rounded to full numbers