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The Japanese general election, 1986 was an election held in Japan on July 6, 1986, for the House of Representatives.
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Parties | Candidates | Votes [3] | % | Seats | +/- | |
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Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 322 | 29,875,501 | 49.42% | 300 | ||
New Liberal Club (NLC) | 12 | 1,114,800 | 1.84% | 6 | ||
Ruling coalition | 334 | 30,990,301 | 51.27% | 306 | ||
Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) | 138 | 10,412,584 | 17.23% | 85 | ||
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 129 | 5,313,246 | 8.79% | 26 | ||
Justice Party | 61 | 5,701,277 | 9.43% | 56 | ||
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) | 56 | 3,895,858 | 6.44% | 26 | ||
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) | 5 | 499,670 | 0.83% | 4 | ||
Center-left opposition | 122 | 10,096,805 | 16.70% | 86 | ||
Others | 15 | 120,627 | 0.20% | 0 | ||
Independents | 100 | 3,515,043 | 5.81% | 9 | ||
Totals (Turnout 71.4%) | 838 | 60,448,610 | 100.00% | 512 | (reapportionment: +1 11 vacant seats) |
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