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1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

←  1980 26 June 1983 1986 →

129 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 135 seats, 42.5% 47 seats, 13.1% 26 seats, 11.9%
Seats after 137 44 26
Seat change Increase2 Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 16,441,437 7,590,331 7,314,465
Percentage 35.3% 16.3% 15.7%
Swing Decrease7.2% Increase3.2% Increase3.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 12 seats, 7.3% 11 seats, 6.0% 2 seats, 0.6%
Seats after 14 11 2
Seat change Increase2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,163,877 3,888,429 1,239,169
Percentage 8.9% 8.4% 2.7%
Swing Increase1.6% Increase2.4% Increase2.1%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Masatoshi Tokunaga
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 126 seats up for election, retaining its majority in the House.

Results

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party16,441,43735.331919,975,03443.24496968137+2
Japan Socialist Party7,590,33116.31911,217,51524.2813222244–3
Kōmeitō7,314,46515.7283,615,9957.8361214260
Japanese Communist Party4,163,8778.9554,859,33410.5227714+2
Democratic Socialist Party3,888,4298.3642,638,7805.71256110
New Party for Salaried Men1,999,2444.302022New
Japan Wellbeing Party1,577,6303.391011New
New Liberal Club1,239,1692.661563,8111.2210220
Dainiin Club1,142,3492.451112New
Other parties1,179,9972.5401,561,8353.382224
Independents1,768,0213.831516–7
Vacant3033
Total46,536,928100.005046,200,325100.00791231292520
Valid votes46,536,92897.5746,200,32596.86
Invalid/blank votes1,159,4042.431,500,0343.14
Total votes47,696,332100.0047,700,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout83,682,41657.0083,682,41657.00
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP NPSM NLC JWP 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 1 1
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 2 2
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 2
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 2 1 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 2
Tochigi 2 1 1
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 9 8 5 4 2 1 1 1
Total 126 68 22 14 7 6 2 2 1 1 2 1

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.
  • About Japan Series (1999), Changing Japanese Politics, No. 24, Tokyo: Foreign Press Center.
  • Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU [1].