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1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

←  1983 6 July 1986 1989 →

127 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 137 seats, 35.3% 44 seats, 16.3% 26 seats, 15.7%
Seats after 140 41 24
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3 Decrease2
Popular vote 22,132,573 9,869,088 7,438,501
Percentage 38.6% 17.2% 13.0%
Swing Increase3.3% Increase0.9% Decrease2.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 14 seats, 8.9% 11 seats, 8.4% 2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after 16 12 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 5,430,838 3,940,325 1,367,291
Percentage 9.5% 6.9% 2.4%
Swing Increase0.6% Decrease1.5% Decrease0.3%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
Liberal Democratic

Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1986.

Only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.

Results

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party22,132,57338.582226,111,25845.07506872140+3
Japan Socialist Party9,869,08817.20912,464,57921.5111212041–3
Kōmeitō7,438,50112.9772,549,0374.403141024–2
Japanese Communist Party5,430,8389.4756,617,48711.4247916+2
Democratic Socialist Party3,940,3256.8732,643,3704.5627512+1
Tax Affairs Party1,803,0513.141327,4440.570112New
New Party for Salaried Men1,759,4843.071213+1
Dainiin Club1,455,5322.541213+1
New Liberal Club1,367,2912.3811120
Other parties2,166,0593.7801,192,8012.060101
Independents6,032,25910.416167+1
Vacant1011
Total57,362,742100.005057,938,235100.00771251272520
Valid votes57,362,74293.0657,938,23593.94
Invalid/blank votes4,280,5306.943,735,1356.06
Total votes61,643,272100.0061,673,370100.00
Registered voters/turnout86,426,84571.3286,426,84571.36
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP TAP NPSM DC NLC Ind.
Aichi 3 1 1 1
Akita 1 1
Aomori 1 1
Chiba 2 1 1
Ehime 1 1
Fukui 1 1
Fukuoka 3 2 1
Fukushima 2 1 1
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 2 1 1
Hyōgo 3 1 1 1
Ibaraki 2 1 1
Ishikawa 1 1
Iwate 1 1
Kagawa 1 1
Kagoshima 2 2
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 1 1
Tochigi 2 2
Tokushima 1 1
Tokyo 4 2 1 1
Tottori 1 1
Toyama 1 1
Wakayama 1 1
Yamagata 1 1
Yamaguchi 1 1
Yamanashi 1 1
National 50 22 9 7 5 3 1 1 1 1
Total 126 72 20 10 9 5 1 1 1 1 6

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.