1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

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.

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 LDP 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 JCP 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
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
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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

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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

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  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].