Japanese House of Councillors election, 1986

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1986

6 July 1986
126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
First party Second party   Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Last election 137 44 Seats won 143 42 Seat change +6 -2
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.

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

Results

 Summary of the 6 July 1986 Japanese House of Councillors election results

Parties		Prefectural constituency vote			National PR vote			Total seats won	Not up	Post-election composition
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	26,111,258	45.07%	50	22,132,573	38.58%	22	72	71	143
	New Liberal Club (NLC)	–			1,367,291	2.38%	1	1	1	2
	Ruling coalition	26,111,258	45.07%	50	23,499,864	40.97%	23	73	72	145
	Japanese Socialist Party (JSP)	12,464,579	21.51%	11	9,869,088	17.20%	9	20	21	41
	Japanese Communist Party (JCP)	6,617,487	11.42%	4	5,430,838	9.47%	5	9	7	16
	Justice Party	2,549,037	4.40%	3	7,438,501	12.97%	7	10	14	24
	Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)	2,643,370	4.56%	2	3,940,325	6.87%	3	5	7	12
	Tax Party	327,444	0.57%	0	1,803,051	3.14%	1	1	1	2
	New Salaryman Party	–			1,759,484	3.07%	1	1	2	3
	Second Chamber Club	–			1,455,532	2.54%	1	1	1	2
	Social Democratic Federation (SDF)	–						0	1	1
	Center-left opposition	5,519,851	9.53%	5	16,396,893	28.58%	13	18	26	44
	Others	1,192,801	2.06%	0	2,166,059	3.78%	0	0	0	0
	Independents	6,032,259	10.41%	6	–			6	0	6
Totals		57,938,236	100.00%	76	57,326,742	100.00%	50	126	126	252
Turnout		71.36%			71.32%			–

References

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