1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

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

1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 19836 July 19861989 →

127 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderYasuhiro NakasoneMasashi IshibashiYoshikatsu Takeiri
PartyLiberal DemocraticSocialistKōmeitō
Last election137 seats, 35.3%44 seats, 16.3%26 seats, 15.7%
Seats after1404124
Seat changeIncrease3Decrease3Decrease2
Popular vote22,132,5739,869,0887,438,501
Percentage38.6%17.2%13.0%
SwingIncrease3.3%Increase0.9%Decrease2.7%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderKenji MiyamotoTsukamoto SaburōSeiichi Tagawa
PartyCommunistDemocratic SocialistNew Liberal Club
Last election14 seats, 8.9%11 seats, 8.4%2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after16122
Seat changeIncrease2Increase1Steady
Popular vote5,430,8383,940,3251,367,291
Percentage9.5%6.9%2.4%
SwingIncrease0.6%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

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

ConstituencyTotal
seats
Seats won
LDPJSPKōmeitōJCPDSPTAPNPSMDCNLCInd.
Aichi3111
Akita11
Aomori11
Chiba211
Ehime11
Fukui11
Fukuoka321
Fukushima211
Gifu11
Gunma22
Hiroshima211
Hokkaido4211
Hyōgo3111
Ibaraki211
Ishikawa11
Iwate11
Kagawa11
Kagoshima22
Kanagawa211
Kōchi11
Kumamoto22
Kyoto211
Mie11
Miyagi11
Miyazaki11
Nagano211
Nagasaki11
Nara11
Niigata211
Ōita11
Okinawa11
Okayama211
Osaka3111
Saga11
Saitama211
Shiga11
Shimane11
Shizuoka211
Tochigi22
Tokushima11
Tokyo4211
Tottori11
Toyama11
Wakayama11
Yamagata11
Yamaguchi11
Yamanashi11
National502297531111
Total1267220109511116

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