1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

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129 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō (1962–1998)
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
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Leader Sanzō Nosaka Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal
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

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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

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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

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  • 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].