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

26 June 1983
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 2 3 Popular vote 16,441,437 7,590,331 7,314,465 Percentage 35.3% 16.3% 15.7% Swing 7.2% 3.2% 3.8%   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 2 Popular vote 4,163,877 3,888,429 1,239,169 Percentage 8.9% 8.4% 2.7% Swing 1.6% 2.4% 2.1%
President of the House of Councillors before election Masatoshi Tokunaga LDP Elected President of the House of Councillors Matsuo Kimura LDP

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	16,441,437	35.33	19	19,975,034	43.24	49	69	68	137	+2
	Japan Socialist Party	7,590,331	16.31	9	11,217,515	24.28	13	22	22	44	–3
	Kōmeitō	7,314,465	15.72	8	3,615,995	7.83	6	12	14	26	0
	Japanese Communist Party	4,163,877	8.95	5	4,859,334	10.52	2	7	7	14	+2
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,888,429	8.36	4	2,638,780	5.71	2	5	6	11	0
	New Party for Salaried Men	1,999,244	4.30	2				0	2	2	New
	Japan Wellbeing Party	1,577,630	3.39	1				0	1	1	New
	New Liberal Club	1,239,169	2.66	1	563,811	1.22	1	0	2	2	0
	Dainiin Club	1,142,349	2.45	1				1	1	2	New
	Other parties	1,179,997	2.54	0	1,561,835	3.38	2	2	2	4	–
	Independents				1,768,021	3.83	1	5	1	6	–7
Vacant							3	0	3	3	–
Total		46,536,928	100.00	50	46,200,325	100.00	79	123	129	252	0
Valid votes		46,536,928	97.57		46,200,325	96.86
Invalid/blank votes		1,159,404	2.43		1,500,034	3.14
Total votes		47,696,332	100.00		47,700,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,682,416	57.00		83,682,416	57.00
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, National Diet

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

• 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].