1983 Japanese general election

none Japan 1870 parliamentary 1980 Japanese general election 1980 18 December 1983 1986 Japanese general election 1986 All 511 seats in the House of Representatives 256 67.94% ( 6.63pp) 130x130px Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 47.88%, 284 seats 250 34 25,982,785 45.76% 2.12pp Masashi Ishibashi.jpg Masashi Ishibashi Japan Socialist Party 19.31%, 107 seats 112 5 11,065,082 19.49% 0.18pp Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kōmeitō (1962–1998) 9.03%, 33 seats 58 25 5,745,751 10.12% 1.09pp Ryosaku-Sasaki-1.png Sasaki Ryōsaku ja 佐々木良作 Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) 6.60%, 32 seats 38 6 4,129,907 7.27% 0.67pp Tetsuzo Fuwa Japanese Communist Party 9.83%, 29 seats 26 3 5,302,485 9.34% 0.49pp New Liberal Club 130 95 Seiichi Tagawa New Liberal Club 2.99%, 12 seats 8 4 1,341,584 2.36% 0.63pp Fujin-Seikatsu-1966-April-1.png Hideo Den Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan) 0.68%, 3 seats 3 381,045 0.63% 0.05pp 400px Elected MPs and the leading party by vote share in each multimember district 400px Districts where the LDP (green) or opposition (blue) won most seats; teal for ties Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) General elections were held in Japan on 18 December 1983 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The voter turnout was 67.94%, the lowest it had ever been in post-war history up to that point, and a low which would not be surpassed until ten years later. Contrary to pre-election polls by national daily papers which projected a comfortable majority for the LDP, the latter party lost 34 seats compared to the previous election, falling six seats short of the 256 needed for majority control. As a result, the major conservative party was forced to form a majority coalition government for the first time since 1948. In order to do so, the LDP formed a coalition with the New Liberal Club, a move which JSP leader Masashi Ishibashi called a "betrayal of the electorate."1983 ELECCIONS https://www.jstor.org/stable/40591549 Dossier-CIDOB 2 6–8 40591549 1132-6093 According to Baerwald (1984), it is likely that the LDP's losses resulted in great part due to running too many candidates and thus falling prey to vote splitting. At the time, Japan used a multimember single non-transferable vote system, where a voter had a single vote in a district that elected between 3-5 representatives. This system encourages parties to run enough candidates to maximize their seat count, but not enough to spread their support too thin. The biggest winner among the opposition was Kōmeitō, which saw an increase in terms of both seats as well as the popular vote that exceeded all of the other parties. This election also saw considerable tactical voting cooperation between the Japan Socialist Party, Komeito, Socialist Democratic Federation, and Democratic Socialist Party in various combinations, which resulted in varying levels of success for the opposition, but primarily for Komeito's outcome.Baerwald Hans H. 1984 Japan's December 1983 House of Representatives Election: The Return of Coalition Politics https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644066 Asian Survey 24 3 265–278 10.2307/2644066 2644066 0004-4687 subscription Results File:Japan House of Representatives 1983.svg Liberal Democratic Party 25982785 250 −34 Japan Socialist Party 11065083 112 +5 Kōmeitō 5745751 58 +25 Japanese Communist Party 5302485 26 −3 Democratic Socialist Party 4129908 38 +6 New Liberal Club 1341584 8 −4 Socialist Democratic Federation 381045 3 0 Other parties 62324 0 – Independents 2768736 16 +5 0 461128 84252608 Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Diet Seats won per district 350px LDP 350px JSP 350px Kōmeitō 350px JCP 350px DSP (orange) & SDF (crimson) 350px NLC 350px Independent By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPKōmeitōDSPJCPNLCSDFInd.Aichi2294243Akita8431Aomori7511Chiba169331Ehime963Fukui4211Fukuoka1984322Fukushima127311Gifu95211Gunma10631Hiroshima127221Hokkaido2289113Hyōgo2065432Ibaraki1263111Ishikawa651Iwate8611Kagawa651Kagoshima1183Kanagawa1935443Kōchi52111Kumamoto10721Kyoto1041221Mie95211Miyagi9621Miyazaki6321Nagano138311Nagasaki95211Nara511111Niigata151041Ōita73211Okayama105221Okinawa52111Osaka26657341Saga541Saitama15723111Shiga52111Shimane5311Shizuoka1463122Tochigi105311Tokushima5311Tokyo43146113621Tottori431Toyama642Wakayama63111Yamagata8521Yamaguchi9621Yamanashi532Total5112501125838268316 References Category:General elections in Japan Japan General election General election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results