1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

none Japan 1870 parliamentary 1980 Japanese House of Councillors election 1980 1986 Japanese House of Councillors election 1986 126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 130x130px 26 June 1983 Constituency vote % and swing National vote % and swing Yasuhiro Nakasone.jpg Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 135 seats 68 137 2 19,975,034 43.24% (0.03pp) 16,441,437 35.33% Ichio Asukata Crop.png Ichio Asukata Japan Socialist Party 47 seats 22 44 3 11,217,515 24.28% (1.85pp) 7,590,331 16.31% Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kōmeitō (1962–1998) 26 seats 14 26 0 3,615,995 7.83% (2.86pp) 7,314,465 15.72% Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg Kenji Miyamoto Japanese Communist Party 12 seats 7 14 2 4,859,334 10.52% (1.21pp) 4,163,877 8.95% Ryosaku-Sasaki-1.png Sasaki Ryōsaku Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) 11 seats 6 11 0 2,638,780 5.71% (0.57pp) 3,888,429 8.36% Seiichi Tagawa New Liberal Club 2 seats 2 2 0 563,811 1.22% (0.60pp) 1,239,169 2.66% 350px Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national PR block. President of the Houseof Councillors Masatoshi Tokunaga Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Matsuo Kimura Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) 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 File:Japan House of Councillors 1983.svg National Constituency Not up Won Totalafter +/– Liberal Democratic Party 16441437 19 19975034 49 69 68 137 +2 Japan Socialist Party 7590331 9 11217515 13 22 22 44 –3 Kōmeitō 7314465 8 3615995 6 12 14 26 0 Japanese Communist Party 4163877 5 4859334 2 7 7 14 +2 Democratic Socialist Party 3888429 4 2638780 2 5 6 11 0 New Party for Salaried Men 1999244 2 0 2 2 New Japan Wellbeing Party 1577630 1 0 1 1 New New Liberal Club 1239169 1 563811 1 0 2 2 0 Dainiin Club 1142349 1 1 1 2 New Other parties 1179997 0 1561835 2 2 2 4 – Independents 1768021 1 5 1 6 –7 Vacant 3 0 3 3 – 1159404 1500034 123 129 252 0 83682416 83682416 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) https://web.archive.org/web/20110323055016/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls 2011-03-23 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004) http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-11.xls live Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications https://web.archive.org/web/20060104111057/http://www.stat.go.jp:80/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-11.xls 2006-01-04 National Diet By constituency ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPKōmeitōJCPDSPNPSMNLCJWPDCOthersInd.Aichi3111Akita11Aomori11Chiba211Ehime11Fukui11Fukuoka3111Fukushima211Gifu11Gunma22Hiroshima211Hokkaido422Hyōgo3111Ibaraki211Ishikawa11Iwate11Kagawa11Kagoshima211Kanagawa211Kōchi11Kumamoto22Kyoto211Mie11Miyagi11Miyazaki11Nagano211Nagasaki11Nara11Niigata211Ōita11Okinawa11Okayama211Osaka3111Saga11Saitama211Shiga11Shimane11Shizuoka22Tochigi211Tokushima11Tokyo41111Tottori11Toyama11Wakayama11Yamagata11Yamaguchi11Yamanashi11National501998542111Total12668221476221121 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. Japan Category:House of Councillors (Japan) elections House House Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results