1986 Japanese general election

none Japan 1870 parliamentary 1983 Japanese general election 1983 6 July 1986 1990 Japanese general election 1990 All 512 seats in the House of Representatives 257 71.40% (3.46pp) 130x130px Yasuhiro_Nakasone_19850719_2.jpg Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 45.76%, 250 seats 300 50 29,875,501 49.42% 3.66pp Masashi_Ishibashi.jpg Masashi Ishibashi Japan Socialist Party 19.49%, 112 seats 85 27 10,412,584 17.23% 2.26pp Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kōmeitō (1962–1998) 10.12%, 58 seats 56 3 5,701,277 9.43% 0.69pp Tetsuzo Fuwa Japanese Communist Party 9.34%, 26 seats 26 5,313,246 8.79% 0.55pp Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) 130 95 Tsukamoto Saburō Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) 7.27%, 38 seats 26 12 3,895,858 6.44% 0.83pp Yohei Kono 1985.jpg Yōhei Kōno New Liberal Club 2.36%, 8 seats 6 2 1,114,800 1.64% 0.72pp 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 6 July 1986 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, alongside elections for the House of Councillors. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which gained 50 seats and an outright majority in the House.Inoguchi Takashi 1987 The Japanese double election of 6 July 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900539 Electoral Studies 6 1 63–69 10.1016/0261-3794(87)90053-9 0261-3794 subscription Haberman Clyde 1986-07-13 MODERN JAPAN, LAND OF SUPERSTITION https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/13/world/modern-japan-land-of-superstition.html The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 The LDP's 300 seats remained its joint-best general election result until 2026. Most opposition parties lost seat, the exceptions being the Japanese Communist Party (which remained at 26 seats) and the Socialist Democratic Federation, which gained one seat. The biggest losses were experienced by the Japan Socialist Party, which lost 27 seats. The Democratic Socialist Party saw a 12-seat loss, while Kōmeitō saw a loss of three seats and the New Liberal Club, which had been in coalition with the LDP, lost two seats. Prior to election day, polls indicated that the LDP would win a victory,Haberman Clyde 1986-07-06 NAKASONE'S FATE RESTS ON VOTE TODAY https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/06/world/nakasone-s-fate-rests-on-vote-today.html The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 but the size of the victory was considered unexpected. The New York Times wrote that "the fragmented opposition could not catch fire with any campaign issue." Economic policy was not sharply contested in the campaign; however, the Japanese economy had seen its first quarter of contraction in 11 years.1986 Nakasone Party Wins Landslide https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/07/07/nakasone-party-wins-landslide/66c1d478-3469-4900-8102-658be6bd843a/ The Washington Post Results File:Japan House of Representatives 1986.svg Liberal Democratic Party 29875501 300 +50 Japan Socialist Party 10412584 85 −27 Japanese Communist Party 5313246 26 0 Kōmeitō 5701277 56 −2 Democratic Socialist Party 3895858 26 −12 New Liberal Club 1114800 6 −2 Socialist Democratic Federation 499670 4 +1 Other parties 120627 0 – Independents 3515043 9 −7 +1 1259044 86426845 IPU Seats won per district 350px LDP 350px JSP 350px Kōmeitō 350px JCP 350px DSP (orange) & SDF (crimson) 350px NLC 350px Independent By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPKōmeitōJCPDSPNLCSDFInd.Aichi221122142Akita752Aomori77Chiba1812231Ehime9711Fukui431Fukuoka1994411Fukushima12831Gifu96111Gunma1082Hiroshima129111Hokkaido23137111Hyōgo19104311Ibaraki128211Ishikawa541Iwate862Kagawa651Kagoshima1073Kanagawa20544124Kōchi52111Kumamoto106112Kyoto104222Mie9621Miyagi9711Miyazaki651Nagano13931Nagasaki9621Nara52111Niigata131021Ōita7421Okayama1051211Okinawa52111Osaka2774763Saga5311Saitama17923111Shiga5311Shimane532Shizuoka1410211Tochigi105311Tokushima5311Tokyo4419510811Tottori431Toyama642Wakayama6411Yamagata761Yamaguchi9621Yamanashi541Total51230085562626649 References Japanese general election Category:General elections in Japan General election Japanese general election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results