1983 Japanese House of Councillors election|
|
|
|
|
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%
|
|
|
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
|
|---|
| 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,[1][2] National Diet |
By constituency
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].