1986 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
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Masashi Ishibashi
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Yoshikatsu Takeiri
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| Party
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LDP
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Socialist
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Kōmeitō
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| Last election
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137 seats, 35.3%
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44 seats, 16.3%
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26 seats, 15.7%
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| Seats after
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140
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41
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24
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| Seat change
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3
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3
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2
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| Popular vote
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22,132,573
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9,869,088
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7,438,501
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| Percentage
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38.6%
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17.2%
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13.0%
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| Swing
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3.3pp
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0.9pp
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2.7pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Kenji Miyamoto
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Tsukamoto Saburō
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Seiichi Tagawa
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| Party
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JCP
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Democratic Socialist
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New Liberal Club
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| Last election
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14 seats, 8.9%
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11 seats, 8.4%
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2 seats, 2.7%
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| Seats after
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16
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12
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2
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| Seat change
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2
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1
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| Popular vote
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5,430,838
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3,940,325
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1,367,291
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| Percentage
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9.5%
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6.9%
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2.4%
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| Swing
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0.6pp
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1.5pp
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0.3pp
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect half the seats in the upper house of the Diet. The elections were held alongside elections for the House of Representatives, the second and most recent such instance since 1980.
Results
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| Party | National | Constituency | Seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total
after | +/– |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 22,132,573 | 38.58 | 22 | 26,111,258 | 45.07 | 50 | 68 | 72 | 140 | +3 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 9,869,088 | 17.20 | 9 | 12,464,579 | 21.51 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 41 | –3 |
| Kōmeitō | 7,438,501 | 12.97 | 7 | 2,549,037 | 4.40 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 24 | –2 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 5,430,838 | 9.47 | 5 | 6,617,487 | 11.42 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +2 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,940,325 | 6.87 | 3 | 2,643,370 | 4.56 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +1 |
| Tax Affairs Party | 1,803,051 | 3.14 | 1 | 327,444 | 0.57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | New |
| New Party for Salaried Men | 1,759,484 | 3.07 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 |
| Dainiin Club | 1,455,532 | 2.54 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 |
| New Liberal Club | 1,367,291 | 2.38 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Other parties | 2,166,059 | 3.78 | 0 | 1,192,801 | 2.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Independents | | 6,032,259 | 10.41 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +1 |
| Vacant | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Total | 57,362,742 | 100.00 | 50 | 57,938,235 | 100.00 | 77 | 125 | 127 | 252 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 57,362,742 | 93.06 | | 57,938,235 | 93.94 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 4,280,530 | 6.94 | | 3,735,135 | 6.06 | | |
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| Total votes | 61,643,272 | 100.00 | | 61,673,370 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 86,426,845 | 71.32 | | 86,426,845 | 71.36 | | |
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| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet |
By constituency
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