1986 Japanese House of Councillors election
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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 | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– | |||
| 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 | ||
| Valid votes | 57,362,742 | 93.06 | 57,938,235 | 93.94 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,280,530 | 6.94 | 3,735,135 | 6.06 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 61,643,272 | 100.00 | 61,673,370 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 86,426,845 | 71.32 | 86,426,845 | 71.36 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet | ||||||||||||
By constituency
[edit]| Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | |||||||||
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| LDP | JSP | Kōmeitō | JCP | DSP | TAP | NPSM | DC | NLC | Ind. | ||
| Aichi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Akita | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Aomori | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Chiba | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ehime | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fukui | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fukuoka | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fukushima | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gifu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gunma | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Hiroshima | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hokkaido | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hyōgo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ibaraki | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ishikawa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Iwate | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kagawa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kagoshima | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kanagawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kōchi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kumamoto | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kyoto | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mie | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Miyagi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Miyazaki | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nagano | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nagasaki | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nara | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Niigata | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ōita | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Okinawa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Okayama | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Osaka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Saga | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Saitama | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Shiga | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Shimane | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Shizuoka | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tochigi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Tokushima | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tokyo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tottori | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Toyama | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Wakayama | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yamagata | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yamaguchi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yamanashi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| National | 50 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 126 | 72 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- ^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.
