Japanese House of Councillors election, 1995

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1995

1992 ←
23 July 1995
→ 1998

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
  First party Second party
 
Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu
Party Liberal Democratic New Frontiers
Last election 106
Seats won 110 56
Seat change +4 +56

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Yuji Osada
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
Liberal Democratic

Japan

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1995.

Note that because of the circumstances around the creation of the New Frontier Party, it held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the LDP.

Results

Party Held Over Newly Elected Total Seats
Liberal Democratic Party 61 49 110
New Frontier Party 16 40 56
Social Democratic Party of Japan 22 16 38
Communist Party 6 8 14
Clean Government Party 11 0 11
New Party Harbinger 0 3 3
Democratic Reform League 2 0 2
Second Chamber Club 1 1 2
Sports Peace Party 1 0 1
Others 2 1 3
Independents 6 6 12
Total 252

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn95par.html