Japanese general election, 1986

Japanese general election, 1986

1983 ←
6 July 1986
→ 1990

All 512 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
257 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Leader's seat Gunma 3rd Nagasaki 2nd
Last election 250 seats, 45.76% 112 seats, 19.49%
Seats won 304 85
Seat change +54 -27
Popular vote 29,875,501 10,412,584
Percentage 49.42% 17.23%

Prime Minister before election

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister-designate

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

The Japanese general election, 1986 was an election held in Japan on July 6, 1986 for the House of Representatives.

Election results

e • d Summary of the 6 July 1986 Japanese House of Representatives election results[1][2]
Parties Candidates Votes[3]  % Seats +/-
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 322 29,875,501 49.42% 300 51
New Liberal Club (NLC) 12 1,114,800 1.84% 6 2
Ruling coalition 334 30,990,301 51.27% 306 49
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 138 10,412,584 17.23% 85 25
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 129 5,313,246 8.79% 26 1
   Justice Party 61 5,701,277 9.43% 56 3
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 56 3,895,858 6.44% 26 11
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 5 499,670 0.83% 4 1
Center-left opposition 122 10,096,805 16.70% 86 13
  Others 15 120,627 0.20% 0 0
  Independents 100 3,515,043 5.81% 9 2
Totals (Turnout 71.4%) 838 60,448,610 100.00% 512 12
(reapportionment: +1
11 vacant seats)

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html

  1. ^ Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1986 Shūgiin election
  2. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
  3. ^ Fractional votes rounded to full numbers