Japanese House of Councillors election, 1983

26 June 1983

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors

	First party	Second party

Leader	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Masashi Ishibashi
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election	135	47
Seats won	137	44
Seat change	+2	-3

President of the House
of Councillors before election

Masatoshi Tokunaga
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The House of Councillors elections were won by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Results

Party	PR seats	District seats	Total Elected 1983	Total
Liberal Democratic Party	19	49	68	137
Social Democratic Party	9	13	22	44
Komeito	8	6	14	26
Communist Party	5	2	7	14
Democratic Socialist Party	4	2	6	11
NLC	1	1	2	2
Others	4	2	6	6
Independents	0	1	1	9
Vacant				3
Total	50	76	126	252

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 .
http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn83par.html

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