1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

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.

26 June 1983

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Masashi Ishibashi	Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist	Komeito
Last election	135 seats, 42.5%	47 seats, 13.1%	26 seats, 11.9%
Seats after	137	44	27
Seat change	2	3	1
Popular vote	16,441,437	7,590,331	7,314,465
Percentage	35.3%	16.3%	15.7%
Swing	7.2%	3.2%	3.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Sanzō Nosaka	Sasaki Ryōsaku	Seiichi Tagawa
Party	Communist	Democratic Socialist	New Liberal
Last election	12 seats, 7.3%	11 seats, 6.0%	3 seats, 0.6%
Seats after	14	12	2
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	4,163,877	3,888,429	1,239,169
Percentage	8.9%	8.4%	2.7%
Swing	1.6%	2.4%	2.1%

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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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
New Liberal Club	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%5B%5D

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