1983 Japanese general election

The Japanese general election, 1983 was an election held in Japan in 1983 for the House of Representatives.

1983 Japanese general election
18 December 1983
All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.94% (6.63%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Leader since 25 November 1982 7 September 1983 13 February 1967
Last election 284 seats, 47.88% 107 seats, 19.31% 33 seats, 9.03%
Seats won 250 112 58
Seat change 34 5 25
Popular vote 25,982,785 11,065,082 5,745,751
Percentage 45.76% 19.49% 10.12%
Swing 2.12% 0.18% 1.09%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Sasaki Ryōsaku Sanzō Nosaka Seiichi Tagawa
Party Democratic Socialist Communist New Liberal
Leader since February 1979
Last election 32 seats, 6.60% 29 seats, 9.83% 12 seats, 2.99%
Seats won 38 26 8
Seat change 6 3 4
Popular vote 4,129,907 5,302,485 1,341,584
Percentage 7.27% 9.34% 2.36%
Swing 0.67% 0.49% 0.63%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Hideo Den
Party Socialist Democratic
Leader since March 1987
Last election 3 seats, 0.68%
Seats won 3
Seat change 0
Popular vote 381,045
Percentage 0.63%
Swing 0.05%
Prime Minister before election

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

 Prime Minister-designate

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

Election results
 Summary of the 18 December 1983 Japanese House of Representatives election results[1][2]
Parties CandidatesVotes[3]%Seats+/-
(last election)
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 33925,982,78545.76%25034
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 14411,065,08219.49%1125
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1295,302,4859.34%263
   Justice Party 595,745,75110.12%5825
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 544,129,9077.27%386
New Liberal Club (NLC) 171,341,5842.36%84
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 4381,0450.67%30
Center-left opposition 13411,598,28720.43%10727
  Others 1862,3230.11%00
  Independents 842,768,7354.88%165
Totals (Turnout 67.9%) 84856,779,697100.00%5110
Vote share
LDP
 
 45.76%
JSP
 
 19.49%
KP
 
 10.12%
JCP
 
 9.34%
DSP
 
 7.27%
NLC
 
 2.36%
SDF
 
 0.67%
Independents
 
 4.88%
Others
 
 0.11%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
 48.92%
JSP
 
 21.92%
KP
 
 11.35%
DSP
 
 7.44%
JCP
 
 5.09%
NLC
 
 1.57%
SDF
 
 0.59%
Independents
 
 3.13%

References
  1. Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1983 House of Representatives 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
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