1986 Japanese general election

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

1986 Japanese general election

6 July 1986
All 512 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 257 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.4% (3.46%)
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 250 seats, 45.76% 112 seats, 19.49% 58 seats, 10.12% Seats won 304 85 56 Seat change 54 27 3 Popular vote 29,875,501 10,412,584 5,701,277 Percentage 49.42% 17.23% 9.43% Swing 3.66% 2.26% 0.69%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Leader since 1 August 1958 February 1979 Last election 26 seats, 9.34% 38 seats, 7.27% 8 seats, 2.36% Seats won 26 26 6 Seat change 1 11 2 Popular vote 5,313,246 3,895,858 1,114,800 Percentage 8.79% 6.44% 1.64% Swing 0.55% 0.83% 0.72%   Seventh party   Leader Satsuki Eda Party Socialist Democratic Leader since February 1985 Last election 3 seats, 0.67% Seats won 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 499,670 Percentage 0.83% Swing 0.16%
Prime Minister before election Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic

Election results

 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)

Vote share LDP   49.42% JSP   17.23% KP   9.43% JCP   8.79% DSP   6.44% NLC   1.84% SDF   0.83% Independents   5.81% Others   0.20%

Parliament seats LDP   58.59% JSP   16.60% KP   10.94% JCP   5.08% DSP   5.08% NLC   1.17% SDF   0.78% Independents   1.76%

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html%5B%5D

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