1983 Japanese House of Councillors election First party Second party Third party Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō Last election 135 seats, 42.5% 47 seats, 13.1% 26 seats, 11.9% Seats after 137 44 26 Seat change 2 3 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 Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club Last election 12 seats, 7.3% 11 seats, 6.0% 2 seats, 0.6% Seats after 14 11 2 Seat change 2 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%
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party , which won 68 of the 126 seats up for election, retaining its majority in the House.
Results [ edit ] Party National Constituency Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Not up Won Total after +/– Liberal Democratic Party 16,441,437 35.33 19 19,975,034 43.24 49 69 68 137 +2 Japan Socialist Party 7,590,331 16.31 9 11,217,515 24.28 13 22 22 44 –3 Kōmeitō 7,314,465 15.72 8 3,615,995 7.83 6 12 14 26 0 Japanese Communist Party 4,163,877 8.95 5 4,859,334 10.52 2 7 7 14 +2 Democratic Socialist Party 3,888,429 8.36 4 2,638,780 5.71 2 5 6 11 0 New Party for Salaried Men 1,999,244 4.30 2 0 2 2 New Japan Wellbeing Party 1,577,630 3.39 1 0 1 1 New New Liberal Club 1,239,169 2.66 1 563,811 1.22 1 0 2 2 0 Dainiin Club 1,142,349 2.45 1 1 1 2 New Other parties 1,179,997 2.54 0 1,561,835 3.38 2 2 2 4 – Independents 1,768,021 3.83 1 5 1 6 –7 Vacant 3 0 3 3 – Total 46,536,928 100.00 50 46,200,325 100.00 79 123 129 252 0 Valid votes 46,536,928 97.57 46,200,325 96.86 Invalid/blank votes 1,159,404 2.43 1,500,034 3.14 Total votes 47,696,332 100.00 47,700,359 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 83,682,416 57.00 83,682,416 57.00 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ,[1] [2] National Diet
By constituency [ edit ] References [ edit ] 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 [1] .