1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1986.

1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

6 July 1986

127 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 Kōmeitō
Last election 137 seats, 35.3% 44 seats, 16.3% 26 seats, 15.7%
Seats after 140 41 24
Seat change 3 3 2
Popular vote 22,132,573 9,869,088 7,438,501
Percentage 38.6% 17.2% 13.0%
Swing 3.3% 0.9% 2.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 14 seats, 8.9% 11 seats, 8.4% 2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after 16 12 2
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 5,430,838 3,940,325 1,367,291
Percentage 9.5% 6.9% 2.4%
Swing 0.6% 1.5% 0.3%

President of the House
of Councillors before election

Matsuo Kimura
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
Liberal Democratic

Only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.

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