1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

1983 Japanese House of Councillors election
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 Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 135 seats 47 seats 26 seats
Seats won 68 22 14
Seats after 137 44 26
Seat change 2 3 0
Constituency vote 19,975,034 11,217,515 3,615,995
% and swing 43.24% (0.03pp) 24.28% (1.85pp) 7.83% (2.86pp)
National vote 16,441,437 7,590,331 7,314,465
% and swing 35.33% 16.31% 15.72%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 12 seats 11 seats 2 seats
Seats won 7 6 2
Seats after 14 11 2
Seat change 2 0 0
Constituency vote 4,859,334 2,638,780 563,811
% and swing 10.52% (1.21pp) 5.71% (0.57pp) 1.22% (0.60pp)
National vote 4,163,877 3,888,429 1,239,169
% and swing 8.95% 8.36% 2.66%
Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national PR block.
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Masatoshi Tokunaga
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

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.

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