1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

6 July 1986

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 Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 137 seats 44 seats 26 seats
Seats won 72 20 10
Seats after 140 41 24
Seat change 3 3 2
Constituency vote 26,111,258 12,464,579 2,549,037
% and swing 45.07% (1.83pp) 21.51% (2.77pp) 4.40% (3.43pp)
National vote 22,132,573 9,869,088 7,438,501
% and swing 38.58% (3.25pp) 17.20% (0.89pp) 12.97% (2.75pp)

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō
Party JCP Democratic Socialist
Last election 14 seats 11 seats
Seats won 9 5
Seats after 16 12
Seat change 2 1
Constituency vote 6,617,487 2,643,370
% and swing 11.42% (0.90pp) 4.56% (1.15pp)
National vote 5,430,838 3,940,325
% and swing 9.47% (0.52pp) 6.87% (1.49pp)

Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national PR block.

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect half the seats in the upper house of the Diet. The elections were held alongside elections for the House of Representatives, the second and most recent such instance since 1980.