1990 Japanese general election

1990 Japanese general election
18 February 1990
All 512 seats in the House of Representatives
257 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.31% ( 1.89pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Toshiki Kaifu Takako Doi Koshiro Ishida
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 51.06%, 306 seats 17.23%, 85 seats 9.43%, 56 seats
Seats won 275 136 45
Seat change 31 51 11
Popular vote 30,315,417 16,025,473 5,242,675
Percentage 46.14% 24.35% 7.98%
Swing 3.28pp 7.12pp 1.45pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Eiichi Nagasue Satsuki Eda
Party JCP Democratic Socialist Socialist Democratic
Last election 8.79%, 26 seats 6.44%, 26 seats 0.83%, 4 seats
Seats won 16 14 4
Seat change 10 12
Popular vote 5,226,987 3,178,949 566,957
Percentage 7.96% 4.84% 0.86%
Swing 0.83pp 1.60pp 0.03pp
  Seventh party
 
Leader Seiichi Tagawa
Party Progressive
Last election –
Seats won 1
Seat change New
Popular vote 281,793
Percentage 0.43%
Swing New
Prime Minister before election

Toshiki Kaifu
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Toshiki Kaifu
LDP

General elections were held in Japan on 18 February 1990 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet.


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