1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

1992 Japanese House of Councillors election
23 July 1992
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kiichi Miyazawa Makoto Tanabe Koshiro Ishida
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 109 seats 66 seats 20 seats
Seats won 67 22 14
Seats after 106 71 24
Seat change 3 5 4
Constituency vote 19,711,047 5,846,238 3,550,060
% and swing 43.43% (12.73pp) 12.88% (13.50pp) 7.82% (2.72pp)
National vote 14,961,199 7,981,726 6,415,503
% and swing 32.97% (5.65pp) 17.59% (17.46pp) 14.14% (3.28pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Eiichi Nagasue
Party JCP Democratic Reform Democratic Socialist
Last election 14 seats 12 seats 8 seats, 4.9%
Seats won 6 0 4
Seats after 11 12 7
Seat change 3 0 1
Constituency vote 4,817,001 4,399,684 1,039,980
% and swing 10.61% (1.80pp) 9.69% (2.87pp) 2.29% (1.34pp)
National vote 3,532,956 — 2,255,423
% and swing 7.78% (0.74pp) 4.97% (0.12pp)
  Seventh party
 
Leader Morihiro Hosokawa
Party New Party
Last election Did not exist
Seats won 4
Seats after 4
Seat change New
Constituency vote —
National vote 3,617,247
% and swing 7.97% (New)
Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national PR block.
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yuji Osada
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1992. Only half of the seats in the House of Councillors were up for election.

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