1998 Japanese House of Councillors election

1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
12 July 1998
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ryutaro Hashimoto Naoto Kan Tetsuzo Fuwa
Party LDP Democratic JCP
Last election 107 seats Did not exist 14 seats
Seats won 44 27 15
Seats after 102 47 23
Seat change 16 New 9
Constituency vote 17,033,852 9,063,940 8,758,760
% and swing 30.45% (5.05pp) 16.20% (New) 15.66% (5.28pp)
National vote 14,128,719 12,209,685 8,195,078
% and swing 25.17% (2.12pp) 21.75% (New) 14.60% (5.07pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Toshiko Hamayotsu Takako Doi Ichirō Ozawa
Party Komeito Social Democratic Liberal
Last election Did not exist 38 seats Did not exist
Seats won 9 5 6
Seats after 22 13 12
Seat change New 7 New
Constituency vote 1,843,479 2,403,649 980,249
% and swing 3.30% (New) 4.30% (7.55pp) 1.75% (New)
National vote 7,748,301 4,370,763 5,207,813
% and swing 13.80% (New) 7.79% (9.13pp) 9.28% (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

Juro Saito
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Juro Saito
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 12 July 1998.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Ryūtarō Hashimoto had restored single-party government in 1996 and was now aiming to also regain clear control of the House of Councillors, in which it was several seats short of a majority. However, it lost 13 seats in the elections giving the opposition clear control and leading to prime minister Hashimoto announcing his resignation. Keizō Obuchi was elected LDP president on 24 July, defeating Seiroku Kajiyama and Junichirō Koizumi.

On 30 July 1998 Obuchi was designated as prime minister by the Diet against the vote of the House of Councillors where DPJ president Naoto Kan defeated Obuchi by 142 votes to 103. Obuchi entered coalition negotiations in late 1998. In January 1999 the LDP entered a ruling coalition with Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, bringing the government within few seats of a majority; in October 1999 New Komeito also entered the coalition, ending the divided Diet.

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