Japanese general election, 1986

6 July 1986

All 512 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 257 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		JSP
Leader	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Masashi Ishibashi
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Leader's seat	Gunma 3rd	Nagasaki 2nd
Last election	250 seats, 45.76%	112 seats, 19.49%
Seats won	304	85
Seat change	+54	-27
Popular vote	29,875,501	10,412,584
Percentage	49.42%	17.23%

Prime Minister before election

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister-designate

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

The Japanese general election, 1986 was an election held in Japan on July 6, 1986, for the House of Representatives.

Election results

**Summary of the 6 July 1986 Japanese House of Representatives election results^[1]^[2]**
Parties		Candidates	Votes^[3]	%	Seats	+/-
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	322	29,875,501	49.42%	300	51
	New Liberal Club (NLC)	12	1,114,800	1.84%	6	2
	Ruling coalition	334	30,990,301	51.27%	306	49
	Japanese Socialist Party (JSP)	138	10,412,584	17.23%	85	25
	Japanese Communist Party (JCP)	129	5,313,246	8.79%	26	1
	Justice Party	61	5,701,277	9.43%	56	3
	Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)	56	3,895,858	6.44%	26	11
	Social Democratic Federation (SDF)	5	499,670	0.83%	4	1
	Center-left opposition	122	10,096,805	16.70%	86	13
	Others	15	120,627	0.20%	0	0
	Independents	100	3,515,043	5.81%	9	2
Totals (Turnout 71.4%)		838	60,448,610	100.00%	512	12 (reapportionment: +1 11 vacant seats)

Vote share

LDP			49.42%
JSP			17.23%
KP			9.43%
JCP			8.79%
DSP			6.44%
NLC			1.84%
SDF			0.83%
Independents			5.81%
Others			0.20%

Parliament seats

LDP			58.59%
JSP			16.60%
KP			10.94%
JCP			5.08%
DSP			5.08%
NLC			1.17%
SDF			0.78%
Independents			1.76%

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html

↑ Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1986 Shūgiin election
↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
↑ Fractional votes rounded to full numbers

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