1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

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

Quick facts 126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

 1989
23 July 1992
1995 

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 Decrease 3 Increase 5 Increase 4
Constituency vote 19,711,047 5,846,238 3,550,060
% and swing 43.43% (Increase12.73pp) 12.88% (Decrease13.50pp) 7.82% (Increase2.72pp)
National vote 14,961,199 7,981,726 6,415,503
% and swing 32.97% (Increase5.65pp) 17.59% (Decrease17.46pp) 14.14% (Increase3.28pp)

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Eiichi Nagasue
Party JCP Democratic Reform Democratic Socialist
Last election 14 seats 12 seats[a] 8 seats, 4.9%
Seats won 6 0 4
Seats after 11 12 7
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady 0 Decrease 1
Constituency vote 4,817,001 4,399,684 1,039,980
% and swing 10.61% (Increase1.80pp) 9.69% (Increase2.87pp) 2.29% (Decrease1.34pp)
National vote 3,532,956 2,255,423
% and swing 7.78% (Increase0.74pp) 4.97% (Increase0.12pp)

  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

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Results

More information Party, National ...
PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party14,961,19932.971919,711,04743.43483967106–3
Japan Socialist Party7,981,72617.59105,846,23812.8812492271+5
Kōmeitō6,415,50314.1483,550,0607.826101424+4
Japan New Party3,617,2477.974044New
Japanese Communist Party3,532,9567.7844,817,00110.6125611–3
Democratic Socialist Party2,255,4234.9731,039,9802.291347–1
Sports and Peace Party1,375,7913.031112+1
Dainiin Club1,321,6392.9111120
Democratic Reform Party4,399,6849.690120120
Other parties3,921,7228.6401,573,4003.472224
Independent4,445,7959.805358–7
Vacant1011
Total45,383,206100.005045,383,205100.00771251272520
Valid votes45,383,20695.9845,383,20595.95
Invalid/blank votes1,900,5664.021,913,8744.05
Total votes47,283,772100.0047,297,079100.00
Registered voters/turnout93,254,02550.7093,254,02550.72
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet
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By constituency

More information Constituency, Total seats ...
Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP JNP DSP SPP DC Others Ind.
Aichi 3 1 1 1
Akita 1 1
Aomori 1 1
Chiba 2 1 1
Ehime 1 1
Fukui 1 1
Fukuoka 3 1 1 1
Fukushima 2 2
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 1 1 1 1
Hyōgo 3 1 1 1
Ibaraki 2 1 1
Ishikawa 1 1
Iwate 1 1
Kagawa 1 1
Kagoshima 2 1 1
Kanagawa 2 1 1
Kōchi 1 1
Kumamoto 2 1 1
Kyoto 2 1 1
Mie 1 1
Miyagi 1 1
Miyazaki 1 1
Nagano 2 1 1
Nagasaki 1 1
Nara 1 1
Niigata 2 1 1
Ōita 1 1
Okinawa 1 1
Okayama 2 1 1
Osaka 3 1 1 1
Saga 1 1
Saitama 3 2 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 1 1
Tochigi 2 2
Tokushima 1 1
Tokyo 4 1 1 1 1
Tottori 1 1
Toyama 1 1
Wakayama 1 1
Yamagata 1 1
Yamaguchi 1 1
Yamanashi 1 1
National 50 19 10 8 4 4 3 1 1
Total 127 68 22 14 6 4 4 1 1 2 5
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