1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 126 seats up for election, retaining its majority in the House.

1983 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1980 26 June 1983 1986 →
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō Last election 135 seats, 42.5% 47 seats, 13.1% 26 seats, 11.9% Seats after 137 44 26 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 16,441,437 7,590,331 7,314,465 Percentage 35.3% 16.3% 15.7% Swing 7.2% 3.2% 3.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Seiichi Tagawa Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club Last election 12 seats, 7.3% 11 seats, 6.0% 2 seats, 0.6% Seats after 14 11 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 4,163,877 3,888,429 1,239,169 Percentage 8.9% 8.4% 2.7% Swing 1.6% 2.4% 2.1%
President of the House of Councillors before election Masatoshi Tokunaga LDP Elected President of the House of Councillors Matsuo Kimura LDP

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	16,441,437	35.33	19	19,975,034	43.24	49	69	68	137	+2
	Japan Socialist Party	7,590,331	16.31	9	11,217,515	24.28	13	22	22	44	–3
	Kōmeitō	7,314,465	15.72	8	3,615,995	7.83	6	12	14	26	0
	Japanese Communist Party	4,163,877	8.95	5	4,859,334	10.52	2	7	7	14	+2
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,888,429	8.36	4	2,638,780	5.71	2	5	6	11	0
	New Party for Salaried Men	1,999,244	4.30	2				0	2	2	New
	Japan Wellbeing Party	1,577,630	3.39	1				0	1	1	New
	New Liberal Club	1,239,169	2.66	1	563,811	1.22	1	0	2	2	0
	Dainiin Club	1,142,349	2.45	1				1	1	2	New
	Other parties	1,179,997	2.54	0	1,561,835	3.38	2	2	2	4	–
	Independents				1,768,021	3.83	1	5	1	6	–7
Vacant							3	0	3	3	–
Total		46,536,928	100.00	50	46,200,325	100.00	79	123	129	252	0
Valid votes		46,536,928	97.57		46,200,325	96.86
Invalid/blank votes		1,159,404	2.43		1,500,034	3.14
Total votes		47,696,332	100.00		47,700,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,682,416	57.00		83,682,416	57.00
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet

By constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	JSP	Kōmeitō	JCP	DSP	NPSM	NLC	JWP	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	1	1
Gifu	1	1
Gunma	2	2
Hiroshima	2	1	1
Hokkaido	4	2	2
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	2
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	2	1						1
Shiga	1	1
Shimane	1	1
Shizuoka	2	2
Tochigi	2	1	1
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	9	8	5	4	2	1	1	1
Total	126	68	22	14	7	6	2	2	1	1	2	1