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1992 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Kiichi Miyazawa
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Makoto Tanabe
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| Party
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Liberal Democratic
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Socialist
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Kōmeitō
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| Last election
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109 seats, 27.3%
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66 seats, 35.1%
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20 seats, 10.9%
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| Seats after
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106
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71
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24
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| Seat change
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 3
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 5
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4
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| Popular vote
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14,961,199
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7,981,726
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6,415,503
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| Percentage
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33.3%
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17.8%
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14.3%
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| Swing
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6.0%
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17.3%
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3.2%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Kenji Miyamoto
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| Party
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Communist
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Democratic Socialist
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| Last election
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14 seats, 7.0%
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12 seats
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8 seats, 4.9%
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| Seats after
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11
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12
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7
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| Seat change
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3
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1
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| Popular vote
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3,532,956
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–
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2,255,423
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| Percentage
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7.9%
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5.0%
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| Swing
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0.9%
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–
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0.1%
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Seventh party
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Eighth party
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Ninth party
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Morihiro Hosokawa
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Antonio Inoki
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New Party
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Sports & Peace
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Dainiin Club
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| Last election
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–
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1 seat, 1.8%
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2 seats, 2.2%
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| Seats after
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4
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2
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2
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| Seat change
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New
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1
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| Popular vote
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3,617,246
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1,375,791
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1,321,639
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| Percentage
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8.1%
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3.1%
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2.9%
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| Swing
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New
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1.3%
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0.7%
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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.
Results[]
| Party | National | Constituency | Seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 14,961,199 | 32.97 | 19 | 19,711,047 | 43.43 | 48 | 39 | 67 | 106 | –3 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 7,981,726 | 17.59 | 10 | 5,846,238 | 12.88 | 12 | 49 | 22 | 71 | +5 |
| Kōmeitō | 6,415,503 | 14.14 | 8 | 3,550,060 | 7.82 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | +4 |
| Japan New Party | 3,617,247 | 7.97 | 4 | | 0 | 4 | 4 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 3,532,956 | 7.78 | 4 | 4,817,001 | 10.61 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | –3 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2,255,423 | 4.97 | 3 | 1,039,980 | 2.29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 |
| Sports and Peace Party | 1,375,791 | 3.03 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Dainiin Club | 1,321,639 | 2.91 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | | 4,399,684 | 9.69 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Other parties | 3,921,722 | 8.64 | 0 | 1,573,400 | 3.47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – |
| Independent | | 4,445,795 | 9.80 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –7 |
| Vacant | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Total | 45,383,206 | 100.00 | 50 | 45,383,205 | 100.00 | 77 | 125 | 127 | 252 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 45,383,206 | 95.98 | | 45,383,205 | 95.95 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 1,900,566 | 4.02 | | 1,913,874 | 4.05 | | |
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| Total votes | 47,283,772 | 100.00 | | 47,297,079 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 93,254,025 | 50.70 | | 93,254,025 | 50.72 | | |
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| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet |
References[]
Categories:
- 1992 elections in Asia
- 1992 elections in Japan
- House of Councillors (Japan) elections
- July 1992 events in Asia
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