1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

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126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Kono Yohei 1-2.jpg Toshiki Kaifu cropped 1 Toshiki Kaifu 19890810.jpg Tomiichi Murayama 19940630.jpg
Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu Tomiichi Murayama
Party Liberal Democratic New Frontier Socialist
Last election 106 seats, 33.0% 71 seats, 17.6%
Seats after 107 56 38
Seat change Increase1 New Decrease33
Popular vote 11,096,972 12,506,322 6,882,919
Percentage 27.3% 30.8% 16.9%
Swing Decrease5.7pp New Decrease0.7pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Kenji Miyamoto.jpg
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tomio Fujii Masayoshi Takemura
Party Communist Kōmeitō New Party Sakigake
Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 24 seats, 14.1%
Seats after 14 11 3
Seat change Increase3 Decrease13 New
Popular vote 3,873,955 1,455,886
Percentage 9.5% 3.6%
Swing Increase1.7pp New

before election


Liberal Democratic

Elected


Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1995.

Because of the circumstances of its creation, the opposition party New Frontier Party held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the LDP.

The elections was historic in that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, which had been the largest opposition party for 38 years, and entered coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.

Results[]

PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
New Frontier Party12,506,32230.751811,003,68126.4722164056New
Liberal Democratic Party11,096,97227.291510,557,54725.40316146107+1
Japan Socialist Party6,882,91916.9294,926,00311.857221638–33
Japanese Communist Party3,873,9559.5354,314,83010.3836814+3
New Party Sakigake1,455,8863.5821,059,3532.551033New
Dainiin Club1,282,5963.1511120
Sports and Peace Party541,8941.330101–1
377,7860.930579,3771.391112New
1,854,1754.462022–10
Komeito11011–13
Other parties2,649,9306.5201,158,0042.790101
Independents6,120,09914.7296915+7
Total40,668,260100.005041,573,069100.00761261262520
Valid votes40,668,26094.4541,573,06996.51
Invalid/blank votes2,391,8615.551,501,6543.49
Total votes43,060,121100.0043,074,723100.00
Registered voters/turnout96,759,02544.5096,759,02544.52
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

References[]

  1. ^ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. ^ "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
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