Japanese general election, 1983

Japanese general election, 1983
Japan
18 December 1983
All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
     JSP   
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist
Last election 284 seats, 47.88% 107 seats, 19.31%
Seats won 250 112
Seat change -34 +5
Popular vote 25,982,785 11,065,082
Percentage 45.76% 19.49%
Prime Minister before election

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

 Prime Minister-designate

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic

The Japanese general election, 1983 was an election held in Japan in 1983 for the House of Representatives.

Election results

 Summary of the 18 December 1983 Japanese House of Representatives election results[1][2]
Parties Candidates Votes[3] % Seats +/-
(last election)
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 339 25,982,785 45.76% 250 Decrease34
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 144 11,065,082 19.49% 112 Increase5
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 129 5,302,485 9.34% 26 Decrease3
   Justice Party 59 5,745,751 10.12% 58 Increase25
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 54 4,129,907 7.27% 38 Increase6
New Liberal Club (NLC) 17 1,341,584 2.36% 8 Decrease4
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 4 381,045 0.67% 3 Steady0
Center-left opposition 134 11,598,287 20.43% 107 Increase27
  Others 18 62,323 0.11% 0 Steady0
  Independents 84 2,768,735 4.88% 16 Increase5
Totals (Turnout 67.9%) 848 56,779,697 100.00% 511 Steady0
Vote share
LDP
  
 45.76%
JSP
  
 19.49%
KP
  
 10.12%
JCP
  
 9.34%
DSP
  
 7.27%
NLC
  
 2.36%
SDF
  
 0.67%
Independents
  
 4.88%
Others
  
 0.11%
Parliament seats
LDP
  
 48.92%
JSP
  
 21.92%
KP
  
 11.35%
DSP
  
 7.44%
JCP
  
 5.09%
NLC
  
 1.57%
SDF
  
 0.59%
Independents
  
 3.13%

References

  1. ↑ Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1983 House of Representatives election
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Fractional votes rounded to full numbers
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