1983 Japanese House of Councillors election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Masashi Ishibashi
Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party
Liberal Democratic
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
Communist
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%
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.
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
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