1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1992. Only half of the seats in the House of Councillors were up for election.

1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1989 23 July 1992 1995 →

127 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kiichi Miyazawa Makoto Tanabe Koshiro Ishida
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 109 seats, 27.3% 66 seats, 35.1% 20 seats, 10.9%
Seats after 106 71 24
Seat change Decrease3 Increase5 Increase4
Popular vote 14,961,199 7,981,726 6,415,503
Percentage 33.3% 17.8% 14.3%
Swing Increase6.0% Decrease17.3% Increase3.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Eiichi Nagasue
Party JCP Democratic Reform Democratic Socialist
Last election 14 seats, 7.0% 12 seats 8 seats, 4.9%
Seats after 11 12 7
Seat change Decrease3 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 3,532,956 2,255,423
Percentage 7.9% 5.0%
Swing Increase0.9% Increase0.1%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
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Leader Morihiro Hosokawa Antonio Inoki Columbia Top
Party New Party Sports & Peace Dainiin Club
Last election 1 seat, 1.8% 2 seats, 2.2%
Seats after 4 2 2
Seat change New Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 3,617,246 1,375,791 1,321,639
Percentage 8.1% 3.1% 2.9%
Swing New Increase1.3% Increase0.7%

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Yuji Osada
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
LDP

Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party14,961,19932.971919,711,04743.43483967106–3
Japan Socialist Party7,981,72617.59105,846,23812.8812492271+5
Kōmeitō6,415,50314.1483,550,0607.826101424+4
Japan New Party3,617,2477.974044New
Japanese Communist Party3,532,9567.7844,817,00110.6125611–3
Democratic Socialist Party2,255,4234.9731,039,9802.291347–1
Sports and Peace Party1,375,7913.031112+1
Dainiin Club1,321,6392.9111120
Democratic Reform Party4,399,6849.690120120
Other parties3,921,7228.6401,573,4003.472224
Independent4,445,7959.805358–7
Vacant1011
Total45,383,206100.005045,383,205100.00771251272520
Valid votes45,383,20695.9845,383,20595.95
Invalid/blank votes1,900,5664.021,913,8744.05
Total votes47,283,772100.0047,297,079100.00
Registered voters/turnout93,254,02550.7093,254,02550.72
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

By constituency

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Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP JNP DSP SPP 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 2
Gifu 1 1
Gunma 2 2
Hiroshima 2 1 1
Hokkaido 4 1 1 1 1
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 1 1
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 3 2 1
Shiga 1 1
Shimane 1 1
Shizuoka 2 1 1
Tochigi 2 2
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 10 8 4 4 3 1 1
Total 127 68 22 14 6 4 4 1 1 2 5

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.