1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1995.

1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

23 July 1995
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu Tomiichi Murayama Party LDP New Frontier Socialist Last election 106 seats, 33.0% – 71 seats, 17.6% Seats after 107 56 38 Seat change 1 New 33 Popular vote 11,096,972 12,506,322 6,882,919 Percentage 27.3% 30.8% 16.9% Swing 5.7pp New 0.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tomio Fujii Masayoshi Takemura Party JCP Kōmeitō NP-Sakigake Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 24 seats, 14.1% – Seats after 14 11 3 Seat change 3 13 New Popular vote 3,873,955 – 1,455,886 Percentage 9.5% – 3.6% Swing 1.7pp – New
President of the House of Councillors before election Yuji Osada LDP Elected President of the House of Councillors Bunbei Hara LDP

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.

The elections were considered a referendum on the sitting coalition government.

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Not up	Won	Total after	+/–
	New Frontier Party	12,506,322	30.75	18	11,003,681	26.47	22	16	40	56	New
	Liberal Democratic Party	11,096,972	27.29	15	10,557,547	25.40	31	61	46	107	+1
	Japan Socialist Party	6,882,919	16.92	9	4,926,003	11.85	7	22	16	38	–33
	Japanese Communist Party	3,873,955	9.53	5	4,314,830	10.38	3	6	8	14	+3
	New Party Sakigake	1,455,886	3.58	2	1,059,353	2.55	1	0	3	3	New
	Dainiin Club	1,282,596	3.15	1				1	1	2	0
	Sports and Peace Party	541,894	1.33	0				1	0	1	–1
	Party for Peace and Citizens	377,786	0.93	0	579,377	1.39	1	1	1	2	New
	Democratic Reform Party				1,854,175	4.46	2	0	2	2	–10
	Komeito							11	0	11	–13
	Other parties	2,649,930	6.52	0	1,158,004	2.79	0	1	0	1	–
	Independents				6,120,099	14.72	9	6	9	15	+7
Total		40,668,260	100.00	50	41,573,069	100.00	76	126	126	252	0
Valid votes		40,668,260	94.45		41,573,069	96.51
Invalid/blank votes		2,391,861	5.55		1,501,654	3.49
Total votes		43,060,121	100.00		43,074,723	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		96,759,025	44.50		96,759,025	44.52
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

By constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		LDP	NFP	JSP	JCP	NPS	DRP	DC	PPC	Ind.
Aichi	3	1	1							1
Akita	1	1
Aomori	1		1
Chiba	2	1	1
Ehime	1	1
Fukui	1	1
Fukuoka	2		1	1
Fukushima	2	1	1
Gifu	2	1	1
Gunma	2	1		1
Hiroshima	2	1	1
Hokkaido	2		1	1
Hyōgo	2	1	1
Ibaraki	2	1	1
Ishikawa	1									1
Iwate	1		1
Kagawa	1	1
Kagoshima	2	1		1
Kanagawa	3	1	1	1
Kōchi	1									1
Kumamoto	2		1							1
Kyoto	2	1					1
Mie	1									1
Miyagi	2	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	1	1		1
Shiga	1					1
Shimane	1	1
Shizuoka	2	1	1
Tochigi	2	1					1
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	15	18	9	5	2		1
Total	126	47	40	16	8	3	2	1	1	8