1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

1986 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1983 6 July 1986 1989 →

127 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 137 seats, 35.3% 44 seats, 16.3% 26 seats, 15.7%
Seats after 140 41 24
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3 Decrease2
Popular vote 22,132,573 9,869,088 7,438,501
Percentage 38.6% 17.2% 13.0%
Swing Increase 3.3pp Increase 0.9pp Decrease 2.7pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tsukamoto Saburō Seiichi Tagawa
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 14 seats, 8.9% 11 seats, 8.4% 2 seats, 2.7%
Seats after 16 12 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 5,430,838 3,940,325 1,367,291
Percentage 9.5% 6.9% 2.4%
Swing Increase 0.6pp Decrease 1.5pp Decrease 0.3pp

President of the House
of Councillors
before election

Matsuo Kimura
LDP

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Masaaki Fujita
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect half the seats in the upper house of the Diet. The elections were held alongside elections for the House of Representatives, the second and most recent such instance since 1980.