1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1992 Japanese House of Councillors election

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| ← 1989 | 23 July 1992 | 1995 →

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127 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
|   | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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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  | 3  | 5  | 4
Popular vote  | 14,961,199 | 7,981,726  | 6,415,503
Percentage  | 33.3% | 17.8%  | 14.3%
Swing  | 6.0%  | 17.3%  | 3.2%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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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  | 3  |  | 1
Popular vote  | 3,532,956  | –  | 2,255,423
Percentage  | 7.9%  | –  | 5.0%
Swing  | 0.9%  | –  | 0.1%

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| 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 | 1  |
Popular vote  | 3,617,246  | 1,375,791  | 1,321,639
Percentage  | 8.1%  | 3.1%  | 2.9%
Swing  | New | 1.3%  | 0.7%

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| President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yuji Osada
LDP

| Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
LDP

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

## Results

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Party| National| Constituency| Seats
Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats| Not up| Won| Total
after| +/–
| Liberal Democratic Party| 14,961,199| 32.97| 19| 19,711,047| 43.43| 48| 39| 67| 106| –3
| Japan Socialist Party| 7,981,726| 17.59| 10| 5,846,238| 12.88| 12| 49| 22| 71| +5
| Kōmeitō| 6,415,503| 14.14| 8| 3,550,060| 7.82| 6| 10| 14| 24| +4
| Japan New Party| 3,617,247| 7.97| 4| | 0| 4| 4| New
| Japanese Communist Party| 3,532,956| 7.78| 4| 4,817,001| 10.61| 2| 5| 6| 11| –3
| Democratic Socialist Party| 2,255,423| 4.97| 3| 1,039,980| 2.29| 1| 3| 4| 7| –1
| Sports and Peace Party| 1,375,791| 3.03| 1| | 1| 1| 2| +1
| Dainiin Club| 1,321,639| 2.91| 1| | 1| 1| 2| 0
| Democratic Reform Party| | 4,399,684| 9.69| 0| 12| 0| 12| 0
| Other parties| 3,921,722| 8.64| 0| 1,573,400| 3.47| 2| 2| 2| 4| –
| Independent| | 4,445,795| 9.80| 5| 3| 5| 8| –7
Vacant| | | 1| 0| 1| 1| –
Total| 45,383,206| 100.00| 50| 45,383,205| 100.00| 77| 125| 127| 252| 0
Valid votes| 45,383,206| 95.98| | 45,383,205| 95.95| |
Invalid/blank votes| 1,900,566| 4.02| | 1,913,874| 4.05| |
Total votes| 47,283,772| 100.00| | 47,297,079| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 93,254,025| 50.70| | 93,254,025| 50.72| |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet

### By constituency

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Constituency  | Total
seats  | Seats won

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LDP | JSP | Kōmeitō | JCP | JNP | DSP | SPP | DC | Others  | Ind.
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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.

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