Japan 1986 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 300 of 512 seats with 49.4% of the vote; 71.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.5 points on 1983.
- Japan
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 300 | +50 | 49.4 | +3.7 | 29,875,501 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 85 | −27 | 17.2 | −2.3 | 10,412,584 |
| Komeito | 56 | −2 | 9.4 | −0.7 | 5,701,277 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 26 | 0 | 8.8 | −0.6 | 5,313,246 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 26 | −12 | 6.4 | −0.8 | 3,895,858 |
| Independents | 9 | −7 | 5.8 | +0.9 | 3,515,043 |
| New Liberal Club | 6 | −2 | 1.8 | −0.5 | 1,114,800 |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | 4 | +1 | 0.8 | +0.2 | 499,670 |
± is the change against the Japan 1983 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 29,875,501
- Japan Socialist Party 10,412,584
- Komeito 5,701,277
- Japanese Communist Party 5,313,246
- Democratic Socialist Party 3,895,858
- Independents 3,515,043
- New Liberal Club 1,114,800
- Socialist Democratic Federation 499,670
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
71.4% of the 86,426,845 registered voters cast a ballot (61,707,654 ballots), up 3.5 points on 1983. 60,448,610 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Liberal Democratic Party49.4% of votes58.6% of seats
- Japan Socialist Party17.2% of votes16.6% of seats
- Komeito9.4% of votes10.9% of seats
- Japanese Communist Party8.8% of votes5.1% of seats
- Democratic Socialist Party6.4% of votes5.1% of seats
- New Liberal Club1.8% of votes1.2% of seats
- Socialist Democratic Federation0.8% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 32.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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