Japanese general election, 1983
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All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 256 seats needed for a majority |
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The Japanese general election, 1983 was an election held in Japan in 1983 for the House of Representatives.
Election results
| Parties | Candidates | Votes[3] | % | Seats | +/- (last election) |
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| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 339 | 25,982,785 | 45.76% | 250 |  34 |
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| Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) | 144 | 11,065,082 | 19.49% | 112 |  5 |
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| Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 129 | 5,302,485 | 9.34% | 26 | 3 |
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| Justice Party | 59 | 5,745,751 | 10.12% | 58 | 25 |
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| Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) | 54 | 4,129,907 | 7.27% | 38 | 6 |
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| New Liberal Club (NLC) | 17 | 1,341,584 | 2.36% | 8 | 4 |
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| Social Democratic Federation (SDF) | 4 | 381,045 | 0.67% | 3 |  0 |
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| Center-left opposition | 134 | 11,598,287 | 20.43% | 107 | 27 |
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| Others | 18 | 62,323 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 |
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| Independents | 84 | 2,768,735 | 4.88% | 16 | 5 |
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| Totals (Turnout 67.9%) | 848 | 56,779,697 | 100.00% | 511 | 0 |
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References
- ↑ Interparliamentary Union (IPU), 1983 House of Representatives election
- ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
- ↑ Fractional votes rounded to full numbers
