1986 Japanese general election

6 July 1986
All 512 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 257 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.4% (3.5%)
First party Second party Third party   CGP Leader Yasuhiro Nakasone Masashi Ishibashi Yoshikatsu Takeiri Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō Leader since 25 November 1982 7 September 1983 13 February 1967 Last election 45.76%, 250 seats 19.49%, 112 seats 10.12%, 58 seats Seats won 300 85 56 Seat change 50 27 3 Popular vote 29,875,501 10,412,584 5,701,277 Percentage 49.42% 17.23% 9.43% Swing 3.66pp 2.26pp 0.69pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   DSP Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Tsukamoto Saburō Yōhei Kōno Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club Leader since 31 July 1982 June 1984 Last election 9.34%, 26 seats 7.27%, 38 seats 2.36%, 8 seats Seats won 26 26 6 Seat change 12 2 Popular vote 5,313,246 3,895,858 1,114,800 Percentage 8.79% 6.44% 1.64% Swing 0.55pp 0.83pp 0.72pp   Seventh party   Leader Satsuki Eda Party Socialist Democratic Leader since February 1985 Last election 0.67%, 3 seats Seats won 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 499,670 Percentage 0.83% Swing 0.16pp
Prime Minister before election Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic Prime Minister after election Yasuhiro Nakasone Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives. This marks the last general election as of 2021 in which the LDP was able to obtain at least 300 seats in the House of Representatives, an event that only ever happened once before, in the 1960 election. This general election and 1960's are also tied for the highest number of seats ever obtained by the LDP in a general election, as both saw the LDP winning exactly 300 seats. However, the House of Representatives had fewer total seats in 1960, and so the popular vote for the LDP was actually stronger in 1960. Nonetheless, the 1986 general election also stands as the fourth strongest LDP showing in a general election in terms of the popular constituency votes.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	29,875,501	49.42	300	+50
	Japan Socialist Party	10,412,584	17.23	85	–27
	Japanese Communist Party	5,313,246	8.79	26	0
	Kōmeitō	5,701,277	9.43	56	–2
	Democratic Socialist Party	3,895,858	6.44	26	–12
	New Liberal Club	1,114,800	1.84	6	–2
	Socialist Democratic Federation	499,670	0.83	4	+1
	Other parties	120,627	0.20	0	–
	Independents	3,515,043	5.81	9	–7
Total		60,448,606	100.00	512	+1
Valid votes		60,448,606	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		1,259,044	2.04
Total votes		61,707,650	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		86,426,845	71.40
Source: IPU

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