1983 Japanese General Election
18 December 1983 · The 1955 system · 511 seats, 256 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on 18 December 1983 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The voter turnout was 67.94%, the lowest it had ever been in post-war history up to that point, and a low which would not be surpassed until ten years later.
Prime Minister before
Yasuhiro Nakasone
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Yasuhiro Nakasone
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
250 of 511 seats
Turnout
67.9%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Yasuhiro Nakasone | 250 | -34 | 25,982,785 | 45.8% | -2.1 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Masashi Ishibashi | 112 | +5 | 11,065,083 | 19.5% | +0.2 | |
| Kōmeitō | Yoshikatsu Takeiri | 58 | +25 | 5,745,751 | 10.1% | +1.1 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Sasaki Ryōsaku | 38 | +6 | 4,129,908 | 7.3% | +0.7 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Tetsuzo Fuwa | 26 | -3 | 5,302,485 | 9.3% | -0.5 | |
| Independents | — | 16 | +5 | 2,768,736 | 4.9% | — | |
| New Liberal Club | Seiichi Tagawa | 8 | -4 | 1,341,584 | 2.4% | -0.6 | |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | Masashi Ishibashi | 3 | 0 | 381,045 | 0.7% | +0.2 |