1986 Japanese General Election
6 July 1986 · The 1955 system · 512 seats, 257 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, alongside elections for the House of Councillors. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which gained 50 seats and an outright majority in the House.
Prime Minister before
Yasuhiro Nakasone
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Yasuhiro Nakasone
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
300 of 512 seats
Turnout
71.4%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Yasuhiro Nakasone | 300 | +50 | 29,875,501 | 49.4% | +3.7 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Masashi Ishibashi | 85 | -27 | 10,412,584 | 17.2% | -2.3 | |
| Kōmeitō | Yoshikatsu Takeiri | 56 | -2 | 5,701,277 | 9.4% | -0.7 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Tetsuzo Fuwa | 26 | 0 | 5,313,246 | 8.8% | -0.6 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Tsukamoto Saburō | 26 | -12 | 3,895,858 | 6.4% | -0.8 | |
| Independents | — | 9 | -7 | 3,515,043 | 5.8% | — | |
| New Liberal Club | Yōhei Kōno | 6 | -2 | 1,114,800 | 1.8% | -0.7 | |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | Masashi Ishibashi | 4 | +1 | 499,670 | 0.8% | -2.3 |