1990 Japanese General Election
18 February 1990 · The 1955 system · 512 seats, 257 for a majority
As with the previous House of Councillors election, the "four-point set of evils" in the minds of voters were the controversial consumption tax, the Recruit scandal, agricultural import liberalisation, and former Prime Minister Sōsuke Uno's sex scandal.
Prime Minister before
Toshiki Kaifu
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Toshiki Kaifu
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
275 of 512 seats
Turnout
73.3%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Toshiki Kaifu | 275 | -31 | 30,315,417 | 46.1% | -3.3 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Takako Doi | 136 | +51 | 16,025,473 | 24.4% | +7.1 | |
| Kōmeitō | Koshiro Ishida | 45 | -11 | 5,242,675 | 8.0% | -1.4 | |
| Independents | — | 21 | +12 | 4,807,524 | 7.3% | — | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Tetsuzo Fuwa | 16 | -10 | 5,226,987 | 8.0% | -0.8 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Eiichi Nagasue | 14 | -12 | 3,178,949 | 4.8% | -1.6 | |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | Takako Doi | 4 | 0 | 566,957 | 0.9% | +7.1 | |
| Progressive Party | Seiichi Tagawa | 1 | — | 281,793 | 0.4% | — |