1993 Japanese General Election
The LDP falls18 July 1993 · Reform, upheaval and alternation · 511 seats, 256 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House.
Prime Minister before
Kiichi Miyazawa
LDP
Prime Minister after
Morihiro Hosokawa
New Party
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
223 of 511 seats
Turnout
67.0%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Kiichi Miyazawa | 223 | -52 | 22,999,646 | 36.6% | -9.5 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | — | 70 | -66 | 9,687,589 | 15.4% | — | |
| Japan Renewal Party | — | 55 | — | 6,341,365 | 10.1% | — | |
| Kōmeitō | Kōshirō Ishida | 51 | +6 | 5,114,351 | 8.1% | +0.2 | |
| Japan New Party | Morihiro Hosokawa | 35 | — | 5,053,981 | 8.1% | — | |
| Independents | — | 30 | +9 | 4,304,189 | 6.8% | — | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Tetsuzo Fuwa | 15 | -1 | 4,834,588 | 7.7% | -0.3 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Keigo Ōuchi | 15 | +1 | 2,205,683 | 3.5% | -1.3 | |
| NP-Sakigake | Masayoshi Takemura | 13 | — | 1,658,097 | 2.6% | — | |
| Socialist Democratic | Satsuki Eda | 4 | 0 | 461,169 | 0.7% | -0.1 |