1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

1995 Japanese House of Councillors election
23 July 1995
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
127 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu Tomiichi Murayama
Party LDP New Frontier Socialist
Last election 106 seats, 33.0% – 71 seats, 17.6%
Seats after 107 56 38
Seat change 1 New 33
Popular vote 11,096,972 12,506,322 6,882,919
Percentage 27.3% 30.8% 16.9%
Swing 5.7pp New 0.7pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tomio Fujii Masayoshi Takemura
Party JCP Kōmeitō NP-Sakigake
Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 24 seats, 14.1% –
Seats after 14 11 3
Seat change 3 13 New
Popular vote 3,873,955 – 1,455,886
Percentage 9.5% – 3.6%
Swing 1.7pp – New
President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yuji Osada
LDP

 Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
LDP

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1995.

Because of the circumstances of its creation, the opposition party New Frontier Party held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the LDP.

The elections was historic in that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, which had been the largest opposition party for 38 years, and entered coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.

The elections were considered a referendum on the sitting coalition government.

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