1992 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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| | First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | | | Leader | Kiichi Miyazawa | Makoto Tanabe | Koshiro Ishida | | Party | LDP | Socialist | Kōmeitō | | Last election | 109 seats, 27.3% | 66 seats, 35.1% | 20 seats, 10.9% | | Seats after | 106 | 71 | 24 | | Seat change | 3 | 5 | 4 | | Popular vote | 14,961,199 | 7,981,726 | 6,415,503 | | Percentage | 33.3% | 17.8% | 14.3% | | Swing | 6.0% | 17.3% | 3.2% | | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | | | Leader | Kenji Miyamoto | – | Eiichi Nagasue | | Party | JCP | Democratic Reform | Democratic Socialist | | Last election | 14 seats, 7.0% | 12 seats | 8 seats, 4.9% | | Seats after | 11 | 12 | 7 | | Seat change | 3 | | 1 | | Popular vote | 3,532,956 | – | 2,255,423 | | Percentage | 7.9% | – | 5.0% | | Swing | 0.9% | – | 0.1% | | | | Seventh party | Eighth party | Ninth party | | | | | | | Leader | Morihiro Hosokawa | Antonio Inoki | Columbia Top | | Party | New Party | Sports & Peace | Dainiin Club | | Last election | – | 1 seat, 1.8% | 2 seats, 2.2% | | Seats after | 4 | 2 | 2 | | Seat change | New | 1 | | | Popular vote | 3,617,246 | 1,375,791 | 1,321,639 | | Percentage | 8.1% | 3.1% | 2.9% | | Swing | New | 1.3% | 0.7% | |
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1992. Only half of the seats in the House of Councillors were up for election.
Results
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| Party | National | Constituency | Seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 14,961,199 | 32.97 | 19 | 19,711,047 | 43.43 | 48 | 39 | 67 | 106 | –3 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 7,981,726 | 17.59 | 10 | 5,846,238 | 12.88 | 12 | 49 | 22 | 71 | +5 |
| Kōmeitō | 6,415,503 | 14.14 | 8 | 3,550,060 | 7.82 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 24 | +4 |
| Japan New Party | 3,617,247 | 7.97 | 4 | | 0 | 4 | 4 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 3,532,956 | 7.78 | 4 | 4,817,001 | 10.61 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | –3 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2,255,423 | 4.97 | 3 | 1,039,980 | 2.29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 |
| Sports and Peace Party | 1,375,791 | 3.03 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Dainiin Club | 1,321,639 | 2.91 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Democratic Reform Party | | 4,399,684 | 9.69 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Other parties | 3,921,722 | 8.64 | 0 | 1,573,400 | 3.47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – |
| Independent | | 4,445,795 | 9.80 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –7 |
| Vacant | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Total | 45,383,206 | 100.00 | 50 | 45,383,205 | 100.00 | 77 | 125 | 127 | 252 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 45,383,206 | 95.98 | | 45,383,205 | 95.95 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 1,900,566 | 4.02 | | 1,913,874 | 4.05 | | |
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| Total votes | 47,283,772 | 100.00 | | 47,297,079 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 93,254,025 | 50.70 | | 93,254,025 | 50.72 | | |
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| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] Tottori Prefecture, National Diet |
By constituency
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