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Japan 1993 general election

What was the result of the 1993 general election in Japan?

Liberal Democratic Party won 223 of 511 seats with 36.6% of the vote. 67.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 223 of 511 seats with 36.6% of the vote; 67.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.3 points on 1990.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 223 −52 seats 36.6% −9.5 points
  • Japan Socialist Party 70 −66 seats 15.4% −8.9 points
  • Japan Renewal Party 55 10.1%
  • Komeito 51 +6 seats 8.1% +0.2 points
  • Japan New Party 35 8.1%
  • Japanese Communist Party 15 −1 seat 7.7% −0.3 points
  • Democratic Socialist Party 15 +1 seat 3.5% −1.3 points
  • New Party Sakigake 13 2.6%
  • Socialist Democratic Federation 4 0 seats 0.7% −0.1 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Japan 1990 general election, party by party.

256 of 511 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.6%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 223 of 511 seats. A majority needs 256.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Komeito

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. Japan Socialist Party lost 66 seats.

  3. 67.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 6.3 points on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party223−5236.6−9.522,999,646
Japan Socialist Party70−6615.4−8.99,687,588
Japan Renewal Party5510.16,341,364
Komeito51+68.1+0.25,114,351
Japan New Party358.15,053,981
Japanese Communist Party15−17.7−0.34,834,587
Independents30+96.8−0.54,304,188
Democratic Socialist Party15+13.5−1.32,205,682
New Party Sakigake132.61,658,097
Socialist Democratic Federation400.7−0.1461,169

± is the change against the Japan 1990 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 22,999,646
  • Japan Socialist Party 9,687,588
  • Japan Renewal Party 6,341,364
  • Komeito 5,114,351
  • Japan New Party 5,053,981
  • Japanese Communist Party 4,834,587
  • Independents 4,304,188
  • Democratic Socialist Party 2,205,682
  • New Party Sakigake 1,658,097
  • Socialist Democratic Federation 461,169

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

67.0% of the 94,866,020 registered voters cast a ballot (63,547,819 ballots), down 6.3 points on 1990. 62,804,145 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party36.6% of votes43.6% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party15.4% of votes13.7% of seats
  • Japan Renewal Party10.1% of votes10.8% of seats
  • Komeito8.1% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Japan New Party8.1% of votes6.8% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party7.7% of votes2.9% of seats
  • Democratic Socialist Party3.5% of votes2.9% of seats
  • New Party Sakigake2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Socialist Democratic Federation0.7% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 21.2 points of the vote.

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