1998 Japanese House of Councillors election

Japanese House of Councillors election, 1998

27 July 1998
126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors
First party Second party   Leader Ryutaro Hashimoto Naoto Kan Party LDP Democratic Last election 110 — Seats won 103 47 Seat change -7 +47 Popular vote 17,033,851 9,063,939 Percentage 30.45% 16.20%
President of the House of Councillors before election Juro Saito LDP Elected President of the House of Councillors Juro Saito LDP

Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1998.

Note that because of the circumstances around the creation of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), it held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the New Frontier Party.

Results

Party	Held Over	Newly Elected	Total Seats
Liberal Democratic Party	54	44	102
Democratic Party	20	27	47
New Komeito	13	9	22
Liberal Party	6	6	12
Communist Party	8	15	23
Social Democratic Party of Japan	8	5	13
New Party Harbinger	3	0	3
Reformers Network Party	3	0	3
Second Chamber Club	1	0	1
Independents	26	0	26
Total			252

References

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn98par.html