Japanese House of Councillors election, 1995

1992 ←

23 July 1995

→ 1998

126 (of the 252) seats in the House of Councillors

	First party	Second party

Leader	Yōhei Kōno	Toshiki Kaifu
Party	Liberal Democratic	New Frontier
Last election	106	—
Seats won	110	56
Seat change	+4	+56

President of the House
of Councillors before election

Yuji Osada
Liberal Democratic

Elected President of the House
of Councillors

Bunbei Hara
Liberal Democratic

Yuji Osada
Liberal Democratic

Bunbei Hara
Liberal Democratic

Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors 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.

This election made history that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, which held the largest opposition party for 38 years, and entered coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.

http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn95par.html

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