House of Councillors elections were held in

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in 1995. Because of the circumstances of its creation, the opposition party New Frontier Party held seats in the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

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

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, 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.

Results

By constituency

References

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1995 elections in Japan House of Councillors (Japan) elections July 1995 events in Asia Election and referendum articles with incomplete results