# 1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections 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.
The elections was historic in that the New Frontier Party replaced the Japanese Socialist Party, 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.
The elections were considered a referendum on the sitting coalition government.

## Results

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– |
| | New Frontier Party | 12,506,322 | 30.75 | 18 | 11,003,681 | 26.47 | 22 | 16 | 40 | 56 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 11,096,972 | 27.29 | 15 | 10,557,547 | 25.40 | 31 | 61 | 46 | 107 | +1 |
| | Japan Socialist Party | 6,882,919 | 16.92 | 9 | 4,926,003 | 11.85 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 38 | –33 |
| | Japanese Communist Party | 3,873,955 | 9.53 | 5 | 4,314,830 | 10.38 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +3 |
| | New Party Sakigake | 1,455,886 | 3.58 | 2 | 1,059,353 | 2.55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | New |
| | Dainiin Club | 1,282,596 | 3.15 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | Sports and Peace Party | 541,894 | 1.33 | 0 | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| | Party for Peace and Citizens | 377,786 | 0.93 | 0 | 579,377 | 1.39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | New |
| | Democratic Reform Party | | | | 1,854,175 | 4.46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –10 |
| | Komeito | | | | | | | 11 | 0 | 11 | –13 |
| | Other parties | 2,649,930 | 6.52 | 0 | 1,158,004 | 2.79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| | Independents | | | | 6,120,099 | 14.72 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +7 |
| Total | Total | 40,668,260 | 100.00 | 50 | 41,573,069 | 100.00 | 76 | 126 | 126 | 252 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 40,668,260 | 94.45 | | 41,573,069 | 96.51 | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,391,861 | 5.55 | | 1,501,654 | 3.49 | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 43,060,121 | 100.00 | | 43,074,723 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 96,759,025 | 44.50 | | 96,759,025 | 44.52 | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Tottori Prefecture, National Diet ||||||||||||

### By constituency

| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Constituency | Total seats | LDP | NFP | JSP | JCP | NPS | DRP | DC | PPC | Ind. |
| Aichi | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Akita | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Aomori | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Chiba | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ehime | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Fukui | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Fukuoka | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fukushima | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Gifu | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Gunma | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hiroshima | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Hokkaido | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hyōgo | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ibaraki | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ishikawa | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Iwate | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kagawa | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Kagoshima | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kanagawa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kōchi | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kumamoto | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kyoto | 2 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Mie | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Miyagi | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Miyazaki | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Nagano | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Nagasaki | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Nara | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Niigata | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ōita | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| Okinawa | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Okayama | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Osaka | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| Saga | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Saitama | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| Shiga | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| Shimane | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Shizuoka | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Tochigi | 2 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Tokushima | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Tokyo | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| Tottori | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Toyama | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Wakayama | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Yamagata | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Yamaguchi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Yamanashi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| National | 50 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Total | 126 | 47 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |