Political Party	Seats Won	Seats Held Over	Total Seats
LDP	44	58	102
DPJ	27	20	47
Komei	9	13	22
SDP	5	8	13
JCP	15	8	23
Liberal Party	6	6	12
Kaikaku Club	0	3	3
Sakigake	0	3	3
Niin Club	0	1	1
Independents	20	6	26
Total	20	126	262

Guide to party abbreviations and English language websites.

LDP = Liberal Democratic Party, led into the elections by Prime Minister HASHIMOTO Ryutaro.
DPJ = Democratic Party of Japan
SDP = Social Democratic Party
JCP = Japanese Communist Party
Komei (established in 1994 to continue the effort of Komeito, the Clean Government Party)
Liberal League (no seats in the Upper House)
Sakigake (New Party)
New Socialist Party (no seats in the Upper House)

These parties have only Japanese language websites.
Japanese Well-being Party
Liberal Party
Youth Freedom Party (Seinen Jiyu Party, no seats in the Upper House)

The Upper House website (both English and Japanese language resources)

Go to Joint Center page on the July 12, 1998 elections.

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Last Updated on 6/22/98
By Clayton Dube
Email: cdube@isop.ucla.edu