1993 Japanese general election

18 July 1993
All 511 seats in the House of Representatives 256 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.99% (6.32pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kiichi Miyazawa Sadao Yamahana Tsutomu Hata Party LDP Socialist Shinseito Last election 46.14%, 275 seats 24.35%, 136 seats Did not exist Seats won 223 70 55 Seat change 52 66 New Popular vote 22,999,646 9,687,588 6,341,364 Percentage 36.62% 15.43% 10.10% Swing 9.49pp 8.96pp New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kōshirō Ishida Morihiro Hosokawa Tetsuzo Fuwa Party Kōmeitō New Party Communist Last election 7.98%, 45 seats Did not exist 7.96%, 16 seats, Seats won 51 35 15 Seat change 6 New 1 Popular vote 5,114,351 5,053,981 4,834,587 Percentage 8.14% 8.05% 7.70% Swing 0.16pp New 0.26pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Keigo Ōuchi Masayoshi Takemura Satsuki Eda Party Democratic Socialist New Party Sakigake Socialist Democratic Last election 14 seats, 4.84% Did not exist 4 seats, 0.86% Seats won 15 13 4 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 2,205,682 1,658,097 461,169 Percentage 3.51% 2.64% 0.73% Swing 1.33pp New 0.13pp
Elected MPs and the leading party by vote share in each multimember district Districts where the LDP (green) or opposition (blue) won most seats; teal for ties
Prime Minister before election Kiichi Miyazawa LDP Elected Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa New Party

General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House. An eight-party coalition government was formed and headed by Morihiro Hosokawa, the leader of the Japan New Party (JNP).

It was the first time under the 1955 System that the leading coalition lost.^[1] Eleven months after the election, with the electoral reform legislation passed, the eight-party coalition collapsed.^[2]