Masakazu Sekiguchi Hiroyuki Nagahama Yukihiko Imasaki Kazuo Ueda

The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which gained 50 seats and an outright majority in the House.

The biggest losses were experienced by the Japan Socialist Party, which lost 27 seats.

[1] The New York Times wrote that "the fragmented opposition could not catch fire with any campaign issue.

"[3] Economic policy was not sharply contested in the campaign; however, the Japanese economy had seen its first quarter of contraction in 11 years.