House of Councillors elections were held in Japan in 1995.

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1995 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1992 23 July 1995 1998 →
126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors 127 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Yōhei Kōno Toshiki Kaifu Tomiichi Murayama Party Liberal Democratic New Frontier Socialist Last election 106 seats, 33.0% – 71 seats, 17.6% Seats after 107 56 38 Seat change 1 New 33 Popular vote 11,096,972 12,506,322 6,882,919 Percentage 27.3% 30.8% 16.9% Swing 5.7pp New 0.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kenji Miyamoto Tomio Fujii Masayoshi Takemura Party Communist Kōmeitō New Party Sakigake Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 24 seats, 14.1% – Seats after 14 11 3 Seat change 3 13 New Popular vote 3,873,955 – 1,455,886 Percentage 9.5% – 3.6% Swing 1.7pp – New
President of the House of Councillors before election Yuji Osada Liberal Democratic Elected President of the House of Councillors Bunbei Hara Liberal Democratic

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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.