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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = Akashian general election, 1982
| country           = Akashi
| type              = parliamentary
| vote_type         = Popular
| ongoing           = no
| election_date     = 26 June 1982
| elected_members   = 
| previous_election = Akashian general election, 1980
| previous_year     = 1980
| next_election     = Akashian general election, 1986
| next_year         = 1986
| seats_for_election= 400 seats in the [[National Assembly (Akashi)|National Assembly]]
| majority_seats    = 201
| turnout           = 92,0%
| party_colour      = no
| party_name        = no
| alliance_name     = no

| 1blank = {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}} vote
| 2blank = % and swing
| 3blank = {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}} vote
| 4blank = % and swing

| image1            = [[File:RanTsukuda-small.jpg|125x125px]]
| colour1           = 084195
| leader1           = [[Ran Tsukuda]]
| party1            = {{A-CNP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election1    = 21 seats<br>9,0% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>8,0% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats1            = 86
| seat_change1      = {{increase}} 65
| 1data1 = 865.200
| 2data1 = 15,0%<br><small>{{increase}} 6,0%</small>
| 3data1 = 1.260.445
| 4data1 = 21,9%<br><small>{{increase}} 13,9%</small>

| image2            = [[File:KagehisaUeki.jpg|125x125px]]
| colour2           = E60000
| leader2           = Kagehisa Ueki
| party2            = {{A-SP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election2    = 21 seats<br>10,5% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>12,0% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats2            = 71
| seat_change2      = {{increase}} 50
| 1data2 = 669.088
| 2data2 = 11,6%<br><small>{{increase}} 1,1%</small>
| 3data2 = 690.655
| 4data2 = 12,0%<br><small>{{steady}}</small>

| image3            = 
| colour3           = CC222C
| leader3           = Yoshihiro Sera
| party3            = {{A-CP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election3    = 21 seats<br>10,0% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>11,5% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats3            = 32
| seat_change3      = {{increase}} 11
| 1data3 = 484.512
| 2data3 = 8,4%<br><small>{{decrease}} 1,6%</small>
| 3data3 = 575.546
| 4data3 = 10,0%<br><small>{{decrease}} 1,5%</small>

| image4            = 
| colour4           = 008000
| leader4           = Tomohiko Saito
| party4            = {{A-GP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election4    = 19 seats<br>8,7% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>7,5% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats4            = 31
| seat_change4      = {{increase}} 12
| 1data4 = 472.976
| 2data4 = 8,2%<br><small>{{decrease}} 0,5%</small>
| 3data4 = 402.882
| 4data4 = 7,0%<br><small>{{decrease}} 0,5%</small>

| image5            = 
| colour5           = 8000FF
| leader5           = Toshizaku Imai
| party5            = {{A-NCP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election5    = 18 seats<br>10,2% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>10,8% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats5            = 28
| seat_change5      = {{increase}} 10
| 1data5 = 519.120
| 2data5 = 9,0%<br><small>{{decrease}} 1,2%</small>
| 3data5 = 587.057
| 4data5 = 10,2%<br><small>{{decrease}} 0,6%</small>

| image6            = [[File:Pat Saiki.jpg|125x125px]]
| colour6           = FAFAAD 
| leader6           = Hatsue Fukuda
| party6            = {{A-LP/meta/shortname}}
| last_election6    = 15 seats<br>8,0% {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}<br>7,9% {{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
| seats6            = 27
| seat_change6      = {{increase}} 12
| 1data6 = 444.136
| 2data6 = 7,7%<br><small>{{decrease}} 0,3%</small>
| 3data6 = 379.860
| 4data6 = 6,6%<br><small>{{decrease}} 1,3%</small>

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| map_image         = Akashi-election-general-1982.png
| map_caption       = Most voted party by [[Akashi#Administrative divisions|province]]

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| title            = [[Prime Minister of Akashi|Prime Minister]]
| before_election  = [[Þiudawulþus]]
| before_party     = {{wpl|Independent politician|Ind}}
| posttitle        = [[Prime Minister of Akashi|Prime Minister]] after election
| after_election   = [[Ran Tsukuda]]
| after_party      = {{A-CNP/meta/shortname}}
}}

A '''general election''' was held in [[Akashi]] on 26 June 1982. The interim [[Þiudawulþus]] government passed a sweeping {{wpl|electoral reform}} beforehand, which doubled the size of the [[National Assembly (Akashi)|National Assembly]], instituted a 3% {{wpl|electoral threshold}}, and restricted {{wpl|independent politician|independents}} to running in constituencies.

Major changes had occurred during the troubled 12th Assembly. The most significant was the [[List of political parties in Akashi#1980–1990|"''kibi-yuru'' war"]] within the {{A-CNP}}, ending with the victory of the "soft" faction led by [[Ran Tsukuda]] in 1981. Ran launched a transformation of the CNP, purging hardliners and repositioning it as a centre-right party — in effect, moving it from the [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|dark blue bloc]] to the [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|light blue bloc]]. Her efforts to change the party's image extended to recruiting ''sanyoi'' candidates.

Ran became the main attraction of the election, as her promises of careful governance, economic revival, and constitutional renewal appealed to a public fed up with economic stagnation and political gridlock. The {{A-SP}}'s campaign was weakened by its association with the [[Economy of Akashi#"Siege economy"|"siege economy"]]; new leader Kagehisa Ueki's attempts to moderate its platform and express remorse for the "mistakes" of the 1970s brought the hostility of the {{A-CP}}.

==Results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:right; font-size: 100%;"
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|+
!colspan=10|General election, 26 June 1982
|-
!style="background-color:white;" colspan=10|[[File:Akashi-election-gen-1982.svg]]
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=3|Party list
!colspan=3|Constituency
!rowspan=2|Total<br>seats
!rowspan=2|+/-
|-
!{{wpl|Party-list proportional representation|PR}}
!%
!+/−
!{{wpl|Single transferable vote|STV}}
!%
!+/−
|-
|style="background:{{A-CNP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-CNP}}
|865.200
|15,0%
| +6,0%
|1.260.445
|21,9%
| +13,9%
|86
| +65
|-
|style="background:{{A-SP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-SP}}
|669.088
|11,6%
| +1,1%
|690.655
|12,0%
| ±0,0%
|71
| +50
|-
|style="background:{{A-NCP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-NCP}}
|519.120
|9,0%
| -1,2%
|587.057
|10,2%
| -0,6%
|28
| +10
|-
|style="background:{{A-CP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-CP}}
|484.512
|8,4%
| -1,6%
|575.546
|10,0%
| -1,5%
|32
| +11
|-
|style="background:{{A-GP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-GP}}
|472.976
|8,2%
| -0,5%
|402.882
|7,0%
| -0,5%
|31
| +12
|-
|style="background:{{A-LP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-LP}}
|444.136
|7,7%
| -0,3%
|379.860
|6,6%
| -1,3%
|27
| +12
|-
|style="background:{{A-NDP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-NDP}}
|432.600
|7,5%
| -0,9%
|362.594
|6,3%
| -1,4%
|25
| +9
|-
|style="background:{{A-UA/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-UA}}
|415.296
|7,2%
| -0,6%
|351.083
|6,1%
| -2,1%
|23
| +7
|-
|style="background:{{A-RP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-RP}}
|403.760
|7,0%
| -0,2%
|345.327
|6,0%
| -2,4%
|22
| +6
|-
|style="background:{{A-NU/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-NU}}
|288.400
|5,0%
| -1,9%
|155.397
|2,7%
| -2,1%
|17
| +3
|-
|style="background:{{A-JP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-JP}}
|213.416
|3,7%
| +1,0%
|143.886
|2,5%
| +0,2%
|12
| +6
|-
|style="background:{{A-SCP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-SCP}}
|201.880
|3,5%
| +0,3%
|103.598
|1,8%
| +0,4%
|7
| +4
|-
|style="background:{{A-FL/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-FL}}
|184.576
|3,2%
| +0,8%
|120.865
|2,1%
| +0,1%
|8
| +5
|-
|style="background:{{A-ARP/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-ARP}}
|173.040
|3,0%
| +1,0%
|115.109
|2,0%
| +0,5%
|7
| +4
|-
|style="background:{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|{{wpl|Independent politician|Independents}}
|colspan=3 style="text-align:center"|''N/A''
|161.153
|2,8%
| -0,6%
|4
| -2
|-
!colspan="10"|
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|'''Total'''
|'''5.767.997'''
|'''100%'''
|'''—'''
|'''5.755.458'''
|'''100%'''
|'''—'''
|'''400'''
|'''—'''
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"|'''Registered voters and turnout'''
|6.269.562
|92,0%
|—
|6.269.562
|91,8%
|}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:left; font-size: 100%;"
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|+
!colspan=3|[[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Bloc]] strength
|-
!Bloc
!Parties
!Seats
|-
![[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Crimson bloc]]
|{{A-CP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-SCP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-GP/meta/shortname}}
|70
|-
![[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Pale crimson bloc]]
|{{A-SP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-NU/meta/shortname}}, {{A-JP/meta/shortname}}
|100
|-
![[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Light yellow bloc]]
|{{A-NCP/meta/shortname}}
|28
|-
![[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Light blue bloc]]
|{{A-LP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-NDP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-RP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-UA/meta/shortname}}, {{A-CNP/meta/shortname}}
|183
|-
![[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|Dark blue bloc]]
|{{A-ARP/meta/shortname}}, {{A-FL/meta/shortname}}
|15
|}

* '''Government''': {{A-CNP}}–{{A-NDP}}–{{A-RP}}–{{A-UA}}–{{A-LP}} coalition.

The CNP won a plurality of votes and seats, the first centre-right party to do so since the [[Akashian Civil War]]. The SP finished second, with a deficit of only 15 seats. Nine other parties won between 12 and 32 seats, leading to speculation that the electoral reform was producing a {{wpl|two-party system}}.

The increased size of the National Assembly allowed every party to register gains, while the {{wpl|independent politician|independents}} lost 2 seats. The CNP managed to finish first in the two most populous provinces, [[Kagi]] and [[Matō]], but were overtaken by the LP in [[Takao]], a somewhat surprising result given Ran's {{wpl|progressive conservatism}} and image were uniquely suited to Takao's tradition of {{wpl|paternalistic conservatism}}.

The [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|light blue bloc]] became the largest, narrowly overtaking the [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|crimson]]–[[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|pale crimson]] alignment. The defection of the CNP devastated the [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|dark blue bloc]], which saw its seats cut in half.

Ran formed a [[List of political parties in Akashi#Alignments|light blue]] coalition and secured outside support from the {{A-NCP}}, whose new leadership was more amenable to working with the centre-right. This gave the government a small majority of 10 seats. 

Although her government proved popular and effective, it was troubled by private tensions over cabinet posts, with crucial CNP allies such as the [[Morisaki family]] and [[Keiko Nakayama]] taking significant ministries to the annoyance of the smaller parties. The NDP, RP, UA, and LP, who had slogged through years in opposition during the 1970s, were rankled by the CNP's quick transformation and it gaining a disproportionate electoral reward in comparison.

{{Akashian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Akashi]]