Japanese general election, 2000

Japanese general election, 2000

1996 ← 25 June 2000 → 2003

All 480 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 241 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Yoshirō Mori Yukio Hatoyama Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Leader's seat Ishikawa-2nd Hokkaido-9th Last election 239 seats, 38.63% — Seats won 239 129 Seat change +0 +129 Popular vote 16,714,043 14,834,091 Percentage 28.7% 25.5%

Parliamentary districts won by ■ - LDP ■ - DPJ ■ - Kōmeitō ■ - LP ■ - CP ■ - SDP ■ - Independent factions

Prime Minister before election Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic

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Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Representatives) of the Japanese Diet were held on 25 June 2000.

These statistics are from the newspaper Asahi Shimbun of 26 and 27 June 2000.

Parties:

• Komeito (New Komeito)
• Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) (Minshu-to)
• Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (Nihon Kyosan-to)
• Liberal Party (LP) (Jiyu-to)
• Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) (Jiyu Minshu-to)
• Social Democrat Party (SDP) (Shakai Minshu-to)

The House of Representatives consists of 480 members, 300 elected from single-member constituencies and 180 elected on a proportional basis from eleven multi-member constituencies known as Block constituencies.

National summary
Party	PR Block votes	percentage	Constituency seats	PR Block seats	Total
Komeito	7,637,456	13.1	5	24	29
Communist	6,601,348	11.3	-	20	20
Democrat	14,834,091	25.5	82	47	129
Liberal	5,781,733	9.9	1	18	19
Liberal Democrat	16,714,043	28.7	183	56	239
Social Democrat	5,491,698	9.4	4	15	19
Others	1,125,988	1.9	25	-	25
Total	58,186,357	100	300	180	480
The constituency vote that accounts for 300 seats is not included here.

Figures for party allegiances are based on those given at the Japanese Diet website. Party allegiances are loose and changeable in Japan and various versions of these figures exist.

The house was dissolved again in October 2003 and the next election was held on 9 November.

The Liberal Democrat Party maintained its coalition majority with help from the rural areas, even though the Democrat Party made considerable gains. Komeito Party didn't lose anything, and gained 5 seats. The Communists also made 20 seats, a considerable gain. The Social Democrat Party also won 19 seats, something new for the party. The Liberal Party also won 19 seats.

 Summary of the June 25 2000 Japanese House of Representatives election results

Alliances and parties		Local constituency vote			PR block vote			Total seats	+/−
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	24,945,806	40.97%	177	16,943,425	28.31%	56	233	38
	Justice Party	1,231,753	2.02%	7	7,762,032	12.97%	24	31	11
	Conservative Party	1,230,464	2.02%	7	247,334	0.41%	0	7	11
	Reform Club	203,736	0.33%	0	–			0	5
	Ruling coalition	27,611,760	45.35%	191	24,952,791	41.70%	80	271	65
	Democratic Party (DPJ)	16,811,732	27.61%	80	15,067,990	25.18%	47	127	32
	Liberal Party	2,053,736	3.37%	4	6,589,490	11.01%	18	22	4
	Japan Communist Party (JCP)	7,352,844	12.08%	0	6,719,016	11.23%	20	20	6
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	2,315,235	3.80%	4	5,603,680	9.36%	15	19	5
	Assembly of Independents	652,138	1.07%	5	151,345	0.25%	0	5	1
	Liberal League (LL)	1,071,012	1.76%	1	660,724	1.10%	0	1	0
	Others	46,945	0.08%	0	99,565	0.17%	0	0	1
	Opposition parties	30,243,642	49.78%	94	34,891,810	58.30%	100	194	35
	Independents	2,967,069	4.87%	15	–			15	11
Totals		60,822,471	100.00%	300	59,844,601	100.00%	180	480	19 (PR blocks: -20, 1 vacant seat)
Turnout		64.45% (+4.8)			62.49% (+2.87)			–

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive