Japanese general election, 2000

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 =

These figures are an aggregation of votes cast in the Block constituencies. --------------------------------------------------------- Seats Party Votes % Con Blk 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 09.9 1 18 19 Liberal Democrat 16,714,043 28.7 183 56 239 Social Democrat 5,491,698 09.4 4 15 19 Others 1,125,988 01.9 25 - 25 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,186,357 300 180 480 --------------------------------------------------------- Con = Constituency seats Blk = Block seats

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 (LDP) maintained its coalition majority with help from the rural areas, even though the Democrat Party (DPJ) 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.

References

* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]