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2000 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1996 Japanese general election	previous_year = 1996	election_date = 25 June 2000	next_election = 2003 Japanese general election	next_year = 2003
seats_for_election	All 480 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	241
turnout	62.49% (2.84pp; Const. votes)
62.45% (2.82pp; PR votes)
1blank	Constituency vote
2blank	% and swing
3blank	Regional vote
4blank	% and swing
image1	Yoshiro Mori cropped 1 Yoshiro Mori 20000405.jpg
leader1	Yoshirō Mori
party1	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election1	239 seats
seats_before1	271
seats1	233
seat_change1	6
1data1	24,945,807
2data1	40.97% (2.34pp)
3data1	16,943,425
4data1	28.31% (4.45pp)
image2	Yukio Hatoyama 20070824.jpg
leader2	Yukio Hatoyama
party2	Democratic Party of Japan
last_election2	52 seats
seats_before2	95
seats2	127
seat_change2	75
1data2	16,811,732
2data2	27.61% (16.99pp)
3data2	15,067,990
4data2	25.18% (9.08pp)
image3	Takenori Kanzaki 20060926 (cropped).jpg
leader3	Takenori Kanzaki
party3	Komeito
last_election3	Did not exist
seats_before3	42
seats3	31
seat_change3	New
1data3	1,231,753
2data3	2.02% (New)
3data3	7,762,032
4data3	12.97% (New)
image4	Ichiro Ozawa cropped 2 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718 colorized (cropped).png
leader4	Ichirō Ozawa
party4	Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
last_election4	Did not exist
seats_before4	18
seats4	22
seat_change4	New
1data4	2,053,736
2data4	3.37% (New)
3data4	6,589,490
4data4	11.01% (New)
leader5	Tetsuzo Fuwa
party5	Japanese Communist Party
last_election5	26 seats
seats_before5	26
seats5	20
seat_change5	6
1data5	7,352,844
2data5	12.08% (0.47pp)
3data5	6,719,016
4data5	11.23% (1.85pp)
image6	Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg
leader6	Takako Doi
party6	Social Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election6	15 seats
seats_before6	14
seats6	19
seat_change6	4
1data6	2,315,235
2data6	3.80% (1.61pp)
3data6	5,603,680
4data6	9.36% (2.98pp)
map	[[File:2000 Japanese House of Representatives election.svg	400px]]
map_caption	Districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Yoshirō Mori	before_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_election	Yoshirō Mori	after_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

62.45% (2.82pp; PR votes)

General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remained the largest party in the House of Representatives but lost seats, along with its two coalition partners. Two cabinet members, Takashi Fukaya and Tokuichiro Tamazawa, lost their seats. The Democratic Party made major gains under the leadership of Yukio Hatoyama.

Background

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori. Although the term limit for the House of Representatives would have been reached in October 2000, Mori dissolved the House on June 2 in what became popularly known as the Divine Nation Dissolution due to a controversial statement by Mori prior to the election, which preceded a slump in government approval ratings from 40% to 20%. The LDP government advocated continued public works spending while the opposition advocated less spending and more governmental reforms.

The Social Democratic Party left the coalition in 1998 and re-join the opposition after years of coalition with the ideologically contrasting LDP.

Meanwhile, the Komeito Party, a centrist party with roots from the Soka Gakkai based on the Nichiren Buddhist movement and despite almost decades of opposition against the LDP, shifted from centre towards conservatism. An electoral alliance between the once rivals of the Komeito and the LDP has been in effect since the Japanese General election in 2000. For the LDP, despite not being able to win an absolute majority of votes by itself in further elections (especially for the House of Councillors which the LDP lost majority since 1989), the Komeito party has been counted on since then to ensure a stable governing majority rule.

Contesting parties

Party	Leader	Ideology	Seats	Status	At dissolution
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}		Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Jiyū-Minshutō	Yoshirō Mori	Conservatism (Japanese)
Japanese nationalism
Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}}		Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Minshutō	Yukio Hatoyama	Liberalism
Komeito}}		Komeito
Kōmeitō	Takenori Kanzaki	Buddhist democracy	Did not exist
Japanese Communist Party}}		Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
Nihon Kyōsan-tō	Tetsuzo Fuwa	Communism
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)}}		Liberal Party
Jiyū-tō	Ichirō Ozawa	Liberalism
Neoliberalism	Did not exist
New Conservative Party (Japan)}}		Conservative Party
Hoshutō	Chikage Oogi	Conservatism	Did not exist
Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}		Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Shamin-tō	Takako Doi	Social democracy
Assembly of Independents}}		Assembly of Independents
Mushozoku no Kai	Shiina Motō		Did not exist
New Party Sakigake}}		Sakigake
Sakigake	Masayoshi Takemura	Liberalism
Reformism
Liberal League (Japan)}}		Liberal League (LL)
Jiyū Rengō	Torao Tokuda	Classical liberalism
Independent politician}}		Independents	—		Mixed
Defunct since last election
New Frontier Party (Japan)}}		New Frontier Party (NFP)
Shinshintō	Ichirō Ozawa	Neoconservatism (Japanese)
Neoliberalism		Split
Democratic Reform Party (Japan)}}		Democratic Reform Party (DRP)
Minkairen	Sasano Teiko	Social democracy		Merged into DPJ

Results

Constituency cartogram

The House of Representatives consisted 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.

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LDP	DPJ	NKP	NCP	AI	SDP	LP	LL	Ind.	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}"	Democratic Party of Japan}}"	Komeito}}"	New Conservative Party (Japan)}}"	Assembly of Independents}}"	Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}"	Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)}}"	Liberal League (Japan)}}"	Independent}}"	Aichi	15	Akita	3	Aomori	4	Chiba	12	Ehime	4	Fukui	3	Fukuoka	11	Fukushima	5	Gifu	5	Gunma	5	Hiroshima	7	Hokkaido	13	Hyōgo	12	Ibaraki	7	Ishikawa	3	Iwate	4	Kagawa	3	Kagoshima	5	Kanagawa	17	Kōchi	3	Kumamoto	5	Kyoto	6	Mie	5	Miyagi	6	Miyazaki	3	Nagano	5	Nagasaki	4	Nara	4	Niigata	6	Ōita	4	Okayama	5	Okinawa	3	Osaka	19	Saga	3	Saitama	14	Shiga	3	Shimane	3	Shizuoka	9	Tochigi	5	Tokushima	3	Tokyo	25	Tottori	2	Toyama	3	Wakayama	3	Yamagata	4	Yamaguchi	4	Yamanashi	3	Total	300	177	80	7	7	5	4	4	1	15
5	9		1
3
3				1
7	5
4
3
8	2							1
3	1			1
5
5
5				1				1
7	6
3	3	2	2		1			1
5	1							1
3
1						3
2								1
4							1
9	6			1		1
3
2	1		1					1
5	1
2	2							1
2	4
3
3	2
2	1							1
4
4	1							1
2	1				1
5
1		1			1
8	5	4	1		1
3
6	6			1				1
2	1
3
4	4							1
4	1
2	1
8	13		1					3
2
3
1			1					1
3	1
3	1
2	1

By PR block

PR block	Total
seats	Seats won	LDP	DPJ	NKP	JCP	LP	SDP	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}"	Democratic Party of Japan}}"	Komeito}}"	Japanese Communist Party}}"	Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)}}"	Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}"	Chūgoku	11	Hokkaido	8	Hokuriku–Shinetsu	11	Kinki (Kansai)	30	Kyushu	21	Northern Kanto	20	Shikoku	6	Southern Kanto	21	Tohoku	14	Tōkai	21	Tokyo	17	Total	180	56	47	24	20	18	15
4	2	2	1	1	1
2	3	1	1		1
4	3	1	1	1	1
7	7	5	5	3	3
7	4	3	2	2	3
7	5	3	2	2	1
3	1	1	1
6	6	3	2	2	2
5	3	1	1	3	1
7	7	2	2	2	1
4	6	2	2	2	1

Analysis

The further entrenchment of the 1955 System continued, with the Democratic Party of Japan replacing the New Frontier Party as the primary opposition to the LDP. The Social Democratic Party saw a brief resurgence following its near destruction in 1996, but the decline of the party would continue in the following election. The election set the groundwork for the system of politics that would lay how Japanese elections work until the collapse of the Democratic Party of Japan in the mid-2010s.

References

Notes

References

French, Howard. (26 June 2000). "GOVERNING PARTY IN JAPAN SUFFERS ELECTION SETBACK". New York Times.
"JAPAN Parliamentary Chamber: Shugiin ELECTIONS HELD IN 2000". IPU.org.

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