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Results Of The Japanese General Election, 2009
This article presents detailed results of the 2009 Japanese general election. It lists all elected Representatives in the 300 single-member districts and the 11 regional proportional representation (PR) blocks. The top PR block replacement candidates to be elected later without vote in cases of death, resignation or disqualification (''kuriage-tōsen'') are also listed, by-elections are not. Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, English name): * Ruling coalition ** LDP Liberal Democratic Party, ''Jiyūminshutō'' ** Kōmeitō "Justice Party", ''Kōmeitō'', New Justice Party Party ** JRP "Reform Club", ''Kaikaku Club'', Japan Renaissance Party (cooperated without inclusion in the cabinet) * Opposition parties ** DPJ "Democratic Party", ''Minshutō'', Democratic Party of Japan ** JCP Japanese Communist Party, ''Nihon Kyōsantō'' ** SDP Social Democratic Party, ''Shakaiminshutō'' ** YP "Everybody's Party", ''Minna no Tō'', Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) defeated the ruling coalition ( Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito Party) in a landslide, winning 221 of the 300 constituency seats and receiving 42.4% of the proportional block votes for another 87 seats, a total of 308 seats to only 119 for the LDP (64 constituency seats and 26.7% of the proportional vote). Under Japan's constitution, this result virtually assured DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama would be the next Prime Minister of Japan. He was formally named to the post on September 16, 2009. Prime Minister Tarō Asō conceded late on the night of August 30, 2009, that the LDP had lost control of the government, and announced his resignation as party president. A leadership election was held on September 28, 2009. The 2009 election was the first time since World War II that voters mandated a change in control o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
