JAPAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 25 JUNE 2000
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Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies)
Source: Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Japanese Parliament 
website

The Japanese Government has posted no election statistics
on the Internet, and to my knowledge publishes no 
statistics in English. These statistics are from Asahi 
Shimbun of 26 and 27 June 2000. I make no claims as to 
their finality or accuracy.

Parties
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* JMt (Jiyu Minshu-to) Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP)
* Mt (Minshu-to) Democratic Party (DP)
* Kt (Komei-to) Clean Government Party (Komeito)
* Jt (Jiyu-to) Liberal Party (LP)
* NKt (Nihon Kyosan-to) Japan Communist Party (JCP)
* SMt (Shakai Minshu-to) Social-Democratic Party (SDP)
* Ht (Hoshu-to) Conservative Party (CP)


The House of Deputies 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
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These figures are an aggregation of votes cast in the 
Block constituencies. 
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                                          Seats
Party                    Votes     %      Con   Blk Total
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Clean Government       7,637,456   13.1     5    24    29
Communist              6,601,348   11.3     -    20    20
Democratic            14,834,091   25.5    82    47   129
Liberal                5,781,733   09.9     1    18    19
Liberal Democratic    16,714,043   28.7   183    56   239
Social Democratic      5,491,698   09.4     4    15    19
Others                 1,125,988   01.9    25     -    25
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Total                 58,186,357          300   180   480
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Figures for party alliegances are based on those given at
the Japanese Parliament website. Party alliegances are
loose and changeable in Japan and various versions of 
these figures exist.