JAPAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 22 OCTOBER 2017
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Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies)
Source: Yomiuri Shinbun

Parties
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* CDP - Rikken Minshuto (Constitutional Democratic Party)
* CGP - Komei-to (Clean Government Party)
* JCP - Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party)
* JRP - Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party)
* KT - Party of Hope (Kibo no To)
* LDP - Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party)
* SDP - Shakai Minshu-to (Social-Democratic Party)

The House of Deputies consists of 465 members, 289 elected from single-member constituencies 
and 176 elected on a proportional basis from eleven multi-member constituencies known as 
block constituencies.

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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                                                              Seats
Party                             Votes       %               Block     District    Total
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Liberal Democratic Party          18,555,717  33.3  +00.2      66  -02   215  -08   281  -10
Clean Government Party             6,977,712  12.5  -01.2      21  -05     8  -01    29  -06
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Total LDP-CGP coalition           25,533,429  45.8  -01.0      87  -07   223  -09   310  -16
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Constitutional Democratic Party   11,084,890  19.9  +01.6      37  +02    17  -21    54  -19
Party of Hope                      9,677,524  17.4             32  +32    18  +18    50  +50
Japan Communist Party              4,404,081  07.9  -03.5      11  -09     1         12  -09
Japan Restoration Party            3,387,097  06.1  -09.6       8  -22     3  -08    11  -30
Social Democratic Party              941,324  01.7  -00.7       1          1          2
Others                               729,207  01.3              -         26  +16    26  +16
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Total                             55,757,552                  176  -04   289  -06   465  -10
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Votes for the Constitutional Democratic Party are compared to votes for the Democratic Party
of Japan in 2014.