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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:
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
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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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New Clean Government 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
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Total 58,186,357 300 180 480
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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 November 9.
The Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) maintained its majority, with help from the rural areas, even though the Democrat Party (DPJ) made considerable gains. The New Clean Government 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.
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