Japanese general election, 1993
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Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on July 18, 1993.
[edit] Overview
The consumption tax and the Recruit scandal seriously affected the popularity of the long-time ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Along with the opposition MPs, members of some factions of the LDP casted a vote of no confidence against prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Then Miyazawa decided to dissolve the House of Representatives. Some LDP dissidents then left the party and formed new parties.
[edit] Results
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its overall majority the first time since 1955 and was replaced by an eight-party alliance headed by Morihiro Hosokawa. Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister.
| Alliances and parties | Local seats | +/- | Block seats | +/- | Block votes | % | +/- | Total seats | +/- |
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| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyū Minshutō | 22,999,646 | 36.62% | 223 | -52 | |||||
| Socialist Party of Japan (JSP) Nihon Shakai-to | 9,687,588 | 15.43% | 70 | -66 | |||||
| Shinseito Shinseitō | 6,341,364 | 10.10% | 55 | ||||||
| Komeito Kōmeitō | 5,114,351 | 8.14% | 51 | +6 | |||||
| Japan New Party (JNP) Nihon Shintō | 5,053,981 | 8.05% | 35 | ||||||
| Japan Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) Minsha-tō | 2,205,682 | 3.51% | 15 | +1 | |||||
| Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Nihon Kyōsantō | 4,834,587 | 7.70% | 15 | -1 | |||||
| Sakigake | 1,658,097 | 2.64% | 13 | ||||||
| United Socialist Democratic Party | 461,169 | 0.73% | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | 4,304,188 | 6.85% | 30 | +9 | |||||
| Total (turnout 66.98%) | 62,804,145 | 100.0 | 512 | ||||||
| Source: Inter Parlamentary Union | |||||||||
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