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Summary of the 18 July 1996 Japanese House of Representatives election results
| Alliances and parties |
Local seats |
+/- |
Block seats |
+/- |
Block votes |
% |
+/- |
Total seats |
+/- |
| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyū Minshutō |
169 |
|
70 |
|
21,836,091 |
38.63% |
|
239 |
+28 |
| New Frontiers Shinseitō |
96 |
|
60 |
|
15,812,320 |
27.97% |
|
156 |
-4 |
| Democratic Party Minshutō |
17 |
|
35 |
|
6,001,666 |
10.10% |
|
52 |
|
| Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Nihon Kyōsantō |
2 |
|
24 |
|
7,096,765 |
12.55% |
|
26 |
+11 |
| Socialist Party of Japan (JSP) Nihon Shakai-to |
4 |
|
11 |
|
1,240,649 |
2.19% |
|
15 |
-15 |
| New Party Sakigake |
2 |
|
|
|
727,644 |
1.29% |
|
2 |
-7 |
| Democratic Reform Party |
1 |
|
|
|
149,357 |
0.26% |
|
1 |
-1 |
| Independents |
9 |
|
|
|
2,508,810 |
4.44% |
|
9 |
-1 |
| Total (turnout 66.98%) |
|
|
|
|
55,393,302 |
100.0 |
|
500 |
|
| Source: Inter Parlamentary Union |
