Japanese general election, 1993

Japanese general election, 1993
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 23 July 1993
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All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Morihiro Hosokawa Kiichi Miyazawa
Party New Party Liberal Democratic
Alliance 8-party Alliance
Last election — 275 seats, 46.14%
Seats won 258 223
Seat change +258 -52
Popular vote 35,356,819 22,999,646
Percentage 56.30% 36.62%
Prime Minister before election

Kiichi Miyazawa
Liberal Democratic

 Prime Minister-designate

Morihiro Hosokawa
8-party Alliance
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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.

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 cast a vote of no confidence against prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa; in response Miyazawa decided to dissolve the House of Representatives. Some LDP dissidents then left the party and formed new parties.

Results

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its overall majority for the first time since 1983 and also failed to form the government for the first time since 1955. They were replaced by an eight-party alliance headed by Morihiro Hosokawa, who was elected prime minister.

e • d Summary of the 18 July 1993 Japanese House of Representatives election results[1][2]
Alliances and parties Candidates Votes[3]  % +/- Seats +/-
(last gen. election)		 +/-
(dissolution)
   Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyūminshutō 285 22,999,646 36.62% 9.49 223 52 1
   Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) Nihon Shakaitō 142 9,687,588 15.43% 8.96 70 66 66
Shinseito Shinseitō ("Renewal Party") 69 6,341,364 10.10% (10.10) 55 (55) 19
Komeito Kōmeitō ("Justice Party") 54 5,114,351 8.14% 0.16 51 6 6
Japan New Party (JNP) Nihon Shintō 57 5,053,981 8.05% (8.05) 35 (35) 35
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) Minshatō 28 2,205,682 3.51% 1.33 15 1 1
New Party Sakigake Shintō Sakigake ("New Party Harbinger") 16 1,658,097 2.64% (2.64) 13 (13) 3
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) Shakaiminshu Rengō 4 461,169 0.73% 0.13 4 0 0
Non-communist opposition (JSP, center-left opposition & LDP defectors) 370 30,522,232 48.60% 10.53 243 44 2
   Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Nihon Kyōsantō 129 4,834,587 7.70% 0.26 15 1 1
   Others 62 143,486 0.23% (0.29) 0 (1) 0
Independents 109 4,304,188 6.85% 0.46 30 9 1
Total (turnout 67.26%) 955 62,804,145 100.00% 0 511 1
(reapportionment)		 1

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives.
  2. ^ Inter Parlamentary Union
  3. ^ Decimals from fractional votes (anbunhyō) rounded to full numbers
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