2000 Japanese general election

none Japan parliamentary 1996 Japanese general election 1996 25 June 2000 2003 Japanese general election 2003 All 480 seats in the House of Representatives 241 62.49% (2.84pp; Const. votes)62.45% (2.82pp; PR votes) Constituency vote % and swing Regional vote % and swing Yoshiro Mori cropped 1 Yoshiro Mori 20000405.jpg Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 239 seats 271 233 6 24,945,807 40.97% (2.34pp) 16,943,425 28.31% (4.45pp) Yukio Hatoyama 20070824.jpg Yukio Hatoyama Democratic Party of Japan 52 seatsas DP (1996) 95 127 75 16,811,732 27.61% (16.99pp) 15,067,990 25.18% (9.08pp) Takenori Kanzaki 20060926 (cropped).jpg Takenori Kanzaki New Komeito Did not exist 42 31 New 1,231,753 2.02% (New) 7,762,032 12.97% (New) Ichiro Ozawa cropped 2 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718 colorized (cropped).png Ichirō Ozawa Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) Did not exist 18 22 New 2,053,736 3.37% (New) 6,589,490 11.01% (New) Tetuzo Fuwa interview.png 120 120 160 0 0 Tetsuzo Fuwa Japanese Communist Party 26 seats 26 20 6 7,352,844 12.08% (0.47pp) 6,719,016 11.23% (1.85pp) Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg Takako Doi Social Democratic Party (Japan) 15 seats 14 19 4 2,315,235 3.80% (1.61pp) 5,603,680 9.36% (2.98pp) 400px Districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remained the largest party in the House of Representatives but lost seats, along with its two coalition partners. Two cabinet members, Takashi Fukaya and Tokuichiro Tamazawa, lost their seats. The Democratic Party made major gains under the leadership of Yukio Hatoyama.French Howard GOVERNING PARTY IN JAPAN SUFFERS ELECTION SETBACK https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/26/world/governing-party-in-japan-suffers-election-setback.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm 27 January 2014 New York Times 26 June 2000 Background Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori. Although the term limit for the House of Representatives would have been reached in October 2000, Mori dissolved the House on June 2 in what became popularly known as the Divine Nation Dissolution 神の国解散 due to a controversial statement by Mori prior to the election, which preceded a slump in government approval ratings from 40% to 20%. The LDP government advocated continued public works spending while the opposition advocated less spending and more governmental reforms.JAPAN Parliamentary Chamber: Shugiin ELECTIONS HELD IN 2000 http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2161_00.htm IPU.org 27 January 2014 The Social Democratic Party left the coalition in 1998 and re-join the opposition after years of coalition with the ideologically contrasting LDP. Meanwhile, the New Komeito Party, a centrist party with roots from the Soka Gakkai based on the Nichiren Buddhist movement and despite almost decades of opposition against the LDP, shifted from centre towards conservatism. An electoral alliance between the once rivals of the New Komeito and the LDP has been in effect since the Japanese General election in 2000. For the LDP, despite not being able to win an absolute majority of votes by itself in further elections (especially for the House of Councillors which the LDP lost majority since 1989), the New Komeito party has been counted on since then to ensure a stable governing majority rule. Political parties Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status 1996 election At dissolution Liberal Democratic Party Yoshirō Mori Conservatism (Japanese)Japanese nationalism 239 500 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 271 500 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) Government Democratic Party of Japan Yukio Hatoyama Liberalism 52 500 Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)Democratic Party of Japan 95 500 Democratic Party (Japan, 1996) rowspan="2" Opposition 2 500 Democratic Reform Party (Japan) New Komeito Party Takenori Kanzaki Buddhist democracy Did not exist 42 500 Komeito Government Japanese Communist Party Tetsuzo Fuwa Communism 26 500 Japanese Communist Party 26 500 Japanese Communist Party Opposition Liberal Party Ichirō Ozawa LiberalismNeoliberalism Did not exist 18 500 Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) Opposition Conservative Party Chikage Oogi Conservatism Did not exist 18 500 New Conservative Party (Japan) Government Social Democratic Party Takako Doi Social democracy 15 500 Social Democratic Party (Japan) 14 511 Social Democratic Party (Japan) Opposition Independent Association Shiina Motō — Did not exist 4 500 Independent Association (Japan) Opposition New Party Sakigake Masayoshi Takemura LiberalismReformism 2 500 New Party Sakigake 1 500 New Party Sakigake Opposition Liberal League Torao Tokuda Classical liberalism 0 500 Liberal League (Japan) 1 500 Liberal League (Japan) Opposition New Frontier Party Ichirō Ozawa Neoconservatism (Japanese)Neoliberalism 156 500 New Frontier Party (Japan) Split Results Results of the 2000 Japanese general election thumb|right|350px|Constituency cartogram The House of Representatives consisted 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. File:2000 Japanese general election - composition chart.svg Proportional Constituency Liberal Democratic Party 16943425 56 24945807 177 233 −6 Democratic Party of Japan 15067990 47 16811732 80 127 New New Komeito Party 7762032 24 1231753 7 31 New Japanese Communist Party 6719016 20 7352844 0 20 −6 Liberal Party 6589490 18 2053736 4 22 New Social Democratic Party 5603680 15 2315235 4 19 +4 Liberal League 660724 0 1071012 1 1 New New Conservative Party 247334 0 1230464 7 7 New Independent Association 151345 0 652138 5 5 New Socialist Party ja 社会党 (2000年) 99565 0 0 New Reform Club (Japan, 1998) Reform Club ja 改革クラブ (1998-2002) 203736 0 0 New New Socialist Party 34809 0 0 New Urban New Party 7830 0 0 New Liberal Party (Japan, 1989) Liberal Party ja 自由党 (日本 1989 - ) 3235 0 0 New Seiyu Koshikai 1071 0 0 New Independents 2967069 15 15 +6 −20 2904983 1877318 100492328 100433798 Election Resources, IPU By prefecture Prefecture Totalseats Seats won LDP DPJ NKP NCP AI SDP LP LL Ind. Aichi15591 Akita33 Aomori431 Chiba1275 Ehime44 Fukui33 Fukuoka11821 Fukushima5311 Gifu55 Gunma55 Hiroshima7511 Hokkaido1376 Hyōgo12332211 Ibaraki7511 Ishikawa33 Iwate413 Kagawa321 Kagoshima541 Kanagawa179611 Kōchi33 Kumamoto52111 Kyoto651 Mie5221 Miyagi624 Miyazaki33 Nagano532 Nagasaki4211 Nara44 Niigata6411 Ōita4211 Okayama55 Okinawa3111 Osaka1985411 Saga33 Saitama146611 Shiga321 Shimane33 Shizuoka9441 Tochigi541 Tokushima321 Tokyo2581313 Tottori22 Toyama33 Wakayama3111 Yamagata431 Yamaguchi431 Yamanashi321 Total3001778077544115 By PR block PR blockTotalseatsSeats won LDP DPJ NKP JCP LP SDP Chūgoku11422111 Hokkaido823111Hokuriku–Shinetsu11431111Kinki (Kansai)30775533 Kyushu21743223 Northern Kanto20753221 Shikoku63111 Southern Kanto21663222 Tohoku14531131Tōkai21772221 Tokyo17462221 Total180564724201815 Analysis The further entrenchment of the 1955 System continued, with the Democratic Party of Japan replacing the New Frontier Party as the primary opposition to the LDP. The Social Democratic Party saw a brief resurgence following its near destruction in 1996, but the decline of the party would continue in the following election. The election set the groundwork for the system of politics that would lay how Japanese elections work until the collapse of the Democratic Party of Japan in the mid-2010s. References Notes Japan General election Category:General elections in Japan General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results