Japan 1993 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 223 of 511 seats with 36.6% of the vote; 67.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.3 points on 1990.
- Japan
- Held
Result
- Liberal Democratic Party223
- Japan Socialist Party70
- Japan Renewal Party55
- Komeito51
- Japan New Party35
- Independents30
- Democratic Socialist Party15
- Japanese Communist Party15
- New Party Sakigake13
- Socialist Democratic Federation4
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 223 | −52 | 36.6 | −9.5 | 22,999,646 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 70 | −66 | 15.4 | −8.9 | 9,687,588 |
| Japan Renewal Party | 55 | 10.1 | 6,341,364 | ||
| Komeito | 51 | +6 | 8.1 | +0.2 | 5,114,351 |
| Japan New Party | 35 | 8.1 | 5,053,981 | ||
| Japanese Communist Party | 15 | −1 | 7.7 | −0.3 | 4,834,587 |
| Independents | 30 | +9 | 6.8 | −0.5 | 4,304,188 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 15 | +1 | 3.5 | −1.3 | 2,205,682 |
| New Party Sakigake | 13 | 2.6 | 1,658,097 | ||
| Socialist Democratic Federation | 4 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 461,169 |
± is the change against the Japan 1990 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 22,999,646
- Japan Socialist Party 9,687,588
- Japan Renewal Party 6,341,364
- Komeito 5,114,351
- Japan New Party 5,053,981
- Japanese Communist Party 4,834,587
- Independents 4,304,188
- Democratic Socialist Party 2,205,682
- New Party Sakigake 1,658,097
- Socialist Democratic Federation 461,169
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
67.0% of the 94,866,020 registered voters cast a ballot (63,547,819 ballots), down 6.3 points on 1990. 62,804,145 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Liberal Democratic Party36.6% of votes43.6% of seats
- Japan Socialist Party15.4% of votes13.7% of seats
- Japan Renewal Party10.1% of votes10.8% of seats
- Komeito8.1% of votes10.0% of seats
- Japan New Party8.1% of votes6.8% of seats
- Japanese Communist Party7.7% of votes2.9% of seats
- Democratic Socialist Party3.5% of votes2.9% of seats
- New Party Sakigake2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
- Socialist Democratic Federation0.7% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Japan Socialist Party by 21.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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