Japan 1996 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 239 of 500 seats with 32.8% of the vote; 59.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.0 points on 1993.
- Japan
- Held
Result
- Liberal Democratic Party239
- New Frontier Party156
- Democratic Party of Japan52
- Japanese Communist Party26
- Japan Socialist Party15
- Independents9
- New Party Sakigake2
- Democratic Reform Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 239 | +16 | 32.8 | −3.9 | 18,205,955 |
| New Frontier Party | 156 | 28.0 | 15,580,053 | ||
| Democratic Party of Japan | 52 | 16.1 | 8,949,190 | ||
| Japanese Communist Party | 26 | +11 | 13.1 | +5.4 | 7,268,743 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 15 | −55 | 6.4 | −9.1 | 3,547,244 |
| New Party Sakigake | 2 | −11 | 1.1 | −1.5 | 582,093 |
| Democratic Reform Party | 1 | 0.0 | 18,844 | ||
| Independents | 9 | −21 |
± is the change against the Japan 1993 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 18,205,955
- New Frontier Party 15,580,053
- Democratic Party of Japan 8,949,190
- Japanese Communist Party 7,268,743
- Japan Socialist Party 3,547,244
- New Party Sakigake 582,093
- Democratic Reform Party 18,844
- Independents
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
59.0% of the 97,909,655 registered voters cast a ballot (57,766,696 ballots), down 8.0 points on 1993. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Liberal Democratic Party32.8% of votes47.8% of seats
- New Frontier Party28.0% of votes31.2% of seats
- Democratic Party of Japan16.1% of votes10.4% of seats
- Japanese Communist Party13.1% of votes5.2% of seats
- Japan Socialist Party6.4% of votes3.0% of seats
- New Party Sakigake1.1% of votes0.4% of seats
- Democratic Reform Party0.0% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led New Frontier Party by 4.7 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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