Japan 2000 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 233 of 480 seats with 28.3% of the vote; 62.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.5 points on 1996.
- Japan
- Held
Result
- Liberal Democratic Party233
- Democratic Party of Japan127
- Komeito31
- Liberal Party22
- Japanese Communist Party20
- Japan Socialist Party19
- Independents15
- New Conservative Party7
- Independent's Club5
- Liberal League1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 233 | −6 | 28.3 | −4.5 | 16,943,425 |
| Democratic Party of Japan | 127 | +75 | 25.2 | +9.1 | 15,067,990 |
| Komeito | 31 | 13.0 | 7,762,032 | ||
| Japanese Communist Party | 20 | −6 | 11.2 | −1.9 | 6,719,016 |
| Liberal Party | 22 | 11.0 | 6,589,490 | ||
| Japan Socialist Party | 19 | +4 | 9.4 | +3.0 | 5,603,680 |
| Liberal League | 1 | 1.1 | 660,724 | ||
| New Conservative Party | 7 | 0.4 | 247,334 | ||
| Independent's Club | 5 | 0.3 | 151,345 | ||
| Independents | 15 | +6 |
± is the change against the Japan 1996 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 16,943,425
- Democratic Party of Japan 15,067,990
- Komeito 7,762,032
- Japanese Communist Party 6,719,016
- Liberal Party 6,589,490
- Japan Socialist Party 5,603,680
- Liberal League 660,724
- New Conservative Party 247,334
- Independent's Club 151,345
- 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
62.5% of the 100,492,328 registered voters cast a ballot (62,757,828 ballots), up 3.5 points on 1996. 59,844,601 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Liberal Democratic Party28.3% of votes48.5% of seats
- Democratic Party of Japan25.2% of votes26.5% of seats
- Komeito13.0% of votes6.5% of seats
- Liberal Party11.0% of votes4.6% of seats
- Japanese Communist Party11.2% of votes4.2% of seats
- Japan Socialist Party9.4% of votes4.0% of seats
- New Conservative Party0.4% of votes1.5% of seats
- Independent's Club0.3% of votes1.0% of seats
- Liberal League1.1% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Democratic Party of Japan by 3.1 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.