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Japan 2003 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 237 of 480 seats with 35.0% of the vote; 59.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.6 points on 2000.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Party of Japan177+5037.4+12.222,095,636
Liberal Democratic Party237+435.0+6.720,660,185
Komeito34+314.8+1.88,733,444
Japanese Communist Party9−117.8−3.44,586,172
Japan Socialist Party6−135.1−4.33,027,390
Independents11−4
New Conservative Party4−3
Independent's Club1−4
Liberal League10

± is the change against the Japan 2000 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Party of Japan 22,095,636
  • Liberal Democratic Party 20,660,185
  • Komeito 8,733,444
  • Japanese Communist Party 4,586,172
  • Japan Socialist Party 3,027,390
  • Independents
  • New Conservative Party
  • Independent's Club
  • Liberal League

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

59.9% of the 102,232,944 registered voters cast a ballot (61,196,418 ballots), down 2.6 points on 2000. 59,102,827 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Liberal Democratic Party35.0% of votes49.4% of seats
  • Democratic Party of Japan37.4% of votes36.9% of seats
  • Komeito14.8% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party7.8% of votes1.9% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party5.1% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Democratic Party of Japan led Liberal Democratic Party by 2.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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