Japan 2014 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 290 of 475 seats with 33.1% of the vote; 52.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.7 points on 2012.
- Japan
- Held
Result
- Liberal Democratic Party290
- Democratic Party of Japan73
- Japan Restoration Party41
- Komeito35
- Japanese Communist Party21
- Independents9
- Japan Socialist Party2
- Party for Future Generations2
- People's Life First2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 290 | −4 | 33.1 | +5.5 | 17,658,916 |
| Democratic Party of Japan | 73 | +16 | 18.3 | +2.3 | 9,775,991 |
| Japan Restoration Party | 41 | −13 | 15.7 | −4.7 | 8,382,699 |
| Komeito | 35 | +4 | 13.7 | +1.9 | 7,314,236 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 21 | +13 | 11.4 | +5.3 | 6,062,962 |
| Party for Future Generations | 2 | 2.6 | 1,414,919 | ||
| Japan Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.1 | 1,314,441 |
| People's Life First | 2 | 1.9 | 1,028,721 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.0 | 16,597 | ||
| Independents | 9 | +4 |
± is the change against the Japan 2012 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 17,658,916
- Democratic Party of Japan 9,775,991
- Japan Restoration Party 8,382,699
- Komeito 7,314,236
- Japanese Communist Party 6,062,962
- Party for Future Generations 1,414,919
- Japan Socialist Party 1,314,441
- People's Life First 1,028,721
- Largest party without seats 16,597
- 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
52.6% of the 103,962,785 registered voters cast a ballot (54,735,787 ballots), down 6.7 points on 2012. 53,334,447 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 Party33.1% of votes61.1% of seats
- Democratic Party of Japan18.3% of votes15.4% of seats
- Japan Restoration Party15.7% of votes8.6% of seats
- Komeito13.7% of votes7.4% of seats
- Japanese Communist Party11.4% of votes4.4% of seats
- Party for Future Generations2.6% of votes0.4% of seats
- Japan Socialist Party2.5% of votes0.4% of seats
- People's Life First1.9% of votes0.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 21.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Democratic Party of Japan by 14.8 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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