1996 Japanese general election

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The 1996 Japanese general election was a nationwide parliamentary vote that marked Japan’s first general election under a new single-member district and proportional representation electoral system.

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1996 Japanese general election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election
parliamentary election
affectedChamber lower house of the National Diet
appliesToJurisdiction Japan
campaignPeriodLength approximately 12 days
country Japan
date 1996-10-20
electoralBody House of Representatives of Japan
electoralFormulaProportionalRepresentation party-list proportional representation
electoralFormulaSingleMemberDistricts first-past-the-post
electoralReformContext first general election after 1994 Japanese electoral reform
electoralSystemCategory mixed-member majoritarian system
electorate Japanese citizens aged 20 and over at the time
followedBy 2000 Japanese general election
governmentAfterElection Liberal Democratic Party–Social Democratic Party–New Party Sakigake coalition
governmentBeforeElection Liberal Democratic Party–Social Democratic Party–New Party Sakigake coalition
heldOnDayOfWeek Sunday
languageOfOfficialMaterials Japanese
legislatureNumber 41st National Diet House of Representatives
location Japan
mainIssue economic policy and administrative reform
evaluation of coalition government under Ryutaro Hashimoto
mainOppositionParty New Frontier Party
mainWinningParty Liberal Democratic Party
numberOfPRBlocks 11
numberOfProportionalRepresentationSeats 200
numberOfSingleMemberDistrictSeats 300
oppositionLeader Ichirō Ozawa
surface form: Ichiro Ozawa
oppositionRealignment contributed to later breakup of New Frontier Party
partOf Japanese general elections
precededBy 1993 Japanese general election
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ryutaro Hashimoto
resultedIn Liberal Democratic Party single-party plurality government within coalition
resultSummary Liberal Democratic Party
surface form: Liberal Democratic Party remained largest party and led government
seatsForElection 500
significance marked transition from multi-member SNTV districts to mixed-member system
supervisingAuthority Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
totalVotesCast over 67 million
turnout approximately 59.65%
typeOfElection legislative
votingSystem mixed electoral system
votingSystemComponent proportional representation
single-member districts
wasFirstUseOfSystem new single-member district and proportional representation electoral system
year 1996

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Kanagawa 11th district firstElectionHeld 1996 Japanese general election