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 3

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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 Ichiro Ozawa ⓘ
linked to: Ichirō 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 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 ⓘ
Tokyo 1st district → effectiveFromElection → 1996 Japanese general election ⓘ