Japanese general elections

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Japanese general elections are nationwide parliamentary elections in Japan to choose members of the House of Representatives, determining the composition of the national government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan ⓘ
allows absentee voting under certain conditions ⓘ
early voting ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
coalitionPartnerOften Komeito ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
determines composition of the national government of Japan ⓘ
electoralFormula D’Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method

first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorate Japanese citizens aged 18 or over ⓘ
elects members of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
electsHeadOfGovernmentIndirectly Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
firstHeldUnderCurrentConstitution 1947 Japanese general election ⓘ
frequency at least every 4 years or when the House is dissolved ⓘ
governmentUsuallyFormedBy Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legislativeBody National Diet of Japan ⓘ
linked to: National Diet
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
mainPoliticalParty Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ
Democratic Party for the People ⓘ
Japan Communist Party ⓘ
Komeito ⓘ
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ
Nippon Ishin no Kai ⓘ
monitoredBy domestic election observers ⓘ
international observers (occasionally) ⓘ
overseenBy Election Management Committees in Japan ⓘ
partOf electoral system of Japan ⓘ
predecessor general elections of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
proportionalRepresentationMethod party-list proportional representation ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese House of Councillors elections ⓘ
Japanese local elections ⓘ
resultsIn formation of the Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
scope entire territory of Japan ⓘ
suffrageType universal adult suffrage ⓘ
termLength 4 years (maximum) for the House of Representatives ⓘ
triggeredBy dissolution of the House of Representatives ⓘ
upperHouseNotElectedIn House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
votingMethod paper ballots ⓘ
votingSystem parallel voting system ⓘ
votingSystemComponent proportional representation ⓘ
single-member district plurality ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokkaido 9th district → isElectoralDistrictFor → Japanese general elections ⓘ
DPFP → participatesIn → Japanese general elections ⓘ
Shizuoka Prefecture electoral districts → relatedTo → Japanese general elections ⓘ
1974 Japanese general election → partOf → National Diet elections in Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japanese general elections