1996 Japanese general election

1996 Japanese general election
20 October 1996
All 500 seats in the House of Representatives
251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.65% (7.61pp; Const. votes)
59.62% (New; PR votes)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ryutaro Hashimoto Ichirō Ozawa
Party LDP New Frontier Democratic
Last election 223 seats 160 seats Did not exist
Seats before 211 160 52
Seats won 239 156 52
Seat change 16 4 New
Constituency vote 21,836,096 15,812,326 6,001,666
% and swing 38.63% (2.01pp) 27.97% (2.56pp) 10.62% (New)
Regional vote 18,205,955 15,580,053 8,949,190
% and swing 32.76% 28.04% 16.10%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tetsuzo Fuwa Takako Doi Shōichi Ide
Party JCP Social Democratic NP-Sakigake
Last election 15 seats 70 seats 13 seats
Seats before 15 30 9
Seats won 26 15 2
Seat change 11 55 11
Constituency vote 7,096,766 1,240,649 727,644
% and swing 12.55% (4.85pp) 2.19% (13.24pp) 1.29% (1.35pp)
Regional vote 7,268,743 3,547,240 582,093
% and swing 13.08% 6.38% 1.05%
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Ryutaro Hashimoto
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Ryutaro Hashimoto
LDP

General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of the LDP won the most seats.

These were the first elections held after the 1994 electoral reforms. Previously, each district was represented by multiple members, sometimes from the same party, causing intra-party competition. Under the new rules, each district nominated one representative, elected using first-past-the-post voting. A separate party-list vote was introduced for voters to choose their favored party in addition to votes for individual candidates, as a way to more accurately approximate the seats in the House of Representatives of Japan to the actual party votes, in an effort to achieve more proportional representation.

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