2003 Japanese general election

2003 Japanese general election
9 November 2003
All 480 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
241 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.85% (2.64pp; Const. votes)
59.80% (2.64pp; PR votes)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Junichiro Koizumi Naoto Kan Takenori Kanzaki
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 233 seats 149 seats 31 seats
Seats before 247 137 31
Seats won 237 177 34
Seat change 4 28 3
Constituency vote 26,089,327 21,814,154 886,507
% and swing 43.85% (2.88pp) 36.66% (9.05pp) 1.49% (0.53pp)
Regional vote 20,660,185 22,095,636 8,733,444
% and swing 34.96% (6.65pp) 37.39% (12.21pp) 14.78% (1.81pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kazuo Shii Takako Doi Hiroshi Kumagai
Party JCP Social Democratic New Conservative
Last election 20 seats 19 seats 7 seats
Seats before 20 18 9
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change 11 13 3
Constituency vote 4,837,953 1,708,672 791,588
% and swing 8.13% (3.95pp) 2.87% (0.93pp) 1.33% (0.69pp)
Regional vote 4,586,172 3,027,390 –
% and swing 7.76% (3.47pp) 5.12% (4.24pp) (0.41pp)
Districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Junichiro Koizumi
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Junichiro Koizumi
LDP

General elections were held in Japan on November 9, 2003. Incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats in the House of Representatives but failed to secure a majority. The main opposition Democratic Party made considerable gains, winning 177 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, its largest share ever. Other traditional parties like the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party lost substantial numbers of seats, marking the start of a newly consolidated two-party system in Japanese politics, which would end in 2012 with the emergence of the Japan Restoration Party.

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