2014 Japanese general election

2014 Japanese general election
14 December 2014
All 475 seats in the House of Representatives
238 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.65% (6.67pp; Const. votes)
52.65% (6.66pp; PR votes)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shinzō Abe Banri Kaieda Toru Hashimoto
Kenji Eda
Party LDP Democratic Innovation
Leader since 26 September 2012 25 September 2012 1 August 2014
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Tokyo PR
(lost re-election) 		Did not stand
Last election 294 seats 57 seats 54 seats
Seats before 295 62 42
Seats won 291 73 41
Seat change 3 16 13
Constituency vote 25,461,449 11,916,849 4,319,646
% and swing 48.10% (5.09pp) 22.51% (0.30pp) 8.16% (3.48pp)
Regional vote 17,658,916 9,775,991 8,382,699
% and swing 33.11% (5.49pp) 18.33% (2.84pp) 15.72% (4.66pp)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Natsuo Yamaguchi Kazuo Shii Takeo Hiranuma
Party Komeito JCP Future Generations
Leader since 8 September 2009 24 November 2000 1 August 2014
Leader's seat Did not stand Southern Kanto PR Okayama 3rd
Last election 31 seats 8 seats Did not exist
Seats before 31 8 19
Seats won 35 21 2
Seat change 4 13 New
Constituency vote 765,390 7,040,170 947,396
% and swing 1.45% (0.04pp) 13.30% (5.42pp) 1.79% (New)
Regional vote 7,314,236 6,062,962 1,414,919
% and swing 13.71% (1.81pp) 11.37% (5.20pp) 2.65% (New)
districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Shinzō Abe
LDP

Elected Prime Minister

Shinzō Abe
LDP

General elections were held in Japan on 14 December 2014. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks to elect the members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. As the cabinet resigns in the first post-election Diet session after a general House of Representatives election (Constitution, Article 70), the lower house election also led to a new election of the prime minister in the Diet, won by incumbent Shinzō Abe, and the appointment of a new cabinet (with some ministers re-appointed). The voter turnout in this election remains the lowest in Japanese history.

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