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Japan 2000 general election

What was the result of the 2000 general election in Japan?

Liberal Democratic Party won 233 of 480 seats with 28.3% of the vote. 62.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Japan
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 233 of 480 seats with 28.3% of the vote; 62.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.5 points on 1996.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 233 −6 seats 28.3% −4.5 points
  • Democratic Party of Japan 127 +75 seats 25.2% +9.1 points
  • Komeito 31 13.0%
  • Japanese Communist Party 20 −6 seats 11.2% −1.9 points
  • Liberal Party 22 11.0%
  • Japan Socialist Party 19 +4 seats 9.4% +3.0 points
  • Liberal League 1 1.1%
  • New Conservative Party 7 0.4%
  • Independent's Club 5 0.3%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Japan 1996 general election, party by party.

241 of 480 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.3%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 233 of 480 seats. A majority needs 241.

  2. +75 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party of Japan

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Japanese Communist Party lost 6 seats.

  3. 62.5%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.5 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Democratic Party233−628.3−4.516,943,425
Democratic Party of Japan127+7525.2+9.115,067,990
Komeito3113.07,762,032
Japanese Communist Party20−611.2−1.96,719,016
Liberal Party2211.06,589,490
Japan Socialist Party19+49.4+3.05,603,680
Liberal League11.1660,724
New Conservative Party70.4247,334
Independent's Club50.3151,345
Independents15+6

± is the change against the Japan 1996 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 16,943,425
  • Democratic Party of Japan 15,067,990
  • Komeito 7,762,032
  • Japanese Communist Party 6,719,016
  • Liberal Party 6,589,490
  • Japan Socialist Party 5,603,680
  • Liberal League 660,724
  • New Conservative Party 247,334
  • Independent's Club 151,345
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

62.5% of the 100,492,328 registered voters cast a ballot (62,757,828 ballots), up 3.5 points on 1996. 59,844,601 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party28.3% of votes48.5% of seats
  • Democratic Party of Japan25.2% of votes26.5% of seats
  • Komeito13.0% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party11.0% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party11.2% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Japan Socialist Party9.4% of votes4.0% of seats
  • New Conservative Party0.4% of votes1.5% of seats
  • Independent's Club0.3% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Liberal League1.1% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Democratic Party of Japan by 3.1 points of the vote.

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