Japan general election, 2005
Japanese general election, 2005
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All 480 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
241 seats needed for a majority
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| Turnout |
67.51% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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NKP |
| Leader |
Junichiro Koizumi |
Katsuya Okada |
Takenori Kanzaki |
| Party |
Liberal Democratic |
Democratic |
New Kōmeitō |
| Leader since |
24 April 2001 |
18 May 2004 |
7 November 1998 |
| Leader's seat |
Kanagawa-11th |
Mie-3rd |
Kyūshū PR |
| Last election |
237 seats
43.85% (district)
34.96% (block) |
177 seats
36.66% (district)
37.39% (block) |
34 seats
1.49% (district)
14.78% (block) |
| Seats before |
212 |
177 |
34 |
| Seats won |
296 |
113 |
31 |
| Seat change |
 84 |
 64 |
3 |
| Popular vote |
32,518,389 (district)
25,887,798 (block) |
24,804,786 (district)
21,036,425 (block) |
981,105 (district)
8,987,620 (block) |
| Percentage |
47.77% (district)
38.18% (block) |
36.44% (district)
31.02% (block) |
1.44% (district)
13.25% (block) |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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PNP |
| Leader |
Kazuo Shii |
Mizuho Fukushima |
Tamisuke Watanuki |
| Party |
Communist |
Social Democratic |
People's New |
| Leader since |
24 November 2000 |
15 November 2003 |
17 August 2005 |
| Leader's seat |
Minami-Kantō PR |
not contesting (Coun.) |
Toyama-3rd |
| Last election |
9 seats
8.13% (district)
7.76% (block) |
6 seats
2.87% (district)
5.12% (block) |
new party |
| Seats before |
9 |
5 |
4 |
| Seats won |
9 |
7 |
4 |
| Seat change |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Popular vote |
4,937,375 (district)
4,919,187 (block) |
996,007 (district)
3,719,522 (block) |
432,679 (district)
1,183,073 (block) |
| Percentage |
7.25% (district)
7.25% (block) |
1.46% (district)
5.49% (block) |
0.64% (district)
1.74% (block) |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
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| Leader |
Yasuo Tanaka |
Muneo Suzuki |
| Party |
New Party Nippon |
New Party Daichi |
| Leader since |
21 August 2005 |
18 August 2005 |
| Leader's seat |
not contesting (Governor of Nagano) |
Hokkaidō PR |
| Last election |
new party |
new party |
| Seats before |
3 |
0 |
| Seats won |
1 |
1 |
| Seat change |
2 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
137,172 (district)
1,643,506 (block) |
16,698 (district)
433,938 (block) |
| Percentage |
0.20% (district)
2.42% (block) |
0.02% (district)
0.64% (block) |
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Parliamentary districts won by |
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Junichiro Koizumi
Liberal Democratic
Junichiro Koizumi
Liberal Democratic
A general election in Japan was held on 11 September 2005 for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan, almost two years before the end of the term taken from the last election in 2003. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called the election after bills to privatize Japan Post were voted down in the upper house (which cannot be dissolved), despite strong opposition within his own Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) (LDP).
The election handed a landslide victory to Koizumi's LDP, with the party winning 296 seats, the largest share in postwar politics. With its partner, New Komeito, the governing coalition then commanded a two-thirds majority in the lower house, allowing them to pass legislative bills over the objections of the upper house and (though the government did not attempt this) to approve amendments to the Constitution, then submit them to the upper house and a national referendum.
The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which advocated a change of government during campaign, suffered a devastating loss, winning only 113 seats against 175 seats it held going into the election. The setback led the DPJ leader Katsuya Okada to resign, and raised a question whether the DPJ can remain an alternative to the LDP in the future elections.
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