Japanese general election, 2000

Japanese general election, 2000

1996 ← 25 June 2000 → 2003

All 480 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 241 seats needed for a majority Turnout 64.45%   First party Second party   Leader Yoshirō Mori Yukio Hatoyama Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Leader since 5 April 2000 25 September 1999 Leader's seat Ishikawa-2nd Hokkaido-9th Last election 239 seats 38.63% (district) 32.76% (block) 52 seats 10.62% (district) 16.10% (block) Seats before 271 95 Seats won 233 127 Seat change 38 32 District vote 24,945,807 16,811,732 Percentage 40.97% 27.61% Swing 2.37% 16.90% Block vote 16,943,425 15,067,990 Percentage 28.31% 25.18% Swing 4.4% 9.08%

Parliamentary districts won by ■ - LDP ■ - DPJ ■ - Kōmeitō ■ - LP ■ - CP ■ - SDP ■ - Independent factions

Prime Minister before election Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Yoshirō Mori Liberal Democratic

■ - LDP ■ - DPJ ■ - Kōmeitō ■ - LP ■ - CP ■ - SDP
■ - Independent factions

Yoshirō Mori
Liberal Democratic

Yoshirō Mori
Liberal Democratic

Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Representatives) of the Japanese Diet were held on 25 June 2000.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) maintained a majority in the House of Representatives, but its total percentage of seats shrank from 65% to 56%, and its two coalition partners also lost several seats. Two cabinet members, Takashi Fukaya and Tokuichiro Tamazawa, lost their seats. The Democratic Party of Japan made major gains under the leadership of Yukio Hatoyama.

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori. Although the term limit for the House of Representatives would have been reached in October 2000, Mori dissolved the House on June 2 in what became popularly known as the Divine Nation Dissolution (^?) due to a controversial statement by Mori prior to the election, which preceded a slump in government approval ratings from 40% to 20%. The LDP government advocated continued public works spending while the opposition advocated less spending and more governmental reforms.

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