Results of the 2003 Japanese general election explained

Country:	Japan
Election Date:	9 November 2003
Next Election:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 480 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	241
Nopercentage:	yes
Party1:	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Seats1:	237
Last Election1:	233
Party2:	Democratic Party of Japan
Seats2:	177
Last Election2:	149
Party3:	Komeito
Seats3:	34
Last Election3:	31
Party4:	Japanese Communist Party
Seats4:	9
Last Election4:	20
Party5:	Social Democratic Party (Japan)
Seats5:	6
Last Election5:	19
Party6:	New Conservative Party (Japan)
Seats6:	4
Last Election6:	7
Party7:	Assembly of Independents
Seats7:	1
Last Election7:	5
Party8:	Liberal League (Japan)
Seats8:	1
Last Election8:	1
Party9:	Independents
Leader9:	–
Seats9:	11
Last Election9:	15
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Constituency seats Seats For Election: All 300 seats Turnout: 59.85% (2.64pp) Noleader: yes Party1: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Percentage1: 43.85 Seats1: 168 Last Election1: 177 Party2: Democratic Party of Japan Percentage2: 36.66 Seats2: 105 Last Election2: 80 Party3: Japanese Communist Party Percentage3: 8.13 Seats3: 0 Last Election3: 0 Party4: Social Democratic Party (Japan) Percentage4: 2.87 Seats4: 1 Last Election4: 19 Party5: Komeito Percentage5: 1.49 Seats5: 34 Last Election5: 31 Party6: New Conservative Party (Japan) Percentage6: 1.33 Seats6: 4 Last Election6: 7 Party7: Assembly of Independents Percentage7: 0.84 Seats7: 1 Last Election7: 5 Party8: Liberal League (Japan) Percentage8: 0.16 Seats8: 1 Last Election8: 1 Party9: Independents Percentage9: – Seats9: 11 Last Election9: 15 Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Proportional seats Seats For Election: All 180 seats Turnout: 59.80% (2.64pp) Noleader: yes Party1: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Percentage1: 37.39 Seats1: 72 Last Election1: 47 Party2: Democratic Party of Japan Percentage2: 34.96 Seats2: 69 Last Election2: 56 Party3: Komeito Percentage3: 14.78 Seats3: 25 Last Election3: 24 Party4: Japanese Communist Party Percentage4: 7.76 Seats4: 9 Last Election4: 20 Party5: Social Democratic Party (Japan) Percentage5: 5.12 Seats5: 5 Last Election5: 15 Map: 2003 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, winner vote share.svg Prime Minister Before Party: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) After Election: Junichiro Koizumi After Party: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

This article presents detail of the results in the 2003 Japan general election, breaking down results by block district. The 11 block districts elected 180 members by proportional representation (allocated to party lists in each block by the D'Hondt method), and 300 members were elected from single-member districts distributed among the 47 prefectures.

Five parties qualified to submit lists in each of the block districts. These were New Kōmeitō, the Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Party. In addition, a number of candidates were elected in single-member districts who were independent or belonged to smaller parties. Some of these joined the major parties after the election—notably, the New Conservative Party was subsumed into the LDP.

	Hokkaidō - Tohoku - Kitakantō - Tokyo - Minamikantō - Hokuriku-shinetsu - Tōkai - Kinki - Chūgoku - Shikoku - Kyūshū

In each table, the second column shows the number of the seats the party won in a single-member district, the third does that in proportional representation along with the number of votes and the percentage, and the fourth does the total numbers of the seats for the party.

Party names are abbreviated as follows:

• LDP - Liberal Democratic Party
• DPJ - Democratic Party of Japan
• NK - New Kōmeitō
• JCP - Japan Communist Party
• SDP - Social Democratic Party
• Conservative - New Conservative Party

National summary

Party	Single member	PR	Total
LDP	168	69 (20,660,185 / 34.9%)	237
DPJ	105	72 (22,095,606 / 37.4%)	177
NK	9	25 (8,733,444 / 14.8%)	34
JCP	0	9 (4,586,172 / 07.7%)	9
SDP	1	5 (3,072,390 / 05.2%)	6
Others	17		17
Totals	300	180 (59,102,797)	480

The source is at http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/j/japan/2003/japan20031.txt.

Hokkaidō Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
DPJ	7	4 (1,153,471 / 40.82%)	11
LDP	5	3 (876,653 / 31.02%)	8
Komei	0	1 (394,843 /13.97%)	1
JCP	0	0 (253,442 / 8.96%)	0
SDP	0	0 (147,146 / 5.20%)	0
Totals	12	8 (2,825,555)	20

Tohoku Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	14	6 (1,784,768 / 37.43%)	20
DPJ	8	5 (784,768 / 16.46%)	13
Komei	0	1 (565,179 / 11.85%)	1
JCP	0	1 (313,290 / 6.57%)	1
SDP	0	1 (310,187 / 6.50%)	1
Independent	3		3
Totals	25	14 (4,767,708)	39

Kitakantō Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	23	8 (2,275,223 / 37.50%)	31
DPJ	9	8 (2,299,620 / 37.90%)	17
Komei	0	3 (857,490 / 14.13%)	3
JCP	0	1 (402,849 / 6.64%)	1
SDP	0	0 (231,140 / 3.81%)	0
Totals	32	20 (6,066,322)	52

Tokyo Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
DPJ	12	8 (2,291,124 / 39.88%)	20
LDP	12	6 (1,867,544 / 32.51%)	18
Komei	1	2 (805,640 / 14.02%)	3
JCP	0	1 (532,376 / 9.26%)	1
SDP	0	0 (247,10 / 4.30%)	0
Totals	25	17 (5,743,787)	42

Minamikantō Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
DPJ	17	9 (2,819,165 / 39.97%)	26
LDP	16	8 (2,441,590 / 34.62%)	24
Komei	1	3 (969,464 / 13.74%)	4
JCP	0	1 (521,309 / 7.39%)	1
SDP	0	1 (300,599 / 4.26%)	1
Totals	34	22 (7,052,127)	56

Hokurikushinetsu Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	13	5 (1,502,822 / 38.88%)	18
DPJ	6	5 (1,424,537 / 36.86%)	11
Komei	0	1 (390,921 / 10.11%)	1
JCP	0	0 (278,939 / 7.21%)	0
SDP	0	0 (267,096 / 6.91%)	0
Independent	1		1
Totals	20	11 (3,864,315)	31

Tōkai Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
DPJ	15	9 (2,872,501 / 40.76%)	24
LDP	15	8 (2,436,791 / 34.58%)	23
Komei	0	3 (1,002,576 / 14.22%)	3
JCP	0	1 (474,414 / 6.73%)	1
SDP	0	0 (259,831 / 3.68%)	0
Conservative	2		2
Independent	1		1
Totals	33	21 (7,046,113)	54

Kinki Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
DPJ	20	11 (3,425,342 / 37.10%)	31
LDP	19	9 (2,833,181 / 30.69%)	28
Komei	6	5 (1,604,469 / 17.38%)	11
JCP	0	3 (992,142 / 10.74%)	3
SDP	0	1 (75,228 / 4.06%)	1
Conservative	2		2
Independent	1		1
Totals	48	29 (9,230,362)	77

Chūgoku Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	17	5 (1,388,768 / 37.41%)	22
DPJ	2	4 (1,254,880 / 33.80%)	6
Komei	0	2 (657,311 / 17.70%)	2
JCP	0	0 (234,359 / 6.31%)	0
SDP	0	0 (176,942 / 4.76%)	0
Independent	1		1
Totals	20	11 (3,712,260)	31

Shikoku Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	12	3 (708,051 / 38.22%)	15
DPJ	1	2 (587,828 / 31.73%)	3
Komei	0	1 (309,160 / 16.69%)	1
JCP	0	0 (148,953 / 8.04%)	0
SDP	0	0 (98,243 / 5.30%)	0
Totals	13	6 (1,852,235)	19

Kyūshū Block

Party	Single member	PR	Total	Map
LDP	22	8 (2,535,278 / 36.52%)	30
DPJ	8	7 (2,182,400 / 31.43%)	15
Komei	1	3 (1,176,391 / 16.94%)	4
SDP	1	2 (613,875 / 8.84%)	3
JCP	0	1 (434,099 / 6.25%)	1
Independent	6		6
Totals	38	21 (6,942,043)	59

Sources

• Psephos
• Nikkei