Politics of Japan - Legislative Branch

Legislative Branch

By the Constitution, the Diet is the most powerful from the three branches and consists of two houses; the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. The Diet may direct the Emperor in the appointment and removal of the chiefs of the executives and judicial members.

e • d Summary of the 30 August 2009 Japanese House of Representatives election results
Alliances and parties Local constituency vote PR block vote Total
seats		 +/−
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Democratic Party (DPJ) 33,475,335 47.43% 221 29,844,799 42.41% 87 308 193 195
Social Democratic Party (SDP) 1,376,739 1.95% 3 3,006,160 4.27% 4 7 0 0
People's New Party (PNP) 730,570 1.04% 3 1,219,767 1.73% 0 3 1 1
New Party Nippon 220,223 0.31% 1 528,171 0.75% 0 1 1 0
New Party Daichi no district candidates 433,122 0.62% 1 1 0 0
Ruling DPJ–SDP–PNP coalition 35,802,866 50.73% 228 35,032,019 49.78% 92 320 193 194
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 27,301,982 38.68% 64 18,810,217 26.73% 55 119 181 177
New Komeito Party (NKP) 782,984 1.11% 0 8,054,007 11.45% 21 21 10 10
Japan Renaissance Party 36,650 0.05% 0 58,141 0.08% 0 0 1 0
Opposition LDP–NKP coalition 28,121,613 39.84% 64 26,922,365 38.26% 76 140 192 187
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2,978,354 4.22% 0 4,943,886 7.03% 9 9 0 0
Your Party (YP) 615,244 0.87% 2 3,005,199 4.27% 3 5 1 5
Others 1,077,543 1.53% 0 466,786 0.66% 0 0 0 0
Independents 1,986,056 2.81% 6 – 6 0 12
Totals 70,581,680 100.00% 300 70,370,255 100.00% 180 480 2* 0
Turnout 69.28% 69.27% *
e • d Summary of the 11 July 2010 Japanese House of Councillors election results
Alliances and parties Prefectural constituency vote National PR vote Elected in 2010 Seats
not up		 Total seats +/−
Votes % Seats +/− Votes % Seats +/−
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Minshutō – 民主党 22,756,000.342 38.97% 28 8 18,450,139.059 31.56% 16 2 44 62 106 10
People's New Party (PNP) Kokuminshintō – 国民新党 167,555.000 0.29% 0 2 1,000,036.492 1.71% 0 1 0 3 3 3
New Party Nippon (NPN) Shintō Nippon – 新党日本 no candidate 0 1 1 0
DPJ–PNP Coalition 22,923,555.342 39.25% 28 10 19,450,175.551 33.27% 16 3 44 66 110 13
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jimintō – 自民党 19,496,083.000 33.38% 39 14 14,071,671.422 24.07% 12 1 51 33 84 13
New Komeito Party (NKP) Kōmeitō – 公明党 2,265,818.000 3.88% 3 0 7,639,432.739 13.07% 6 2 9 10 19 2
New Renaissance Party (NRP) Shintō Kaikaku – 新党改革 625,431.000 1.07% 0 3 1,172,395.190 2.01% 1 1 1 1 2 4
former LDP–NKP—NRP Coalition 22,387,332.000 38.33% 42 11 22,883,529.351 39.15% 19 4 61 44 105 7
Your Party (YP) Minna no Tō – みんなの党 5,977,391.485 10.24% 3 3 7,943,649.369 13.59% 7 7 10 1 11 10
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Kyōsantō – 共産党 4,256,400.000 7.29% 0 0 3,563,556.590 6.10% 3 1 3 3 6 1
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shamintō – 社民党 602,684.000 1.03% 0 0 2,242,735.155 3.84% 2 0 2 2 4 0
Sunrise Party of Japan (SPJ) Tachini – たち日 328,475.000 0.56% 0 1 1,232,207.336 2.11% 1 1 1 2 3 0
Happiness Realization Party (HRP) Kōfuku – 幸福 291,810.000 0.50% 0 0 229,026.162 0.39% 0 0 0 1 1 0
Independents 1,314,313.027 2.25% 0 2 — 0 2 2 2
Other parties 318,847.000 0.55% 0 0 908,582.924 1.55% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total (turnout 57.92%) 58,400,807.899 100.0% 73 1 58,453,432.438 100.0% 48 0 121 121 242 1

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