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    General elections were held in Japan for the first time on 1 July 1890. Voters elected 300 members of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan...
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    General elections are scheduled to be held in Japan no later than 27 October 2028 to elect all 465 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house...
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    Party under Shinzo Abe to regain control of the Japanese government in the 2012 Japanese general election. Abe proceeded to implement a series of economic...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 16 December 2012. Voters gave the Liberal Democratic Party a landslide victory, ejecting the Democratic Party from...
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    re-appointed. The election was the first general election of the Reiwa era. The election followed a tumultuous period in Japanese politics which saw...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan – 289 single-member districts...
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    General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan...
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  • General elections were held in Japan on 15 February 1892 to elect the members of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan. After the 1890 general...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%. Dieter...
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    The Japanese political process has two types of elections. National elections (国政選挙, kokusei senkyo) Subnational/local elections (地方選挙, chihō senkyo) While...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...
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    Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8 Dull, Paul S. (1953). "The Japanese General Election of 1952". American...
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    Party Mainichi Shimbun: Analysis of the general election[permanent dead link‍] (in Japanese) BBC – Japanese election guide LDP bloc weathers DPJ onslaught...
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    'General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 296 of the 467 seats. Voter...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 18 February 1990 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1928, the first after the passing of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law in 1925 which introduced universal...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 11 September 2005 for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Diet. Prime Minister...
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    independents). The Japan Socialist Party won over 100 seats following its disastrous results in the 1969 Japanese general election, although infighting...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 30 April 1942 to elect members of the House of Representatives. They were the only elections held in Japan during...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats. Voter...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats. Voter...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 7 October 1979 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. Prime Minister Ōhira Masayoshi's announcement...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 10 April 1946, the first after World War II, during the Allied occupation. Voters had one, two or three votes,...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. Voter turnout was 73.45%. This election was noted for seeing 124 newcomers win seats for the first...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 22 June 1980. The incumbent Liberal Democratic Party won an overall majority for the first time since 1972. The...
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  • elections occurred in the year 1890. 1890 Japanese general election 1890 Peruvian presidential election 1890 British Columbia general election 1890 New...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1932. They were the last elections before the May 15 Incident, which marked the temporary end of party...
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