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October 20, 1996 House of Representatives Election Results - Japan Totals

 
  Single-Member
Districts
  Proportional
Representation

 Registered Electors    97,680,719        97,680,719       
 Voters    58,262,930  59.6%      58,239,414  59.6%     
 Vote Total    56,528,422        55,569,195       

 

Party Votes  % District
Seats
Votes  % List
Seats
Total
 Seats 

 Liberal Democratic Party    21,836,096  38.6  169    18,205,955  32.8  70  239 
 New Frontier Party    15,812,326  28.0  96    15,580,053  28.0  60  156 
 Democratic Party of Japan    6,001,666  10.6  17    8,949,190  16.1  35  52 
 Japanese Communist Party    7,096,766  12.6    7,268,743  13.1  24  26 
 Social Democratic Party    1,240,649  2.2    3,547,240  6.4  11  15 
 New Party Sakigake    727,644  1.3    582,093  1.0 
 Democratic Reform Party    149,357  0.3    18,844  0.0 
 Independents    2,508,810  4.4    -  - 
 Others    1,155,108  2.0    1,417,077  2.6