Wrapping up the election coverage for the time being, the Japan Times has a rundown of some interesting statistics of elected members of the Diet:
* 158 first time lawmakers were elected, including 143 from the DPJ (almost half of their total number).
* The average age of elected members is 52 years, with the DPJ averaging [...]
Well, the election is over, and as shown in the post below, the results were a massive win to the opposition DPJ. Just how big that win was gives rise to the title of this post…
With the result of the election in no doubt minutes after the polls closed (actually they haven’t been in [...]
Alliances and parties
Local seats
+/-
Block seats
+/-
Block votes
%
+/-
Total seats
+/-
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Minshutō – 民主党
221
+169
87
+26
29,784,743
42.4%
+11.4
308
+195
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shamintō – 社民党
3
+2
4
-2
2,999,040
4.3%
-1.2
7
±0
People’s New Party (PNP) Kokuminshintō – 国民新党
3
+1
0
-2
1,218,020
1.7%
±0.0
3
-1
Anticipated DPJ-SDP-PNP Coalition
227
+172
91
+22
34,001,803
48.4%
+10.2
318
+194
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jimintō – 自民党
64
-155
55
-22
18,782,218
26.7%
-11.5
119
-177
New Komeito Party (NKP) [...]
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