:2014 Japanese general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Japan

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 2012 Japanese general election | previous_year = 2012 | election_date = 14 December 2014 | next_election = 2017 Japanese general election | next_year = 2017

| previous_mps = List of members of the House of Representatives of Japan, 2012–2014 | elected_mps = List of members of the House of Representatives of Japan, 2014–2017

| seats_for_election = All 475 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 238

| turnout = 52.65% ({{decrease}}6.67pp; Const. votes)
52.65% ({{decrease}}6.66pp; PR votes)

| 1blank = Constituency vote | 2blank = % and swing

| 3blank = Regional vote | 4blank = % and swing

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Shinzō Abe 20120501 (cropped 2).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader1 = Shinzō Abe

| party1 = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

| last_election1 = 294 seats

| seats1 = 291

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}3

| 1data1 = 25,461,449 | 2data1 = 48.10% ({{increase}}5.09pp)

| 3data1 = 17,658,916 | 4data1 = 33.11% ({{increase}}5.49pp)

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Banri Kaieda 201106.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader2 = Banri Kaieda

| party2 = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)

| last_election2 = 57 seats

| seats2 = 73

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}16

| 1data2 = 11,916,849 | 2data2 = 22.51% ({{decrease}}0.30pp)

| 3data2 = 9,775,991 | 4data2 = 18.33% ({{increase}}2.84pp)

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Toru Hashimoto and Kenji Eda.png|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader3 = Toru Hashimoto
Kenji Eda

| party3 = Japan Innovation Party (2014–2016)

| last_election3 = Did not exist

| seats3 = 41

| seat_change3 = New

| 1data3 = 4,319,646 | 2data3 = 8.16% (New)

| 3data3 = 8,382,699 | 4data3 = 15.72% (New)

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Natsuo Yamaguchi 2014.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader4 = Natsuo Yamaguchi

| party4 = Komeito

| last_election4 = 31 seats

| seats4 = 35

| seat_change4 = {{increase}}4

| 1data4 = 765,390 | 2data4 = 1.45% ({{decrease}}0.04pp)

| 3data4 = 7,314,236 | 4data4 = 13.71% ({{increase}}1.81pp)

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Kazuo Shii cropped.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader5 = Kazuo Shii

| party5 = Japanese Communist Party

| last_election5 = 8 seats

| seats5 = 21

| seat_change5 = {{increase}}13

| 1data5 = 7,040,170 | 2data5 = 13.30% ({{increase}}5.42pp)

| 3data5 = 6,062,962 | 4data5 = 11.37% ({{increase}}5.20pp)

| map = 400px

| map_caption = districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Shinzō Abe | before_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

| after_election = Shinzō Abe | after_party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}{{Politics of Japan}}

General elections were held in Japan on 14 December 2014. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks to elect the members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. As the cabinet resigns in the first post-election Diet session after a general House of Representatives election (Constitution, Article 70), the lower house election also led to a new election of the prime minister in the Diet, won by incumbent Shinzō Abe, and the appointment of a new cabinet (with some ministers re-appointed). The voter turnout in this election remains the lowest in Japanese history.

Background

In 2012, the Democratic Party government under Yoshihiko Noda decided to raise the Japanese consumption tax. This unpopular move allowed the Liberal Democratic 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 programs known as "Abenomics" in a bid to stimulate the economy. Despite these programs, Japan entered a technical recession in mid-2014, which Abe blamed on the consumption tax hike, even though many members of the LDP supported the hike. Abe called a snap election on November 18, in part for the purpose of winning LDP backing to postpone the hike and pursue the Abenomics package.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mwakatabe/2014/11/20/election-with-a-cause-why-shizo-abe-must-call-general-election-now|title=Election With A Cause: Why Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Must Call General Election Now|last=Wakatabe|first=Masazumi|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-07-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/japan-calls-snap-election-shinzo-abe|title=Japan calls snap election|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2014-11-18|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-07-14}}

The LDP government was widely expected to win the election in a landslide, and many observers viewed the snap election as a mechanism for Abe to entrench his government at a time of relative popularity.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/12/japan-unwanted-election-why-now-201412134515583764.html|title=Japan's unwanted election: Why now?|last=Boyd|first=John|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2016-07-14}}

Under 2013 changes to the electoral law designed to reduce malapportionment, district boundaries in 17 prefectures were redrawn and five districts are eliminated without replacement (one each in Fukui, Yamanashi, Tokushima, Kōchi and Saga). The number of first-past-the-post seats is reduced to 295, the total number of seats decreases to 475.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/news/senkyo/shu_kuwari/ 衆議院小選挙区の区割りの改定等について]

Opinion polls

;Parties' approval ratings from 2013 to 2014

(Source: [http://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/yoron/political/index.html NHK])

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! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2" | Date

! style="width:40px;"| LDP

! style="width:40px;"| DPJ

! style="width:40px;"| JRP

! style="width:40px;"| PFG

! style="width:40px;"| NKP

! style="width:40px;"| YP

! style="width:40px;"| PLP

! style="width:40px;"| JCP

! style="width:40px;"| SDP

! style="width:40px;"| GW

! style="width:40px;"| NRP

! style="width:40px;"| UP

! style="width:40px;"| JIP

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Oth.

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Und.

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| No
Answer

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Restoration Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Party for Future Generations}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Komeito Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Your Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|People's Life Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Breeze Party}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:skyblue |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Unity Party (Japan)}} |

! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Innovation Party}} |

5–7 December

| style="background:#50C878;"| 38.1%

| 11.7%

|

| 0.1%

| 5.9%

|

| 0.3%

| 4.3%

| 0.9%

|

| 0.0%

|

| 3.7%

| 0.1%

| 26.3%

| 8.5%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 11.8%

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! 7–9 November

| 36.6%

| 7.9%

|

| 0.2%

| 2.2%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

| 3.5%

| 0.6%

|

|

|

| 1.2%

| 0.1%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 40.0%

| 7.7%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 3.4%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 11–13 October

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.2%

| 5.6%

|

| 0.1%

| 4.1%

| 0.5%

| 0.1%

| 3.3%

| 0.9%

|

|

|

| 1.4%

| 0.1%

| 35.0%

| 8.8%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 5.2%

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! 5–7 September

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.4%

| 5.4%

| 0.7%

| 0.1%

| 4.3%

| 0.0%

| 0.2%

| 3.3%

| 0.5%

|

|

| 0.1%

|

| 0.4%

| 36.9%

| 7.8%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 3.5%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 8–10 August

| 36.7%

| 6.4%

| 1.0%

| 0.3%

| 3.0%

| 0.2%

| 0.3%

| 3.2%

| 0.7%

|

|

| 0.0%

|

| 0.0%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 39.4%

| 8.8%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 2.7%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 11–13 July

| 34.3%

| 4.8%

| 1.7%

|

| 3.6%

| 0.5%

| 0.3%

| 3.4%

| 0.9%

|

|

| 0.1%

|

| 0.3%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 42.5%

| 7.6%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 8.2%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 6–8 June

| 36.9%

| 5.1%

| 1.1%

|

| 4.0%

| 0.4%

| 0.1%

| 2.8%

| 0.6%

|

|

| 0.0%

|

| 0.1%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 42.4%

| 6.7%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 5.5%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 9–11 May

| style="background:#50C878;"| 41.4%

| 5.6%

| 1.1%

|

| 3.7%

| 0.2%

| 0.3%

| 2.4%

| 0.9%

|

|

| 0.2%

|

| 0.1%

| 37.2%

| 6.9%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 4.2%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 11–13 April

| style="background:#50C878;"| 38.1%

| 7.4%

| 1.3%

|

| 3.4%

| 0.9%

| 0.2%

| 3.6%

| 0.6%

|

|

| 0.1%

|

| 0.2%

| 37.2%

| 5.2%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 0.9%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 7–9 March

| 38.7%

| 6.5%

| 1.1%

|

| 2.2%

| 0.8%

| 0.1%

| 3.3%

| 0.8%

|

|

| 0.4%

|

| 0.1%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 40.0%

| 5.2%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 1.3%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 7–9 February

| 36.2%

| 5.8%

| 1.3%

|

| 3.9%

| 1.1%

| 0.3%

| 3.3%

| 1.4%

|

|

| 0.5%

|

| 0.2%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 41.0%

| 5.2%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 4.8%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 11–13 January

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.4%

| 5.8%

| 1.6%

|

| 2.8%

| 0.8%

| 0.1%

| 1.6%

| 0.7%

|

|

| 0.1%

|

| 0.3%

| 40.3%

| 5.5%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 0.1%

colspan="18" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | 2014
class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 6–8 December

| 36.7%

| 7.8%

| 2.1%

|

| 2.8%

| 1.2%

| 0.2%

| 3.1%

| 0.6%

|

|

|

|

| 0.0%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 38.7%

| 6.8%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 2.0%

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! 8–10 November

| style="background:#50C878;"| 41.9%

| 5.2%

| 1.8%

|

| 4.4%

| 1.9%

| 0.3%

| 3.3%

| 0.4%

|

|

|

|

| 0.3%

| 35.1%

| 5.6%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 6.8%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 12–14 October

| 36.1%

| 5.2%

| 2.1%

|

| 3.8%

| 1.2%

| 0.2%

| 4.0%

| 0.5%

|

|

|

|

| 0.3%

| style="background:#d3d3d3;"| 41.8%

| 4.9%

| style="background:gray; color:white"| 5.7%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 6–8 September

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.3%

| 5.5%

| 2.2%

|

| 4.4%

| 2.1%

| 0.0%

| 3.2%

| 0.7%

|

|

|

|

| 0.2%

| 34.6%

| 6.8%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 5.7%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 9–11 August

| style="background:#50C878;"| 37.9%

| 7.3%

| 4.6%

|

| 4.6%

| 3.2%

| 0.2%

| 3.5%

| 0.8%

|

|

|

|

| 0.9%

| 30.8%

| 6.2%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 7.1%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 5–7 July

| style="background:#50C878;"| 42.5%

| 8.0%

| 2.7%

|

| 5.3%

| 3.1%

| 0.5%

| 3.7%

| 0.9%

| 0.1%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.3%

| 24.5%

| 8.4%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 18.0%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 7–9 June

| style="background:#50C878;"| 41.7%

| 5.8%

| 1.5%

|

| 5.1%

| 1.5%

| 0.1%

| 2.2%

| 0.4%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.2%

| 34.6%

| 7.0%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 7.1%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 10–12 May

| style="background:#50C878;"| 43.4%

| 5.3%

| 2.4%

|

| 3.7%

| 2.3%

| 0.3%

| 2.0%

| 1.1%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.1%

| 33.3%

| 6.1%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 10.1%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 5–7 April

| style="background:#50C878;"| 43.6%

| 6.1%

| 2.1%

|

| 3.7%

| 1.3%

| 0.4%

| 2.0%

| 0.7%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.1%

| 34.5%

| 5.6%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 9.1%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 8–10 March

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.1%

| 7.0%

| 3.9%

|

| 4.4%

| 3.1%

| 0.3%

| 2.1%

| 0.6%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.1%

| 31.8%

| 6.6%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 8.3%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 10–12 February

| style="background:#50C878;"| 40.4%

| 7.0%

| 5.3%

|

| 3.1%

| 2.6%

| 0.3%

| 2.1%

| 0.8%

| 0.1%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.3%

| 31.7%

| 6.3%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 8.7%

class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"

! 12–14 January

| style="background:#50C878;"| 37.8%

| 7.6%

| 6.5%

|

| 4.0%

| 3.7%

| 0.5%

| 2.7%

| 0.8%

| 0.0%

| 0.0%

|

|

| 0.3%

| 30.8%

| 5.4%

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}; color:white"| 7.0%

colspan="18" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | 2013

;Cabinet approval/disapproval ratings

File:2nd_and_3rd_Abe_Cabinet_Approval_Disapproval_Ratings.png and Third Abe Cabinet]]

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style="width:100px;" rowspan="2" | Date

! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2" | PM

! style="width:75px;"| Approval

! style="width:75px;"| Disapproval

bgcolor=green |

| bgcolor=red |

5–7 December

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightyellow"| 47%

| 38%

7–9 November

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightyellow"| 44%

| 38%

11–13 October

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 52%

| 34%

5–7 September

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 58%

| 28%

8–10 August

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 51%

| 33%

11–13 July

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightyellow"| 47%

| 38%

6–8 June

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 52%

| 32%

9–11 May

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 56%

| 29%

11–13 April

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 52%

| 31%

7–9 March

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 51%

| 30%

7–9 February

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 52%

| 33%

11–13 January

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 54%

| 31%

colspan="4" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | 2014
21–22 December{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131224p2a00m0na009000c.html |title=Approval rating for Abe Cabinet falls below 50% for 1st time since inauguration: Mainichi poll (in English) |publisher=Mainichi Shimbun |date=24 December 2013 |access-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041046/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131224p2a00m0na009000c.html |archive-date= 6 January 2014 }}

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightyellow"| 49%

| 34%

6–8 December

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 50%

| 35%

8–10 November

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 60%

| 25%

12–14 October

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 58%

| 26%

6–8 September

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 59%

| 23%

9–11 August

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"|57%

| 29%

5–7 July

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 57%

| 25%

7–9 June

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 62%

| 20%

10–12 May

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"|65%

| 18%

5–7 April

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 66%

| 19%

23–24 March{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130225/plc13022511530006-n1.htm|title=【産経・FNN合同世論調査】安倍内閣支持69・6%に上昇 鳩山内閣発足時を超える|work=MSN産経ニュース|access-date=2013-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303075920/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130225/plc13022511530006-n1.htm|archive-date=2013-03-03|url-status=dead}}

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 69%

| 6%

9–10 MarchTBS/JNN

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 76%

| 22%

8–10 March

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 66%

| 18%

10–12 February

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 64%

| 20%

8–10 February[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20130210-OYT1T00686.htm 内閣支持率71%、2回連続上昇...読売世論調査]

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 71%

| 18%

12–14 January

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 64%

| 22%

11–13 January

| Shinzo Abe

| style="background:lightgreen"| 68%

| 24%

colspan="4" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | 2013

Results

{{main|Results of the 2014 Japanese general election|List of members of the House of Representatives of Japan, 2014–2017}}

File:47th Japanese General Election Cartogram.svg

The LDP lost a small number of seats but slightly enlarged its majority coalition with Komeito. Turnout was a record low, and many voters viewed the election as a waste of time and money. DPJ president Banri Kaieda lost his seat in Tokyo while the Japanese Communist Party doubled in strength.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-election-idUSKBN0JR0N920141215|title=Abe coalition secures big Japan election win with record low turnout|date=2014-12-15|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2016-07-14}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30444230|title=Japan election: Voters back Shinzo Abe as PM wins new term - BBC News|work=BBC News|date=14 December 2014|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-14}} The right-leaning Japan Innovation Party and Party for Future Generations lost seats.{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/21636467-shinzo-abe-wins-easily-weak-mandate-voters-romping-home|title=Romping home|newspaper=The Economist|issn=0013-0613|access-date=2016-07-14}}

{{Election results

|image=File:Japan House of Representatives 2014.svg

|firstround=Proportional|secondround=Constituency

|party1=Liberal Democratic Party|votes1=17658916|seats1=68|votes1_2=25461449|seats1_2=223|totseats1=291|sc1=–3

|party2=Democratic Party of Japan|votes2=9775991|seats2=35|votes2_2=11916849|seats2_2=38|totseats2=73|sc2=+16

|party3=Japan Innovation Party|votes3=8382699|seats3=30|votes3_2=4319646|seats3_2=11|totseats3=41|sc3=–13

|party4=Komeito|votes4=7314236|seats4=26|votes4_2=765390|seats4_2=9|totseats4=35|sc4=+4

|party5=Japanese Communist Party|votes5=6062962|seats5=20|votes5_2=7040170|seats5_2=1|totseats5=21|sc5=+13

|party6=Party for Future Generations|votes6=1414919|seats6=0|votes6_2=947396|seats6_2=2|totseats6=2|sc6=New|color6={{party color|Party for Future Generations}}

|party7=Social Democratic Party|votes7=1314441|seats7=1|votes7_2=419347|seats7_2=1|totseats7=2|sc7=0

|party8=People's Life Party|votes8=1028721|seats8=0|votes8_2=514575|seats8_2=2|totseats8=2|sc8=–7|color8={{party color|People's Life Party}}

|party9=Happiness Realization Party|votes9=260111|seats9=0|totseats9=0|sc9=0

|party10=Shiji Seitō Nashi|votes10=104854|seats10=0|totseats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=New Renaissance Party|votes11=16597|seats11=0|totseats11=0|sc11=0

|party12=Genzei Nippon|votes12_2=32759|seats12_2=0|totseats12=0|sc12=New

|party13=Future Party|votes13_2=4883|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=New

|party14=Katsuko Inumaru and Republican Party|votes14_2=4668|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0|sc14=0

|party15=World Economic Community Party|votes15_2=1416|seats15_2=0|totseats15=0|sc15=0

|party16=Independents|votes16_2=1511242|seats16_2=8|totseats16=8|sc16=+3

|total_sc=–5

|invalid=1398283|invalid2=1801562

|electorate=103962785|electorate2=103962784

|source=[https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000328960.pdf Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications], [http://www.electiondataarchive.org/ CLEA]

}}

= By prefecture =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"

! rowspan="3" |Prefecture

! rowspan="3" |Total
seats

! colspan="9" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |LDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |DPJ

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JIP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Komeito

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |PFG

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |PLP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JCP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |SDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Ind.

style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japan Innovation Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Komeito}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Party for Japanese Kokoro}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

style="text-align: left;" |Aichi

!15

|8

|6

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Akita

!3

|3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Aomori

!4

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Chiba

!13

|11

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Ehime

!4

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Fukui

!2

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Fukuoka

!11

|11

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Fukushima

!5

|3

|1

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Gifu

!5

|5

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Gunma

!5

|5

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Hiroshima

!7

|6

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Hokkaido

!12

|8

|3

|

|1

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Hyōgo

!12

|7

|1

|1

|2

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Ibaraki

!7

|5

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Ishikawa

!3

|3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Iwate

!4

|1

|2

|

|

|

|1

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kagawa

!3

|2

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kagoshima

!5

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Kanagawa

!18

|13

|2

|1

|1

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Kōchi

!2

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kumamoto

!5

|4

|

|

|

|1

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kyoto

!6

|4

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Mie

!5

|3

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Miyagi

!6

|5

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Miyazaki

!3

|3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Nagano

!5

|3

|1

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Nagasaki

!4

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Nara

!4

|3

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Niigata

!6

|5

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Ōita

!3

|2

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Okayama

!5

|4

|

|

|

|1

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Okinawa

!4

|

|

|

|

|

|1

|1

|1

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Osaka

!19

|9

|1

|5

|4

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Saga

!2

|1

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Saitama

!15

|12

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Shiga

!4

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Shimane

!2

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Shizuoka

!8

|6

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tochigi

!5

|4

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tokushima

!2

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tokyo

!25

|22

|1

|1

|1

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tottori

!2

|2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Toyama

!3

|3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Wakayama

!3

|2

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Yamagata

!3

|3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Yamaguchi

!4

|4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Yamanashi

!2

|

|1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|1

class="sortbottom"

! style="text-align: left;" |Total

!295

!223

!38

!11

!9

!2

!2

!1

!1

!8

= By PR block =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"

! rowspan="3" |PR block

! rowspan="3" |Total
seats

! colspan="6" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |LDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |DPJ

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JIP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Komeito

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JCP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |SDP

style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japan Innovation Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Komeito}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

style="text-align: left;" |Chūgoku

!11

|5

|2

|1

|2

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Hokkaido

!8

|3

|2

|1

|1

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Hokuriku–Shinetsu

!11

|5

|3

|1

|1

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kinki

!29

|9

|4

|8

|4

|4

|

style="text-align: left;" |Kyushu

!21

|8

|3

|3

|4

|2

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Northern Kanto

!20

|8

|4

|3

|3

|2

|

style="text-align: left;" |Shikoku

!6

|3

|1

|1

|1

|

|

style="text-align: left;" |Southern Kanto

!22

|8

|4

|4

|3

|3

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tohoku

!14

|5

|4

|2

|2

|1

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tokai

!21

|8

|5

|3

|3

|2

|

style="text-align: left;" |Tokyo

!17

|6

|3

|3

|2

|3

|

class="sortbottom"

! style="text-align: left;" |Total

!180

!68

!35

!30

!26

!20

!1

=Notable losses=

The most high-profile LDP candidate to lose re-election is Agriculture Minister Koya Nishikawa, who lost by 199 votes (0.2%) to former Governor of Tochigi Akio Fukuda.{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/#skh_0902|title=NHK2014衆院選|author=NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation)}} He was questioned in October after allegedly receiving financial support from a fraudulent company.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21627716-shinzo-abes-plan-raise-profile-women-his-cabinet-tatters-sukyandaru |title=Sukyandaru: Shinzo Abe's plan to raise the profile of women in his cabinet is in tatters |date=25 October 2014 |magazine=The Economist}}

Amongst the DPJ members to lose their seats were party leader Banri Kaieda.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/14/national/politics-diplomacy/abes-snap-election-pays-big-win/|title=Abe tightens grip on power as ruling coalition wins 325 seats in Lower House election|work=The Japan Times|date=15 December 2014}} Party for Future Generations leader Shintaro Ishihara was also unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat after receiving a low position on his party's representative ballot.

Former leader of the now-dissolved Your Party and six-term representative for Tochigi-3rd district Yoshimi Watanabe was also defeated.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141214p2g00m0dm033000c.html |title=Ex-Your Party leader Watanabe, ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara to lose seats |work=mainichi.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215022952/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141214p2g00m0dm033000c.html |archive-date=2014-12-15 }}

The JCP gained its first single-seat constituency seat since the 1996 election. Amidst a growing anti-base movement in Okinawa, JCP candidate Seiken Akamine unseated LDP incumbent Kōnosuke Kokuba in a night marked with a nationwide JCP surge.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/15/national/politics-diplomacy/resurgent-jcp-has-night-to-remember/|title=Resurgent JCP has night to remember|publisher=Japan Times|first=Mizuho|last=Aoki|date=15 December 2014|access-date=11 December 2017}}

Aftermath

In November 2015 the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the inequality in vote weight due to malapportionment was still in an unconstitutional state (iken jōtai); however, as in previous such rulings, it dismissed the demand to invalidate the election.[http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDG25HAS_V21C15A1MM8000/ 14年衆院選、1票の格差は「違憲状態」 最高裁大法廷] Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 25 November 2015 [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/25/national/crime-legal/supreme-court-says-december-election-state-unconstitutionality-wont-nullify-results/ Supreme Court says December election 'in state of unconstitutionality,' but won't nullify results] The Japan Times, 25 November 2015

References

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