2005 Japanese General Election
The postal election11 September 2005 · Reform, upheaval and alternation · 480 seats, 241 for a majority
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 before
Junichiro Koizumi
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Junichiro Koizumi
LDP
Largest force
LDP
296 of 480 seats
Turnout
67.5%
The result
LDP
Junichiro Koizumi · +55 seats
296
seats
Democratic
Katsuya Okada · -64 seats
113
seats
New Kōmeitō
Takenori Kanzaki · -3 seats
31
seats
JCP
Kazuo Shii · 0 seats
9
seats
Social Democratic
Mizuho Fukushima · +1 seats
7
seats
People's New
Tamisuke Watanuki
4
seats
20 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.