2009 Japanese General Election
The DPJ landslide30 August 2009 · Reform, upheaval and alternation · 480 seats, 241 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister before
Tarō Asō
LDP
Prime Minister after
Yukio Hatoyama
Democratic
Largest force
Democratic
308 of 480 seats
Turnout
69.2%
The result
Democratic
Yukio Hatoyama · +195 seats
308
seats
LDP
Tarō Asō · -177 seats
119
seats
New Kōmeitō
Akihiro Ota · -10 seats
21
seats
JCP
Kazuo Shii · 0 seats
9
seats
Social Democratic
Mizuho Fukushima · 0 seats
7
seats
Your
Yoshimi Watanabe
5
seats
11 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.