2012 Japanese General Election
Abe returns16 December 2012 · Reform, upheaval and alternation · 480 seats, 241 for a majority
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Prime Minister before
Yoshihiko Noda
Democratic
Prime Minister after
Shinzo Abe
LDP
Largest force
LDP
294 of 480 seats
Turnout
59.3%
The result
LDP
Shinzō Abe · +175 seats
294
seats
Democratic
Yoshihiko Noda · -251 seats
57
seats
Restoration
Shintaro Ishihara
54
seats
Komeito
Natsuo Yamaguchi · +10 seats
31
seats
Your
Yoshimi Watanabe · +13 seats
18
seats
Tomorrow
Yukiko Kada
9
seats
JCP
Kazuo Shii · -1 seats
8
seats
Social Democratic
Mizuho Fukushima · -5 seats
2
seats
7 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.