Abstract
Kusunoki Seiichiro had published “Japan political history in electoral studies”, Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies No.14, 1999. Succeeding the achievements of Kusunoki, this article examines thenew trend of Japan political history in electoral studies. The purpose of this article is to survey research trend of it in the 1990s and to make clear research trend in 2000 and later. As a result, it points out the following. (1)Historical studies of the general elections and the local elections had increased and the foundation of study had thickened. (2)As a new wave of study, it had appeared that the studies which analyzes election poster in the general elections in early Showa era and describes the transformation of political culture and political society in the modern Japan by election irregularities.
