Abstract
The general election held on October 20, 1996 was the first election after the 1994 electoral reform of the House of Representatives. The new electoral system combines two different electoral systems: a single-member constituency system (300 seats) and a proportional representation system (200 seats). Using locality-level aggregate data, this paper examined the impact of the new electoral system on voting behavior and campaign strategies, and identified a mechanism through which a voter's choice of candidates/parties in one system influences his/her choice in the other.
