抄録
Since seiji-kaikaku (political reform) in 1993, the 2003 general election is the third election, and it took 10 years. Every party could plot their strategies which they adapted to a new election system, combined the single-member districts and the proportional representation at that time. In this article, I tried to analyze attributes of fresh candidates who run for the 2003 general election and examined the circumstances and features of LDP, DPJ, JCP, SDP, and independent candidates. LDP didn't have so many districts fielded a candidate that it fielded secondgeneration candidates, candidates who had other attributes, for example, who had been civil servants or local assembly members didn't have much chances. Their recruitment resources have been rigid in this 10 years. DPJ had so many districts fielded a candidate that it fielded many kind of candidates, including the candidates who had run for as a candidate of LDP before. JCP and SDP candidates had few chances to be elected. But gathering votes for proportional representation, they fielded candidates who had worked for party organization. Through this analysis, I could find that their candidates were not the persons who want to run for the election, but who could be fielded.
