An Empirical Analysis of the 41st Japanese General Election
—A Tentative Identification of Institutional and Regional Characteristics of the New Electoral System—
1997 Volume 1997 Issue 28 Pages 38-54
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1997 Volume 1997 Issue 28 Pages 38-54
The aims of this paper are identifying of institutional and regional characteristics of the 41st General Election and finding differences between major parties, LDP (Jiyu Minshu To), NFP (Shinshin To), and DP (Minshu To) . We have new electoral system of the General Election. Empirical outcomes of the system taught us that the Japanese voters substantially chose and supported LDP who mainly provides governmental resources to less-urbanized areas in Japan. While LDP successfully utilized the new electoral system in order to grasp the seats and political power by using governmental resources. Finally I examine Duverger's rule with using empirical data and simulation and evaluate the new electoral system from the point of policy studies.
