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Government Coalition
Government Democratic Party
Government
Government Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Party
Rikken Seiyukai Party
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Hara, Kei
Hashimoto, Ryutaro
Kaifu, Toshiki
Keisuke, Okada
Miyazawa, Kichi
Nakasone, Yasuhiro
Sato, Eisaku
Shidehara, Kijuro
Tanaka, Kakuei
Yoshida, Shigeru
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Election
History of Japan
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| | 1902 | Hara, Kei | |
| Elected to the Diet |
| 1936 | Keisuke, Okada | |
| 20th Feb Diet elections, the liberal Minseito win 205 seats & the right Seiyukai win 174 seats |
| 1945 | Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 10th April Holds Japan's 1st post war election |
| 1947 | Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| First Elected to the Japanese Parliament |
| 1948 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Wins the election with an outright majority |
| 1949 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| Elected Member of the Diet |
| 1949 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Wins an outright majarity in the election |
| 1983 | Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| The LDP loses its majority in the lower house |
| 1983 | Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Wins a record landslide vote in the Niigata Prefecture |
| 1990 | Kaifu, Toshiki | |
| 19th Feb The Liberal Democrat Party wins the election |
| 1993 | Miyazawa, Kichi | |
| The LDP fails to win a majority & loses power for the 1st time in 38 years |
| The Liberal-Democrats are voted out of office for the 1st time in 38 years |
| 1996 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| Hashimoto dissolves the Diet & the Liberal Democratic Party wins the election |
| 1998 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| During the Upper House elections the LDP loses its majority & Hashimoto resigns to take responsibility for this failure |
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