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Party

Democratic Party of Japan

Japan

Party Historical

Democratic Party of Japan

Abbreviation
DPJ
Founded
1996
Dissolved
2016
Official · en
Democratic Party of Japan
Profiles and linksNo official profile link is published.
Social linksNo social profile link is published.

Power-role history

Governing

Aug 30, 2011 — Dec 16, 2012

Governing

Jun 4, 2010 — Aug 26, 2011

Governing

Sep 16, 2009 — May 30, 2010

Party lineage

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Merger of four previously independent parties.

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Minshutō

Dataset coverage period
1996–2016
Party Facts reference percentage
42.4% · 2009
Original value
42.4
ISO alpha-3
JPN
Party Facts ID
1804
Reference names
DPJ · Democratic Party of Japan
Created in source
Dec 29, 2012
Updated
Jul 14, 2018
Wikipedia referenceParty FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Conservative

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Party significance

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Candidacy

Independent media clusters

Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Electoral history

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2014-12-14 · Democratic Party (DPJ)

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
9,775,991
Seats
73
Original value
18.33
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share18.3%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2012-12-16 · Democratic Party of Japan

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
9,628,653
Seats
57
Original value
16.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share16.0%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2003-11-09 · DPJ

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
22,095,636
Seats
177
Original value
37.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share37.4%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2009-08-30 · Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
29,844,799
Seats
308
Original value
42.41
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share42.4%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2005-09-11 · Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
21,036,425
Seats
113
Original value
31.02
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share31.0%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 2000-06-25 · DP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
15,067,990
Seats
127
Original value
25.18
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share25.2%

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1996-10-20 · DPJ

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
8,949,190
Seats
52
Original value
16.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share16.1%

Sources

4

  1. 1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026