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| Japanese general election, 2009 All 480 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan |
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| Leader | Yasuo Fukuda | Ichirō Ozawa | ||
| Party | LDP | DPJ | ||
| Leader's seat | Gunma Prefecture - 4th District | Iwate Prefecture - 4th District | ||
| Last election | 296 seats, 47.77% | 113 seats, 36.44% | ||
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Japan in 2009. According to polls from early December 2007, most Japanese reject holding early elections, despite the victory of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan over the long-time ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the 2007 upper house elections.[1]
On June 11, 2008, a non-binding censure motion was passed by parliament's opposition-controlled upper house against Yasuo Fukuda. Filed by the Democratic Party of Japan and two other parties, it was the first censure motion against a prime minister under Japan's post-war constitution. Ahead of the G8 summit, it attacked his handling of domestic issues including an unpopular medical plan and called for a snap election or his resignation. On Thursday, June 12, a motion of confidence was passed by the lower house's ruling coalition to counter the censure.[2][3][4][5]
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