Following is the final breakdown of seats won by
each party's candidates in Sunday's House of
Representatives election.
     A total of 480 seats were at stake, with 300
elected from single-seat constituencies and the
remaining 180 by proportional representation in 11
regional blocks.
     (S) stands for candidates listed in single-seat
constituencies and (P) for candidates in the
nationwide proportional representation blocks.
     ''Pre-election'' indicates party strength before
official campaigning began Aug. 18, while ''Diet
dissolved'' shows party strength when the lower house
was dissolved July 21.
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 Party  Subtotal (S)  (P)   Pre         Diet
                             -election   dissolved
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 LDP     119      64   55      300        303
 DPJ     308     221   87      115        112
 NK       21       0   21       31         31
 JCP       9       0    9        9          9
 SDP       7       3    4        7          7
 PNP       3       3    0        4          5
 YP        5       2    3        4          -
 JRP       0       0    0        1          1
 NPN       1       1    0        0          0
 Others    1       0    1        1          1
 Independents
           6       6    -        6          9
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 Total   480     300  180      478        478
                                      (2 vacant)
 (Notes: LDP=Liberal Democratic Party; DPJ=Democratic
Party of Japan; NK=New Komeito party; JCP=Japanese
Communist Party; SDP=Social Democratic Party;
PNP=People's New Party; YP=Your Party; JRP=Japan
Renaissance Party; NPN=New Party Nippon)
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==Kyodo