Latest table of party strength in Diet

Japan Policy & Politics, April 24, 2000

TOKYO, April 20 Kyodo

Following is an updated table of party strength in both houses of the Diet following an announcement by Hirohide Uozumi to remain an independent.

Uozumi, who was elected Sunday in a House of Councillors by-election in Kumamoto Prefecture, was considering joining the Liberal Democratic Party. He ran as an independent.

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 House of Representatives
  House of Councillors
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 LDP

  267   LDP-NCP

113
 DPJ

   96   DPJ-Shinryokufukai

57
 Komeito Kaikaku

 48   Komeito Kaikaku

  24
 JCP

   26   JCP

23
 NCP

   20   SDP

13
 LP

19   Sangiin Club

13
 SDP

   14   Niin Club-Liberal League

4
 Independents

9   Independents

 5
 Vacancies

   1


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 Total

500

252
 (Notes: LDP = Liberal Democratic Party. DPJ = Democratic Party of
Japan. SDP = Social Democratic Party. Komeito Kaikaku = New Komeito
and Reformers Network Party. JCP = Japanese Communist Party. LP =
Liberal Party. NCP = New Conservative Party)