Japanese general election, 1993
- Japanese general election, 1993
Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on July 18, 1993.
Overview
The consumption tax and the Recruit scandal seriously affected the popularity of the long-time ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Along with the opposition MPs, members of some factions of the LDP casted a vote of no confidence against prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Then Miyazawa decided to dissolve the House of Representatives. Some LDP dissidents then left the party and formed new parties.
Results
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its overall majority the first time since 1955 and was replaced by an eight-party alliance headed by Morihiro Hosokawa. Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister.
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