Kanashiman general election, 2009

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← 2006 	23 August 2009 	2012 →
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All 80 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima41 seats needed for a majority	All 80 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima41 seats needed for a majority	All 80 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 	4,192,581 (77.81%) ( 0.97pp) 	4,192,581 (77.81%) ( 0.97pp)
 	LDP 	PAP
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Leader 	Taro Ishikawa 	Rin Aoyama
Party 	Liberal Democratic 	People's Action
Leader since 	6 July 2000 	14 December 2008
Leader's seat 	Katsumi-2nd 	Shinjama-3rd
Last election 	60 seats, 57.29% 	15 seats, 35.19%
Seats won 	44 	33
Seat change 	16 	18
Popular vote 	2,067,362 	1,751,241
Percentage 	49.31% 	41.77%
Swing 	7.98pp 	6.58pp
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister
Taro IshikawaLiberal Democratic 	Taro IshikawaLiberal Democratic 	Taro IshikawaLiberal Democratic
A general election was held in Kanashima on Saturday 28 October 2018 to elect the 80 members of the 23rd Parliament of Kanashima. They in turn elect the Prime Minister of Kanashima.
The 2009 election is regarded as a major realigning election in Kanashiman political history. The incumbent Liberal Democratic Party government was re-elected for a 20th consecutive term, continuing its election win streak dating from 1955. However, the results of this election saw the LDP's worst result since first winning power in 1955, and it lost its two-thirds supermajority in parliament for the first time in 54 years, managing to hold a majority of just four seats against a resurgent People's Action Party opposition. Additionally, it polled its lowest vote share in recent history, failing to poll a majority of votes since 1954. The PAP became the first opposition party to win more than 40 percent of seats in parliament for the first time also since 1954.
==Results==
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33 	3 	44
People's Action	Oth	Liberal Democratic
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing	Seats	+/−
 	Liberal Democratic Party	2,067,362	49.31	7.98 	44 	16
 	People's Action Party 	1,751,241	41.77	6.58 	33 	18
 	Kanashima Workers Party 	202,921 	4.84 	0.29 	2 	1
 	Shimintō 	51,988 	1.24 	1.24 	0 	0
 	Other 	160,995 	3.84 	1.45 	1 	1
Total	Total 	4,192,581	100 	 	80 	
Independents: Tan Pei Keng