Kanashiman general election, 2012

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All 85 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima43 seats needed for a majority	All 85 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima43 seats needed for a majority	All 85 seats in the Parliament of Kanashima43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 	4,196,457 (80.96%) ( 3.15pp) 	4,196,457 (80.96%) ( 3.15pp)
 	PAP 	LDP
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Leader 	Rin Aoyama 	Masashi Tamaki
Party 	People's Action 	Liberal Democratic
Leader since 	14 December 2008 	15 May 2011
Leader's seat 	Shinjima-3rd 	Chuo-8th (lost seat)
Last election 	33 seats, 41.77% 	44 seats, 49.31%
Seats won 	50 	30
Seat change 	17 	14
Popular vote 	2,189,711 	1,617,315
Percentage 	52.18% 	38.54%
Swing 	10.41pp 	10.77pp
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 	KWP 	KCP
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Leader 	Kenji Ozawa 	Masashi Sato
Party 	Workers 	Shiminto
Leader since 	4 February 2003 	10 February 2008
Leader's seat 	Kanagawa-1st 	Hirayama-2nd
Last election 	2 seats, 4.84% 	0 seats, 1.24%
Seats won 	3 	1
Seat change 	1 	1
Popular vote 	179,189 	47,000
Percentage 	4.27% 	1.12%
Swing 	0.57pp 	0.12pp
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Results by electorate 	Results by electorate 	Results by electorate
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister
Masashi TamakiLiberal Democratic 	Masashi TamakiLiberal Democratic 	Rin AoyamaPeople's Action
A general election was held in Kanashima on Saturday 18 August 2012 to elect the 85 members of the 24th Parliament of Kanashima. They in turn elect the Prime Minister of Kanashima.
The governing Liberal Democratic Party, in power since 1955, was defeated in a landslide by the opposition People's Action Party. The 2012 election was the first time since World War II that voters mandated a change in control of the government to an opposition political party. It marked the worst defeat for a governing party in modern Kanashiman history, was the first time the LDP lost a general election since gaining power in 1955 (a period of 57 consecutive years in office) and by extension the first time that the LDP lost its status as the largest party in that time. PAP leader Rin Aoyama became the first non-LDP Prime Minister since Richard Nakai (1954–1955), and the first female Prime Minister.
==Results==
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50 	5 	30
People's Action	Oth	Liberal Democratic
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing	Seats	+/−
 	People's Action Party 	2,189,711	52.18	10.41	50 	17
 	Liberal Democratic Party	1,617,315	38.54	10.77	30 	14
 	Kanashima Workers Party 	179,189 	4.27 	0.57 	3 	1
 	Shimintō 	47,000 	1.12 	0.12 	1 	1
 	Other 	163,242 	3.89 	0.05 	1 	0
Total	Total 	4,196,457	100 	 	85 	
Independents: Tan Pei Keng