1993 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House. An eight-party coalition government was formed and headed by Morihiro Hosokawa, the leader of the Japan New Party (JNP). 

It was the first time under the 1955 System that the leading coalition lost. Eleven months after the election, with the electoral reform legislation passed, the eight-party coalition collapsed. 

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