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I am moving this page to Next Japanese general election from Japanese general election, 2009. For legislatures where elections can be called before the statutory end of parliament, it is customary to not use a year until in the title of the article until only one year is possible. As it happens, there is speculation that the next PM will call a snap election shortly after taking office. That election would likely be in 2008. - Rrius ( talk) 13:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
This page was moved based on a Telegraph story that said the election would take place on 26 October. Numerous sources, including this Forbes article, continue to speculate about an election date. I think, at the very least, the references to the election date should be removed. I think it might also be useful to move the article back to "Next Japanese general election" since we do not know for sure that the election will take place this year. - Rrius ( talk) 08:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Given Nightstallion's recent verified edit, I once again propose a move back to "Next Japanese general election". Page moves should not be based on some appropriate level of caution, but of accuracy. We can't (and never could) be sure of elections until the dissolution of the House of Representatives. I therefore suggest that the article only be moved back here once that dissolution occurs. - Rrius ( talk) 15:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Gah! I totally called this wrong. I did have a source, however, the source was wrong, now it appears far more likely that this will happen in 2009, but I guess we'll have to wait until it is actually called to move it. - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 00:27, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Since it's already 2009 in Japan, I don't see how the election can occur in 2008. I see no reason not to move the page back to its original title. -- Hojimachong talk 17:32, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
The opening sentence currently reads, "General in Japan must be held no later than September 10, 2009 (technically by September 6 due to designated day for Japanese elections on Sunday) for all seats of the House of Representatives." It's one or the other; the election is either on September 6 or September 10. Does anyone have a citation for either? - Rrius ( talk) 23:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
According to the BBC, the election will be on August 30 but the article says October. If so, should I change it accordingly? -- Blue387 ( talk) 04:46, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Can I suggest that we break down the Developments section into events? There are moments when an election seemed likely to be called (such as the election of Aso, and points which have affected Aso's support (Shoichi Nakagawa, the economic crisis), and problems with the DPJ (finance scandals etc.). VsevolodKrolikov ( talk) 09:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Anybody check out this Online survey on Japanese general election 2009, conducting by college students in Tokyo. Cuase, I am Korean not Japanese but living in Japan for my work so I didnt participated cuase I am not Citizen of Japan. Should we use results of this survey here on this article ??? Comments please. I'll try to contact admins of website for quick results.If you need. -- UserChiba ( talk) 15:52, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Is there anybody here who can add opinion poll results for those of us who don't read Japanese yet want to keep up to date with what's going on in the election? Alternatively, can you point us to a good English resource for these?-- Pould ( talk) 08:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
poll/news organization(s) | polling period | approval rate Aso cabinet |
approval rate major parties |
better suited as PM (fusawashii) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
approve | disapprove | LDP | DPJ | Asō | Hatoyama | ||
NHK [1] | 5.-7.06. | 29 % | 60 % | 26.9 % | 23.7 % | ||
Mainichi [2] | 13.-14.06. | 19 % | 60 % | 20 % | 34 % | 15 % | 32 % |
Nikkei/TV Tōkyō [3] [4] | 13.-14.06. | 25 % | 65 % | 10 % | 26 % | ||
Yomiuri [5] | 13.-14.06. | 22.9 % | 67.8 % | 25 % / 25 % (*) | 29.2 % / 42 % (*) | 26 % | 46 % |
Asahi [6] | 13.-14.06. | 19 % | 65 % | 22 % / 23 % (*) | 29 % / 43 % (*) | 24 % | 42 % |
Yomiuri [7] | 2.-3.07. | 19.7 % | 66.4 % | 25 % (*) | 35 % (*) | ||
Kyōdō [8] | 3.-4.07. | 23.4 % | 60.9 % | 27.2 % / 23.3 % (*) | 26.5 % / 34.3 % (*) | ||
Asahi [9] | 4.-5.07. | 20 % | 68 % | 24 % | 25 % |
(*) voting intention instead of approval rate
I guess not many people (me included) are excited because the results seem already set. I added two recent polls predicting the DPJ's landslide. (What depresses me is that this would mean a lot of post-election works in Wikipedia: creating new articles and modifying articles on those who lost the re-election. Indeed, if the prediction is correct, we will see well over 100 new DPJ politicians. I don't know if I have time for this task. Why couldn't they call an election earlier :) (Excuse my rants.) -- Taku ( talk) 19:41, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Those are great links, thanks.-- Pould ( talk) 20:08, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
We need to use a single colour scheme for all tables and diagrams - currently we've got a mixture of the LDP as blue & green, the DPJ as red & blue and so forth. Do the parties themselves use single colours for campaigning? Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:09, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Not sure if it has anything you don't already have in the article, but this Washington Post article seemed to be a good summary at least:
rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 11:56, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
It seems that these parties won one seat each and that there were 6 real independents to win seats (Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090831p2a00m0na004000c.html). This information should be added to the statistics in the article. -- 80.223.214.74 ( talk) 14:19, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
What percentage of the people of Japan came out to vote? I can see no mention of it in the article. NarSakSasLee ( talk) 13:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
I can't find it in the article where is it? NarSakSasLee ( talk) 19:22, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
The colors are inconsistent on this article. In the infobox, the DPJ is red, but in the maps they're colored pink. The LDP is colored blue in the infobox, but it's a turquoise color in the maps. The SDP is listed as dark blue in the infobox, yet it's colored in as a yellowish color on the maps. I tried to fix the infobox's colors to match the rest of the article, but it doesn't seem to work. Would someone fix the infobox colors please? Thanks. -- Tocino 00:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I noted that this and all previous election articles since the introduction of the proportional blocks list only the proportional vote figures. Why was the choice made to leave out the district vote? After all, PR only accounts for about a third of seats (200 seats in 1996, 180 since 2000). I personally think the complete results should be in the articles; but maybe I miss something here. (Any previous discussion on this?) Maybe someone can explain the omission to me. Thanks in advance,
Asakura Akira (
talk)
10:55, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
P.S.: I actually found one exception:
Japanese general election, 1996 actually has only the district vote but mislabels it as block vote.
As expected the fractional votes have caused confusion (see below). As long as there is no proper explanation elsewhere I have created a quick, fictional example for non-Japanese readers to explain to non-Japanese readers how fractional votes work. -- Asakura Akira ( talk) 08:13, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Pardon me for raising this issue, but I believe that the election results have been subject to some tampering on here. The inclusion of decimal votes and at least one case of a misplaced comma bring the results into question. I don't know if the results are correct, but I'm going to try and strip out the decimal votes for now. Could someone check the results, please? Tyrenon ( talk) 00:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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@ Number 57: A party could win an election but failed to form a government. In the 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election, Labour won the election but the Conservative managed to lead the government subsequently. Government formation should not be the determinant of election victory. -- NYKTNE ( talk) 17:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
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I am moving this page to Next Japanese general election from Japanese general election, 2009. For legislatures where elections can be called before the statutory end of parliament, it is customary to not use a year until in the title of the article until only one year is possible. As it happens, there is speculation that the next PM will call a snap election shortly after taking office. That election would likely be in 2008. - Rrius ( talk) 13:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
This page was moved based on a Telegraph story that said the election would take place on 26 October. Numerous sources, including this Forbes article, continue to speculate about an election date. I think, at the very least, the references to the election date should be removed. I think it might also be useful to move the article back to "Next Japanese general election" since we do not know for sure that the election will take place this year. - Rrius ( talk) 08:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Given Nightstallion's recent verified edit, I once again propose a move back to "Next Japanese general election". Page moves should not be based on some appropriate level of caution, but of accuracy. We can't (and never could) be sure of elections until the dissolution of the House of Representatives. I therefore suggest that the article only be moved back here once that dissolution occurs. - Rrius ( talk) 15:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Gah! I totally called this wrong. I did have a source, however, the source was wrong, now it appears far more likely that this will happen in 2009, but I guess we'll have to wait until it is actually called to move it. - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 00:27, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Since it's already 2009 in Japan, I don't see how the election can occur in 2008. I see no reason not to move the page back to its original title. -- Hojimachong talk 17:32, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
The opening sentence currently reads, "General in Japan must be held no later than September 10, 2009 (technically by September 6 due to designated day for Japanese elections on Sunday) for all seats of the House of Representatives." It's one or the other; the election is either on September 6 or September 10. Does anyone have a citation for either? - Rrius ( talk) 23:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
According to the BBC, the election will be on August 30 but the article says October. If so, should I change it accordingly? -- Blue387 ( talk) 04:46, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Can I suggest that we break down the Developments section into events? There are moments when an election seemed likely to be called (such as the election of Aso, and points which have affected Aso's support (Shoichi Nakagawa, the economic crisis), and problems with the DPJ (finance scandals etc.). VsevolodKrolikov ( talk) 09:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Anybody check out this Online survey on Japanese general election 2009, conducting by college students in Tokyo. Cuase, I am Korean not Japanese but living in Japan for my work so I didnt participated cuase I am not Citizen of Japan. Should we use results of this survey here on this article ??? Comments please. I'll try to contact admins of website for quick results.If you need. -- UserChiba ( talk) 15:52, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Is there anybody here who can add opinion poll results for those of us who don't read Japanese yet want to keep up to date with what's going on in the election? Alternatively, can you point us to a good English resource for these?-- Pould ( talk) 08:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
poll/news organization(s) | polling period | approval rate Aso cabinet |
approval rate major parties |
better suited as PM (fusawashii) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
approve | disapprove | LDP | DPJ | Asō | Hatoyama | ||
NHK [1] | 5.-7.06. | 29 % | 60 % | 26.9 % | 23.7 % | ||
Mainichi [2] | 13.-14.06. | 19 % | 60 % | 20 % | 34 % | 15 % | 32 % |
Nikkei/TV Tōkyō [3] [4] | 13.-14.06. | 25 % | 65 % | 10 % | 26 % | ||
Yomiuri [5] | 13.-14.06. | 22.9 % | 67.8 % | 25 % / 25 % (*) | 29.2 % / 42 % (*) | 26 % | 46 % |
Asahi [6] | 13.-14.06. | 19 % | 65 % | 22 % / 23 % (*) | 29 % / 43 % (*) | 24 % | 42 % |
Yomiuri [7] | 2.-3.07. | 19.7 % | 66.4 % | 25 % (*) | 35 % (*) | ||
Kyōdō [8] | 3.-4.07. | 23.4 % | 60.9 % | 27.2 % / 23.3 % (*) | 26.5 % / 34.3 % (*) | ||
Asahi [9] | 4.-5.07. | 20 % | 68 % | 24 % | 25 % |
(*) voting intention instead of approval rate
I guess not many people (me included) are excited because the results seem already set. I added two recent polls predicting the DPJ's landslide. (What depresses me is that this would mean a lot of post-election works in Wikipedia: creating new articles and modifying articles on those who lost the re-election. Indeed, if the prediction is correct, we will see well over 100 new DPJ politicians. I don't know if I have time for this task. Why couldn't they call an election earlier :) (Excuse my rants.) -- Taku ( talk) 19:41, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Those are great links, thanks.-- Pould ( talk) 20:08, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
We need to use a single colour scheme for all tables and diagrams - currently we've got a mixture of the LDP as blue & green, the DPJ as red & blue and so forth. Do the parties themselves use single colours for campaigning? Timrollpickering ( talk) 13:09, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Not sure if it has anything you don't already have in the article, but this Washington Post article seemed to be a good summary at least:
rʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 11:56, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
It seems that these parties won one seat each and that there were 6 real independents to win seats (Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090831p2a00m0na004000c.html). This information should be added to the statistics in the article. -- 80.223.214.74 ( talk) 14:19, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
What percentage of the people of Japan came out to vote? I can see no mention of it in the article. NarSakSasLee ( talk) 13:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
I can't find it in the article where is it? NarSakSasLee ( talk) 19:22, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
The colors are inconsistent on this article. In the infobox, the DPJ is red, but in the maps they're colored pink. The LDP is colored blue in the infobox, but it's a turquoise color in the maps. The SDP is listed as dark blue in the infobox, yet it's colored in as a yellowish color on the maps. I tried to fix the infobox's colors to match the rest of the article, but it doesn't seem to work. Would someone fix the infobox colors please? Thanks. -- Tocino 00:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I noted that this and all previous election articles since the introduction of the proportional blocks list only the proportional vote figures. Why was the choice made to leave out the district vote? After all, PR only accounts for about a third of seats (200 seats in 1996, 180 since 2000). I personally think the complete results should be in the articles; but maybe I miss something here. (Any previous discussion on this?) Maybe someone can explain the omission to me. Thanks in advance,
Asakura Akira (
talk)
10:55, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
P.S.: I actually found one exception:
Japanese general election, 1996 actually has only the district vote but mislabels it as block vote.
As expected the fractional votes have caused confusion (see below). As long as there is no proper explanation elsewhere I have created a quick, fictional example for non-Japanese readers to explain to non-Japanese readers how fractional votes work. -- Asakura Akira ( talk) 08:13, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Pardon me for raising this issue, but I believe that the election results have been subject to some tampering on here. The inclusion of decimal votes and at least one case of a misplaced comma bring the results into question. I don't know if the results are correct, but I'm going to try and strip out the decimal votes for now. Could someone check the results, please? Tyrenon ( talk) 00:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hello all. I've noticed that source 37, "The New Party Nippon..." is dead, but I cannot figure out how to edit it, as it is referenced inside a template. Would appreciate if a more experienced editor could help me out. Thank you :) -- Vaporwaveboyfriend ( talk) 04:10, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
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@ Number 57: A party could win an election but failed to form a government. In the 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election, Labour won the election but the Conservative managed to lead the government subsequently. Government formation should not be the determinant of election victory. -- NYKTNE ( talk) 17:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)