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Parents > Japan > Prime Minister
OfficePrime Minister
HonorificPrime Minister - Abbr: PM
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open September 15, 2009 - 10:00pm Central
Polls Close September 16, 2009 - 01:00am Central
Term Start September 16, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End June 02, 2010 - 12:00pm
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedRalphie July 12, 2010 08:54pm
Data Sources[Link]
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Description Lower House:
Hatoyama - 327
Wakabayashi - 119
Yamaguchi - 21
Shii - 9
Hiranuma - 4

Upper House:
Hatoyama - 124
Wakabayashi - 84
Yamaguchi - 21
Shii - 7
Blank - 1
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLiberal Democratic Won09/24/2008
NameTaro Aso Votes445 (62.59%)
Term09/24/2008 - 09/15/2009 Margin203 (+28.55%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Party of Japan Won06/04/2010
NameNaoto Kan Votes436 (61.06%)
Term06/04/2010 - 09/02/2011 Margin249 (+34.87%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/08/2009 09/16/2009
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Yukio Hatoyama 2 1 --2
Leaning Call: Yukio Hatoyama (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Yukio Hatoyama (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/16/2009 08/27/2009

CANDIDATES
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Name MP Yukio Hatoyama Agriculture Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi Party Leader Natsuo Yamaguchi MP Kazuo Shii MP Takeo Hiranuma Invalid (I) MP Taro Aso
PartyDemocratic Party of Japan Liberal Democratic Komeito Communist Independent Independent Liberal Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 451 (62.90%) 203 (28.31%) 42 (5.86%) 16 (2.23%) 4 (0.56%) 1 (0.14%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -248 (-34.59%) -409 (-57.04%) -435 (-60.67%) -447 (-62.34%) -450 (-62.76%) -451 (-62.90%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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MATCHUP POLLS (8 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg31.55%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 10.67%--
Kyodo News 
08/26/09-08/27/09		 48.70% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 22.70% --
Kyodo News 
08/08/09-08/09/09		 49.50% 5.9 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 19.80% 12.2
Yomiuri 
08/04/09-08/06/09		 47.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 22.00% 3.0
Mainichi 
07/18/09-07/19/09		 28.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 11.00% --
Yomiuri 
07/13/09-07/13/09		 45.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 25.00% 1.0
Yomiuri 
07/02/09-07/03/09		 41.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 24.00% 9.0
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Jul 21, 2009 07:00am Announcement Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls elections  Article Monsieur 
Jul 13, 2009 07:00am News Japanese PM to call August vote  Article Monsieur 
Mar 04, 2009 03:00am News Scandal Threatens Opposition in Japan  Article Ralphie 

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