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  Liberal
POLITICAL PARTY DETAILS
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AbbreviationLP
Websitehttp://www.jiyuto.or.jp/
CountryJapan
Established0000-00-00
Disbanded2003-09-22
ContributorUser 13
Last EditedRalphie - September 10, 2009 08:07pm
DescriptionThe modern incarnate of the Liberal Party was a conservative reformist party created in 1998 and led by Ichiro Ozawa. It officially merged with the Democrats September 22, 2003. The Liberal Party first existed in post-World War II Japan and would eventually merge with the original Democrats to form the ruling Liberal Democrats.

There was also a short-lived Liberal Party formed in 1994 by Koji Kakizawa and Michio Watanabe. It was one of the parties that merged to form the New Frontier Party.

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07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Popular Liberal Party Lost 7.72% (-30.85%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Hokkaido Prefecture Masahito Nishikawa Lost 7.82% (-31.44%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Iwate Tatsuo Hirano Won 41.89% (+0.81%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Seat Distribution Liberal Party Lost 3.24% (-41.70%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Liberal Party Proportional Seats Yoko Yamamoto Lost 9.29% (-17.08%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Tokyo Prefecture Nobuhiko Endo Lost 7.18% (-20.73%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Fukuoka Prefecture Junichiro Koga Lost 10.32% (-20.32%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Liberal Party Proportional Seats Nobutsugu Shimizu Lost 9.33% (-17.04%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Fukushima Prefecture Masanari Kawada Lost 7.27% (-33.27%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Osaka Prefecture Yoshihiko Watanabe Lost 5.50% (-22.16%)
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07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Ibaraki Prefecture Masako Kato Lost 10.43% (-38.84%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Liberal Party Proportional Seats Takaaki Koga Lost 6.98% (-19.38%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Saitama Prefecture Yasuko Komiyama Lost 12.42% (-12.88%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Liberal Party Proportional Seats Hideaki Tamura Won 18.79% (+0.00%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Chiba Prefecture Kazumasa Okajima Lost 15.91% (-27.94%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Liberal Party Proportional Seats Takeo Nishioka Won 26.36% (+7.58%)
07/29/2001 JPN House of Councillors - Kanagawa Prefecture Masataka Ota Lost 8.38% (-26.97%)
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