2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on local factors in Japanese national elections
| Project/Area Number |
21730112
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGAWARA Taku 東京大学, 先端科学技術研究センター, 特任准教授 (20436504)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 民主党 / 自民党 / 政党公認 / SNTV / 選挙区政治 / 一党優位政党制 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to analyze local factors in voting behavior and candidate-centered politics in Japanese election. The study shows that the factors strengthened LDP dominance in Lower House elections under SNTV and impeded M+1 rule in Upper House elections. Since a party run only one candidate under single member district, it seems that the local factors disappear from voting in Lower House elections after electoral reform 1994. In this study, I examine events of each constituency on the hypothesis that the local factors survive in endorsing process of a party.
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