2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
House of Councillors Elections: 1947 - 2009
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22530120
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Zenichirou 東京工業大学, 大学院・社会理工学研究科, 名誉教授 (30009823)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 選挙研究 / 参議院 |
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| Research Abstract |
The House of Councillors was established as the second House of the Japanese Diet in 1947. The project is to analyze each election of the House of Councillors since 1947. The analysis focuses on the political situations of each election, the results of opinion polls before each election, and election turnout. Then we go on to analyze the election results: how the parties get votes from different constituencies such as farmers or labors, and what kind of changes have been seen since the last election. The House of Councillors Election shows the more diffuse power concentration than the House of Representative. Therefore, the House of Councillors has functioned as a check-and-balance organization to the House of Representative in Post-War Japanese politics.
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