THE GOVERNMENT OF MODERN JAPAN: JAPAN'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM Minority Party Representation |
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Gerald L. Curtis :: The other consequence of this electoral system was that it enabled minor parties, small parties, to survive, even though they were not supported by a majority of the electorate. So under this system, a small party like the Komeito, with maybe 12 percent of the popular vote, or the Communist Party, with maybe 10 percent of the popular vote, could win some seats. So the "medium-size election district" system has something of a proportional representation quality to it, like the systems in Europe, although it is not a directly proportional representation system. |
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