The DPJ finished with 308 seats (221 SMDs, 87 PR), the LDP with 119 seats (64 and 55), Komeito with 21 (all PR), the JCP with 9 (all PR), the SDPJ with 7 (3 and 4), PNP with 3 (all SMD), YP with 5 (2 and 3), NPJ with 1 (SMD), Suzuki Muneo’s micro-party won 1 PR seat in Hokkaido, and 6 independents won SMDs.
The DPJ does control a supermajority with the help of its likely coalition partners, but that won’t matter much.
The DPJ swept eight prefectures, but not Hokkaido as I reported while live-blogging last night: Iwate, Fukushima, Yamanashi, Niigata, Nagano, Aichi, Shiga and Nagasaki.
Tobias S. Harris 
Do you know where to find the vote percentages, by any chance? I thought they'd be posted everywhere but all people post is the seat assignment.
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Where can we check out who won PR seats?
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Janne,I'm looking but can't seem to find them. Perhaps not finalized yet?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_general_election,_2009Wiki Seems to have the breakdown.
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MN, no, not yet (though I know Wikipedia will have all the numbers eventually). I'm looking for the percentages of votes cast, not seats.
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