"'An indispensable source book for comparative electoral studies.'"
Rein Taagepera, University of California, Irvine

"'An incredibly rich source book with a wealth of crucial district-level data-presented in great detail and with maximum clarity. It will be extremely useful not only for Japan specialists but even more for comparative analysts of electoral systems an d electoral behavior. Steven Reed's book is a superb model that I wish electoral systems experts in other countries would follow.'"
Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego

This data set provides voting records by district and individual for every House of Representatives election in Japan since 1947, along with demographic data.