New Conservative Party (Japan)

The New Conservative Party (NCP) was the name of two now-defunct political parties in Japan with a common lineage.

The first incarnation of the party (保守党, Hoshutō, lit. 'Conservative Party') was founded on April 3, 2000 by 20 lower house and 6 upper house defectors from the Liberal Party. This party was dissolved briefly and then re-established (as 保守新党, Hoshu Shintō, lit. 'New Conservative Party') on December 25, 2002 in order to accommodate defectors from the Democratic Party of Japan.

The party eventually merged with the Liberal Democratic Party after the 2003 election.

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Democratic Party	15,163,458	25.44	55	22,831,327	38.25	128	183	–76
	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan	15,897,234	26.67	56	22,215,621	37.22	115	171	+75
	Nippon Ishin no Kai	9,692,732	16.26	32	5,902,793	9.89	25	57	+16
	Komeito	5,372,383	9.01	15	702,931	1.18	6	21	-11
	Japanese Communist Party	4,775,437	8.01	13	2,452,630	4.11	2	15	+5
	Reiwa Shinsengumi	2,728,326	4.58	5	298,080	0.50	0	5	+2
	Democratic Party for the People	2,056,723	3.45	0	946,812	1.59	4	4	-7
	Sanseitō	1,796,788	3.01	0	500,542	0.84	0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	1,152,588	1.93	0	563,193	0.94	2	2	+1
	Conservative Party of Japan	546,970	0.92	0	151,091	0.25	0	0	New
	NHK Party	343,661	0.58	0	89,449	0.15	0	0	New
	Shiji Seitō Nashi	66,142	0.11	0				0	0
	New Party to Strengthen Corona Countermeasures by Change of Government	6,620	0.01	0				0	New
	Kunimori Conservative Party				29,306	0.05	0	0	New
	Love Earth Party				5,350	0.01	0	0	New
	Nippon Spirits Party				4,552	0.01	0	0	0
	Reform Future Party				3,698	0.01	0	0	0
	Renewal Party				2,750	0.00	0	0	0
	Party for a Successful Japan				1,630	0.00	0	0	0
	Independents				2,990,704	5.01	7	7	–5
Total		59,599,062	100.00	176	59,692,459	100.00	289	465	0
Valid votes		59,599,062	97.82		59,692,459	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		1,325,366	2.18		1,383,227	2.26
Total votes		60,924,428	100.00		61,075,686	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		104,727,103	58.17		104,727,103	58.32
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications