2009 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives.

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2009 Japanese general election and 2009 Indian general election happened in the same year
2009 Japanese general election and 2009 German federal election happened in the same year
2009 Japanese general election and 2009 European Parliament election happened in the same year
2009 Japanese general election and 2009 Greek legislative election happened in the same year
2009 Japanese general election happened 1 year after 2008 Italian general election