 Under the new system, each district has only one representative portraying a wide range of interests for his or her district.A separate party-list was introduced for voters to choose their favored party (in addition to votes for individual candidates) as a way to more accurately approximate the seats in the House of Representatives of Japan to the actual party votes in an effort to achieve more proportional representation.The ruling coalition was the coalition formed between the LDP, New Party Sakigake and Social Democratic Party of Japan.