2012 Japanese general election
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A <entity_0> was held in <entity_2> on <entity_1>. This was the 46th <entity_0> of members of the House of Representatives (第46回衆議院議員総選挙, dai-yonjūrokkai Shūgiin giin sōsenkyo) in <entity_2> since 1869. On 17 November 2012 Mayor of Osaka Tōru Hashimoto and former Tokyo Governor Shintarō Ishihara announced the merger of the <entity_2> Restoration Party and the Sunrise Party as a third force to contend the <entity_1> <entity_0>.
['Japanese general election']