JAPAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 9 NOVEMBER 2003 ================================================================================ Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies) Source: Asahi Shimbun newspaper Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Minshu-to (Democratic Party, DP) * Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party, JCP) * Komei-to (Clean Government Party, Komeito) * Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal-Democratic Party, LDP) * Shakai Minshu-to (Social-Democratic Party, SDP) The House of Deputies consists of 480 members, 300 elected from single-member constituencies and 180 elected on a proportional basis from eleven multi-member constituencies known as Block constituencies. HOUSE OF DEPUTIES: VOTING BY SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCY ================================================================================ Votes and seats at prefecture level are compared with those won in the 2000 elections. Because of boundary changes comparisons at the constituency level are not possible. GIFU PREFECTURE (5 Districts) ================================================================================ District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 71,649 39.7 60,118 31.2 110,796 45.9 75,240 30.7 JCP 15,951 08.8 13,846 07.2 15,278 06.3 13,312 05.4 LDP 92,717 51.4 118,748 61.6 115,221 47.7 156,179 63.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 180,317 192,712 241,295 244,731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 1: Seiko Noda (LDP) District 2: Yasufumi Tanahashi (LDP) District 3: Kabun Muto (LDP) District 4: Takao Fujii (LDP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 67,546 35.0 JCP 14,834 07.7 LDP 110,553 57.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 192,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 5: Keiji Furuya (LDP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prefecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 385,349 36.6 +04.4 - JCP 73,221 07.0 -03.0 - LDP 593,418 56.4 -00.2 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,051,988 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------