JAPAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 9 NOVEMBER 2003
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Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies)
Source: Asahi Shimbun newspaper

Parties
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* 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
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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.


NAGASAKI PREFECTURE (4 Districts)
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          District 1       District 2       District 3       District 4
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Party     Votes    %       Votes    %       Votes    %       Votes    %
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DP        106,331  50.6          -           71,099  46.2          -
JCP        12,797  06.1     16,565  08.5      5,374  03.5      9,284  05.7
LDP        90,857  43.3    126,705  65.3     77,528  50.3    100,767  61.6
SDP             -           50,772  26.1          -           53,557  32.7
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Total     209,985          194,042          154,001          163,608
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District 1: Yoshiaki Takaki (DP) 
District 2: Fumio Kyuma (LDP) 
District 3: Yaichi Tanigawa (LDP) 
District 4: Seigo Kitamura (LDP)
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Prefecture
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Party                                        Votes      %     Change    Seats
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DP                                             177,430  24.6  +11.0       1
JCP                                             44,020  06.1  -02.4       -
LDP                                            395,857  54.8  +08.3       3
SDP                                            104,329  14.4  +09.3       -
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Total                                          721,636                    4
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