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. WAKAYAMA PREFECTURE (3 Districts) ================================================================================ District 1 District 2 District 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Votes % Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP - 63,145 41.7 - JCP 45,851 31.1 11,020 07.3 40,930 21.6 LDP 101,602 68.9 77,102 51.0 - etc - - 148,274 78.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 147,453 151,267 189,204 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 1: Tatsuya Tanimoto (LDP) District 2: Masatoshi Ishida (LDP) District 3: Toshihiro Nikai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikai joined the LDP after the election. Prefecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 63,145 12.9 +05.9 - JCP 97,801 20.0 +05.6 - LDP 178,704 36.6 +21.3 2 +1 etc 148,274 30.4 1 -1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 487,924 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------