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. FUKUI PREFECTURE (3 Districts) ================================================================================ District 1 District 2 District 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Votes % Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 16,309 12.3 43,143 30.4 49,395 34.7 JCP 6,354 04.8 5,118 03.6 7,781 05.5 LDP 55,698 42.1 62,558 44.1 85,113 59.8 etc 54,019 40.8 31,120 21.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 132,380 141,939 142,289 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District 1: Isao Matsumiya (LDP) District 2: Taku Yamamoto (LDP) District 3: Tsuyoshi Takagi (LDP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prefecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DP 108,847 26.1 -00.8 - JCP 19,253 04.6 -01.6 - LDP 203,369 48.8 -05.8 3 etc 85,139 20.4 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 416,608 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------