JAPAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2005 ======================================================================= Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies) Source: Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper Parties ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * JMt - Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party, LDP) * Mt - Minshu-to (Democratic Party, DP) * KSt - Kokumin Shin-to (People's New Party, PNP) * Kt - Komei-to (Clean Government Party, CGP) * NKt - Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party, JCP) * NSt - Nihon Shin-to (New Japan Party, NJP) * SMt - Shakai Minshu-to (Social-Democratic Party, SDP) VOTING BY SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCY ======================================================================= * = sitting member + = new candidate of party which one the seat in 2003 # = candidate elected from a Block constituency GUMMA PREFECTURE (5 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshie Kondo JCP 18,578 07.6 +00.1 Genichiro SATA + LDP 136,920 55.8 -04.7 Hitoshi Takahashi DP 78,544 32.0 00.0 Tomihisa Tsuchiya SDP 11,233 04.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245,275 11.9 02.3 dp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshiyuki Fujikake JCP 12,832 06.1 00.0 Takashi Ishizeki # DP 98,497 46.6 +14.3 Takashi SASAGAWA * LDP 99,919 47.3 +03.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 211,248 00.4 05.1 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masaaki Kakinuma DP 69,734 36.5 -03.8 Keiji Kosuge JCP 10,444 05.5 +00.8 Yoshio YATSU * LDP 111,034 58.1 +03.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 191,212 10.8 03.5 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yasuo FUKUDA * LDP 118,517 62.8 +00.7 Etsuo Sakai JCP 13,809 07.3 -00.1 Masaki Takajima DP 56,364 29.9 -00.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188,690 16.5 00.7 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aiko Fukuda JCP 16,234 07.6 -00.7 Kunihiko Tajima DP 52,394 24.6 Yuko OBUCHI * LDP 177,782 67.8 -09.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 246,410 21.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 31.1 over the SDP. GUMMA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 355,533 32.8 +06.4 - Japan Communist Party 71,897 06.6 -01.1 - Liberal Democratic Party 644,172 59.5 +00.2 5 Social Democratic Party 11,233 01.0 -02.0 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,082,835 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------