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 HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE (7 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fumio KISHIDA * LDP 107,239 57.3 -02.9 Ryo Nagatsuma JCP 10,698 05.7 -01.0 Hiroshi Sugekawa DP 58,946 31.5 -01.5 Yoshiteru Uemura SDP 10,313 05.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 187,196 12.9 00.7 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiroshi HIRAGUCHI LDP 129,462 50.8 +28.5 Daisuke Matsumoto * # DP 112,435 44.1 +06.6 Atsumi Takami JCP 13,047 05.1 +00.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 254,944 03.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP had a majority of 04.6 over an independent in 2003. DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Junko Futami 1,824 00.8 Hiroaki Hashimoto DP 59,576 26.7 Ryozo Ishibashi 31,792 14.2 Tetsuo Kaneko SDP 26,269 11.8 -18.2 Katsuyuki KAWAI + LDP 94,017 42.1 -18.1 Osamu Onishi JCP 9,892 04.4 -05.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 223,370 07.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 15.1 over the SDP. DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hidenao NAKAGAWA * LDP 110,046 58.5 +03.8 Hitoshi Nakaishi JCP 10,270 05.5 +01.3 Seiki Soramoto DP 67,821 36.1 +04.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188,137 11.2 00.3 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Susumu Kakutani JCP 7,765 04.0 +00.2 Mitsuo Mitani DP 91,121 46.4 +19.5 Minoru TERADA * LDP 97,383 49.6 +08.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 196,269 01.6 05.6 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 6 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Takafumi Horie 84,433 31.6 Yoji Ito 3,433 01.3 Shizuka KAMEI * PNP 110,979 41.5 Koji Sato DP 68,385 25.6 -18.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 267,230 05.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kamei was elected as an LDP candidate in 2003. He had a majority of 03.7 over the DP. DISTRICT 7 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoichi MIYAZAWA * LDP 122,465 50.8 +05.1 Mikie Morikawa JCP 14,444 06.0 +00.4 Takashi Wada DP 104,009 43.2 +06.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 240,918 03.8 00.5 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 562,293 36.1 +05.2 - -1 Japan Communist Party 66,116 04.2 -01.4 - Liberal Democratic Party 660,612 42.4 -04.9 6 People's New Party 110,979 07.1 1 +1 Social Democratic Party 36,582 02.3 -02.5 - Others 121,482 07.9 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,558,064 7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------