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 HOKKAIDO PREFECTURE (12 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masamichi Ayumoto 16,698 95.3 Takayuki Mishina LDP 128,166 40.8 +06.3 Michiko Takoyama JCP 25,481 08.1 -01.9 Takahiro YOKOMICHI * DP 143,564 45.7 -09.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 313,909 02.4 08.0 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masatoshi Kanakura JCP 29,131 10.2 -00.1 Wakio MITSUI * DP 129,357 45.3 -00.3 Takamori Yoshikawa LDP 127,031 44.5 +09.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 285,519 00.4 04.8 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Satoshi Arai * DP 125,445 43.7 -03.1 Gaku ISHIZAKI LDP 138,765 48.4 +02.7 Riyuzuji Kawabe JCP 22,581 07.9 +00.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 286,791 02.4 03.0 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshio HACHIRO * DP 108,023 47.2 -01.8 Teiko Kotasaka JCP 20,766 09.1 -01.0 Shizuo Satou LDP 100,170 43.7 +02.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 228,959 01.8 02.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chiyomi Kobayashi DP 124,547 38.8 -04.9 Nobutaka MACHIMURA * LDP 173,947 54.2 +07.3 Takahiru Yamazaki JCP 22,521 07.0 -02.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 321,015 07.7 06.1 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 6 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eikou Kaneta + LDP 141,099 45.8 +05.7 Takahiro SASAKI DP 143,860 46.7 +06.8 Hichirou Tanabe JCP 23,343 07.6 +01.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308,302 00.5 00.6 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 7 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Naoto Kitamura * LDP 86,934 43.9 -05.9 Kasushige Murakami JCP 15,438 07.8 -00.1 Hiroko NAKANO DP 95,473 48.3 +06.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 197,845 02.2 06.0 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 8 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Seiichi KANETA * DP 134,963 49.8 +07.6 Kazuo Maekawa JCP 21,891 08.1 +01.8 Kenji Satou LDP 114,141 42.1 +12.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 270,995 03.9 02.4 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 9 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yukio HATOYAMA * DP 150,050 49.3 -00.7 Hirofumi Iwakura LDP 131,130 43.1 +01.0 Akiko Satou JCP 23,400 07.7 -00.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 304,580 03.1 00.8 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 10 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yukari Iijima LDP 62,100 23.2 -20.0 Tadamasa KODAIRA * DP 109,422 40.9 -08.4 Tateo Tani JCP 17,617 06.6 -00.9 Takafumi Yamashita 78,604 29.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 267,743 05.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2003 the DP had a majority of 3.1 over the LDP. DISTRICT 11 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Akio Hasebe JCP 16,145 07.8 -01.2 Tomohiro Ishikawa DP 84,626 40.7 Youichi KANAGAWA * LDP 107,056 51.5 -10.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 207,827 05.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this district in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 16.5 over the SDP. DISTRICT 12 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenkou Matsuki DP 101,835 42.2 +04.2 Makoto Sugawara JCP 14,882 06.2 -01.5 Tsutomu TAKEBE * LDP 124,465 51.6 -02.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 241,182 04.7 03.4 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HOKKAIDO PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 1,451,165 44.9 +02.0 8 +1 Japan Communist Party 253,196 07.8 -00.5 - Liberal Democratic Party 1,435,004 44.4 +01.4 4 -1 Others 95,302 02.9 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,234,667 12 -----------------------------------------------------------------------