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 HYOGO PREFECTURE (12 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshiyuki Ajiguchi JCP 21,402 09.6 -01.8 Kazumi Hara 21,844 09.8 Hajime Ishii DP 65,386 29.3 -09.0 Shinichi Iwamoto 2,392 01.1 Masahito MORIYAMA + LDP 95,746 43.0 +04.3 Keisuke Sunada * 16,074 07.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 222,844 06.9 06.7 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunada was elected as an LDP candidate in 2003. DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazuyoshi AKABA * CGP 106,056 48.1 +04.9 Jungo Hiramatsu JCP 31,155 14.1 -01.2 Fusaho Izumi DP 83,380 37.8 -03.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 220,591 05.2 04.4 CGP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryuichi Doi * # DP 87,182 42.6 -08.5 Masako Imai JCP 24,655 12.1 -01.5 Yoshihiro SEKI LDP 92,556 45.3 +10.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 204,393 01.3 09.2 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiichi INOE * LDP 150,580 56.0 Shoichi Takahashi DP 97,074 36.1 +00.5 Osamu Nagai JCP 21,202 07.9 -01.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 269,126 10.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Inoe was elected as an independent in 2003. The LDP did not contest the seat. He had a majority of 09.9 over the DP. DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toyohiko Himura 36,842 14.1 Kazushi Hirayama JCP 17,717 06.8 +00.4 Yasuhiro Kajiwara DP 87,977 33.8 -12.2 Koichi TANI * LDP 118,063 45.3 -02.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 260,599 05.8 05.1 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 6 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koichiro Ichimura * # DP 102,055 33.1 -09.6 Tsukasa KOBIKI LDP 112,265 36.4 -01.2 Tomoko Nakagawa SDP 28,875 09.4 -03.1 Toshio Otsuka JCP 17,696 05.7 -01.5 Yoshihide Sakaue 47,534 15.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308,425 01.7 04.2 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 7 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshiro Ishii DP 96,003 33.1 Keiko Isomi JCP 22,304 07.7 -04.4 Shigeo OMAE * LDP 145,851 50.2 +03.1 Yoko Sakamoto SDP 26,145 09.0 -31.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 290,303 08.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 3.2 over the SDP. DISTRICT 8 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetsuso FUYUSHIBA * CGP 109,957 46.3 +02.2 Kunihiko Murai DP 83,288 35.1 -02.0 Etsuko Shomoto JCP 29,986 12.6 +02.2 Munenori Ueda SDP 14,019 05.9 -02.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 237,250 05.6 02.1 CGP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 9 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitsunari Hatanaka DP 61,617 26.3 +04.0 Ichizo Miyamoto NPJ 21,647 09.2 Yasutoshi NISHIMURA * LDP 136,605 58.3 +27.5 Tetsuo Osugi JCP 14,539 06.2 +00.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 234,408 16.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nishimura was elected as an independent in 2003. He had a majority of 5.0 over the LDP. His vote is compared to that of the LDP candidate in 2003. DISTRICT 10 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kisaburo TOKAI * LDP 112,870 51.4 +00.1 Yasuhiro Okada DP 90,640 41.2 +00.5 Sachiyo Hoshihara JCP 16,235 07.4 -00.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 219,745 05.1 00.2 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 11 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Takeaki Matsumoto * # DP 110,966 46.5 -06.1 Noriaki Takeuchi JCP 14,441 06.1 +00.2 Toru TOIDA LDP 113,401 47.5 +06.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 238,808 00.5 06.0 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 12 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Saburo KOMOTO * LDP 115,731 50.2 +01.2 Kiyoyuki Ota JCP 8,480 03.7 -00.1 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi # DP 106,566 46.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 230,777 02.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 1.1 over an independent. HYOGO PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 216,013 07.4 +00.5 2 Democratic Party 1,071,954 36.5 +03.1 - -3 Japan Communist Party 239,812 08.2 -00.7 - Liberal Democratic Party 1,193,668 40.6 +08.9 10 +5 New Party Japan 21,647 00.7 - Social Democratic Party 69,039 02.4 -03.3 - Others 124,686 04.2 - -2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,936,819 12 -----------------------------------------------------------------------