JAPAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2005
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Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies)
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper

Parties
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* 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
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* = sitting member
+ = new candidate of party which one the seat in 2003
# = candidate elected from a Block constituency

ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE (3 Districts)
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DISTRICT 1
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Hiroshi HASE                  LDP         129,142  53.7   +06.9
Ken Okuda *                   DP           99,397  41.4   -06.7
Masayuki Sato                 JCP          11,802  04.9   -00.2
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Total                                     240,341  06.2    00.7 LDP
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DISTRICT 2
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Yasuo Ishikawa                DP           83,905  37.3   -02.5
Yoshiro MORI *                LDP         129,785  57.6   +02.0
Hiroshi Nishimura             JCP          11,515  05.1   +00.6
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Total                                     225,205  10.2    02.3 LDP
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DISTRICT 3
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Shigeo KITAMURA +             LDP         116,215  60.0   +01.9
Yutaka Kuwabara               DP           77,463  40.0   +02.6
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Total                                     193,678  10.0    00.4 DP
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ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE SUMMARY
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Party                               Votes       %     Change   Seats
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Democratic Party                      260,765   39.5  -02.5     -   -1
Japan Communist Party                  23,317   03.5  -01.2     -
Liberal Democratic Party              375,142   56.9  +03.7     3   +1
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Total                                 659,224                   3
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