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 IWATE PREFECTURE (4 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitsumasa Hosokawa SDP 14,050 07.6 +00.5 Shin'ya Kanbe JCP 9,659 05.2 00.0 Atsushi Oikawa LDP 65,187 35.4 +01.3 Takuya TASSO * DP 95,109 51.7 -01.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 184,005 08.2 01.5 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koji Hata DP 94,095 44.7 +08.4 Shunichi SUZUKI * LDP 116,448 55.3 -03.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 210,543 05.3 05.8 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hidenori Hashimoto LDP 69,817 37.5 -03.5 Toru KIKAWADA * DP 102,477 55.1 +06.8 Yukio Kikuchi JCP 13,816 07.4 +01.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 186,110 08.8 05.1 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koki Kubo SDP 23,727 11.4 +00.8 Ichiro OZAWA * DP 124,578 59.9 -05.2 Koki Takahashi JCP 11,420 05.5 +00.1 Tokuichiro Tamazawa # LDP 48,093 23.1 +04.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 207,818 18.4 04.7 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IWATE PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 416,259 50.7 -00.9 3 Japan Communist Party 34,895 04.2 -01.2 - Liberal Democratic Party 332,205 40.6 +02.0 1 Social Democratic Party 37,777 04.6 +00.2 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 821,136 4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------