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 AKITA PREFECTURE (3 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koji Futada # LDP 68,526 39.4 Kazunobu Imakawa JCP 13,334 07.7 -00.5 Renjiro Ishikawa PNP 14,751 08.5 Manabu TERATA * DP 77,135 44.4 +00.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 173,746 02.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The LDP did not contest this seat in 2003. The DP had a majority of 6.1 over an independent. DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaneji Fujimoto JCP 7,606 03.5 -01.8 Hosei NOROTA * 80,974 37.6 Takaki Ono + LDP 53,555 24.9 -28.7 Shigehito Sasaki DP 45,020 20.9 -06.6 Kiyohiro Yamamoto SDP 28,131 13.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 215,286 06.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Norota was elected as a LDP candidate in 2003 with a majority of 13.1 over the DP. DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobuhide MINORIKAWA * LDP 114,228 41.3 -02.2 Mikiko Kyono DP 82,480 29.8 Toshihide Muraoka 79,759 28.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 276,467 05.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Minorikawa was elected as an independent in 2003 with a majority of 3.1 over the LDP. The DP did not contest the seat. Minorikawa's vote is comared with that of the LDP candidate in 2003. AKITA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 204,635 32.1 +12.3 1 Japan Communist Party 20,940 03.3 -03.3 - Liberal Democratic Party 236,309 37.1 +01.1 1 People's New Party 14,751 02.3 - Others 160,733 25.2 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 637,368 3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------