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

KOCHI PREFECTURE (3 Districts)
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DISTRICT 1
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Teru FUKUI *                  LDP          53,754  42.7   +01.3
Masanori Goto #               DP           49,704  39.5   +04.7
Naoaki Haruna                 JCP          22,369  17.8   -01.6
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Total                                     125,827  01.6    01.7 DP
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DISTRICT 2
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Gen NAKATANI *                LDP          70,010  51.1   -07.9
Kumiko Tamura                 DP           44,890  32.8   +07.3
Haruyuki Tanizaki             JCP          22,014  16.1   +00.7
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Total                                     136,914  09.2    07.5 DP
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DISTRICT 3
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Koji Honda                    JCP          20,090  13.6   +01.0
Tomoi Nakayama                DP           53,718  36.3   +11.6
Yuji YAMAMOTO *               LDP          74,072  50.1   -12.6
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Total                                     147,880  06.9    12.1 DP
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KOCHI PREFECTURE SUMMARY
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Party                               Votes       %     Change   Seats
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Democratic Party                      148,312   36.1  +08.2     -
Japan Communist Party                  64,473   15.7  +00.2     -
Liberal Democratic Party              197,836   48.2  -07.1     3
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Total                                 410,621                   3
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