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 KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE (5 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Minoru Kihara # LDP 110,072 46.9 +07.8 Yorihisa MATSUNO * DP 112,500 47.9 -06.3 Madoka Nasu JCP 12,110 05.2 -01.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 234,682 00.5 07.1 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobuo Matsuno DP 79,793 39.5 -02.3 Takeshi NODA + LDP 112,549 55.8 +03.1 Tetsuo Ueno JCP 9,432 04.7 -00.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 201,774 08.2 02.7 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshikatsu MATSUOKA LDP 86,688 43.7 +02.8 Koichiro Nakagawa DP 32,808 16.5 +02.4 Tetsushi Sakamoto * 78,796 39.7 -02.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 198,292 02.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sakamoto had a majority of 0.8 over the LDP in 2003. DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Motosuke Matsumoto DP 63,169 31.7 Hiroyuki SONODA * LDP 136,380 68.3 -05.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 199,849 18.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 26.9 over the SDP. DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hidetomo Goto DP 65,914 38.4 +03.3 Yasushi KANEKO * LDP 105,690 61.6 +03.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 171.604 11.6 00.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 354,184 35.2 +05.9 1 Japan Communist Party 21,542 02.1 -03.5 - Liberal Democratic Party 551,379 54.8 +02.4 4 +1 Others 78,796 07.8 - -1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,005,901 3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------