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)

MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE (3 Districts)
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DISTRICT 1
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Emi Maeyashiki                JCP           8,735  04.1   -00.6
Nariaki NAKAYAMA *            LDP         121,355  56.9   +04.2
Kenji Torigai                 SDP          26,297  12.3
Takashi Yonezawa              DP           56,890  26.7   -11.1
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Total                                     213,277  15.1    07.7 LDP
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DISTRICT 2
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Taku ETO *                                101,809  47.2   +03.6
Kenji Kuroki                  DP           51,764  24.0   +09.4
Mitsuhiro Uesugi              LDP          61,979  28.7
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Total                                     215,552  09.3
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Eto had a majority of 1.9 over another independent in 2003. The LDP did 
not contest this seat in 2003.

DISTRICT 3
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Yoshihisa FURUKAWA *                      102,816  49.6   -13.2
Tetsuji Mochinaga             LDP          82,204  39.6
Itsuki Toyama                 DP           22,352  10.8
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Total                                     207,372  05.0
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Furukawa had a majority of 16.0 over another independent in 2003. 
Neither the LDP nor the DP contested this seat in 2003.

MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE SUMMARY
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Party                               Votes       %     Change   Seats
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Democratic Party                      131,006   20.6  +03.2     -
Japan Communist Party                   8,736   01.4  -03.1     -
Liberal Democratic Party              265,538   41.7  +24.5     1
Social Democratic Party                26,297   04.1            -
Others                                204,625   32.2  -28.6     2
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Total                                 636,202                   3
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