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) NIIGATA PREFECTURE (6 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sachio Kawamata JCP 20,541 07.5 -00.3 Chinami NISHIMURA * DP 136,391 49.7 -01.4 Rokuzaemon Yoshida # LDP 117,652 42.8 +01.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 274,584 03.5 01.5 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshio Hosoi JCP 13,727 06.0 +00.4 Motohiko KONDO * LDP 113,916 49.7 +05.8 Eiichiro Washio # DP 101,637 44.3 +21.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 229,280 05.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The LDP had a majority of 9.1 over an independent in 2003. DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yamato INABA * LDP 111,695 50.1 -05.8 Masutsugu Miyazaki SDP 73,114 32.8 -03.4 Yasushi Suzuki PNP 23,845 10.7 Shinichi Tanaka JCP 14,132 06.3 -01.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 222,786 08.7 01.1 SDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Makiko KIKUTA * DP 114,843 50.5 -02.9 Yoji Kurihara LDP 93,971 41.3 +01.7 Motomi Muto JCP 18,503 08.1 +01.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 227,317 04.6 02.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Minoru Saito JCP 17,693 08.6 +03.8 Makiko TANAKA * 105,484 51.2 +02.1 Ryuichi Yoneyama LDP 82,993 40.2 +09.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 206,170 05.5 03.6 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 6 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Katsutoshi Takeda JCP 11,138 04.9 +01.6 Shuichi Takatori # LDP 102,187 44.9 +15.6 Nobutaka TSUTSUI * DP 114,081 50.2 +09.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 227,406 02.7 04.0 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NIIGATA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 466,952 33.9 +03.4 3 Japan Communist Party 84,596 06.1 -00.2 - Liberal Democratic Party 622,414 45.2 +03.3 2 People’s New Party 23,845 01.7 - Social Democratic Party 73,114 05.3 -00.5 - Others 105,484 07.7 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,376,405 6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------