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) SAITAMA PREFECTURE (15 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masayo Ikeda SDP 13,869 05.3 +01.0 Gaku Ito JCP 19,319 07.4 -00.4 Zenjiro Kaneko LDP 112,340 43.1 Koichi TAKEMASA * DP 115,262 44.2 -12.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 260,790 00.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP had a majority of 13.8 over an independent in 2003. DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobuhiro Ikeda SDP 23,657 08.9 +00.6 Katsuyuki Ishida * DP 105,080 39.3 -11.7 Yoshitaka SHINDO LDP 138,376 51.8 +11.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 267,113 06.3 11.5 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ritsuo Hosokawa * # DP 109,816 40.3 -06.1 Hiroshi IMAI LDP 140,010 51.3 +05.2 Isamu Matsuzawa JCP 22,912 08.4 +01.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 272,738 05.5 05.7 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuko HAYAKAWA LDP 103,366 48.8 +07.7 Hideo Jinpu * # DP 86,229 40.7 -07.3 Haruko Sakurai JCP 22,322 10.5 -00.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 211,917 04.1 07.6 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yukio EDANO * DP 103,014 48.7 -07.7 Hideki Makihara # LDP 91,472 43.2 +07.6 Yutaka Matsushita JCP 17,140 08.1 +00.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 211,626 02.8 07.6 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 6 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kayoko Motoyama JCP 25,014 09.3 +01.5 Kazuyuki Nakane # LDP 121,665 45.1 +01.0 Atsushi OSHIMA * DP 123,159 45.6 -02.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 269,838 00.3 02.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 7 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yasuko Komiyama * # DP 106,542 42.5 -02.5 Shuichi Motoyama JCP 21,895 08.7 +01.6 Kiyoshi NAKANO LDP 122,274 48.8 +08.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 250,711 03.2 05.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 8 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atsushi Kinoshita DP 76,354 34.8 -03.5 Masahiko SHIBAYAMA * LDP 115,223 52.5 +13.4 Tetsuya Shiokawa # JCP 27,783 12.7 +02.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 219,360 08.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 9 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fumihiko Igarashi DP 97,348 37.6 -06.3 Matsushige ONO * LDP 139,211 53.8 +05.4 Motomi Tsuji JCP 22,312 08.6 +00.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 258,871 08.1 05.9 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 10 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tetsuhisa Matsuzaki DP 78,578 36.8 -05.9 Eiji Umezawa JCP 17,670 08.3 +00.9 Taimei YAMAGUCHI * LDP 117,477 55.0 +05.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 213,725 09.1 12.6 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 11 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Etsuji ARAI + LDP 97,928 40.1 -23.8 Ayako Kakinuma JCP 16,910 06.9 -01.8 Ryuji Koizumi * 93,008 38.1 Akiji Yagi DP 36,119 14.8 -12.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 243,865 01.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koizumi was elected as an LDP candidate in 2003. He had a majority of 18.3 over the DP. DISTRICT 12 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiranao Honda DP 84,705 36.6 -04.1 Toshio KOJIMA + LDP 129,783 56.0 +04.3 Chikako Suzuki JCP 17,270 07.4 -00.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 231,758 09.7 04.2 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 13 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masaharu Akagishi JCP 19,928 08.7 +02.4 Yuriko Takeyama DP 85,619 37.2 -05.7 Shinako TSUCHIYA * LDP 124,494 54.1 +10.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 230,041 08.5 08.3 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 14 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Takashi MITSUBAYASHI * LDP 128,642 53.1 +02.9 Mitsuo Naemura JCP 20,964 08.7 +00.9 Jo Nakano DP 92,584 38.2 -03.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 242,190 07.5 03.4 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 15 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Akiko Muranushi JCP 22,091 10.1 +00.8 Satoshi Nanyama + # DP 85,276 39.1 -07.8 Ryosei TANAKA LDP 106,961 49.0 +15.5 Setsuo Yamaguchi 3,957 01.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 218,285 04.9 11.6 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SAITAMA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 1,385,055 38.4 -06.7 3 -5 Japan Communist Party 293,530 08.1 00.0 - Liberal Democratic Party 1,789,042 49.7 +07.9 12 +5 Social Democratic Party 37,526 01.0 -00.2 - Others 96,965 02.7 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,602,118 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------