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) TOCHIGI PREFECTURE (5 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hajime FUNADA * LDP 141,868 55.4 +02.3 Hiroko Mizujima DP 103,757 40.5 -03.4 Setsuko Nomura JCP 10,301 04.0 +01.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 255,926 07.5 02.9 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Akio Fukuda # DP 86,818 46.7 +09.6 Mayumi MORIYAMA * LDP 99,115 53.3 -06.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 185,933 03.3 07.9 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Takashi Kobayashi DP 41,776 27.0 Shozo Maki JCP 5,905 03.8 -03.0 Susumu Saito 1,618 01.1 Yoshimi WATANABE * LDP 98,889 64.0 -10.9 Mutsuko Yamaguchi SDP 6,346 04.1 -14.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 154,534 18.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 28.3 over the SDP. DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tsutomu SATO * LDP 140,304 54.2 +01.5 Kenji Yamaoka # DP 108,473 41.9 -02.0 Toshihiko Yamazaki JCP 9,900 03.8 +00.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 258,677 06.2 01.8 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshimitsu MOTEGI * LDP 125,773 68.9 -05.2 Yoshitada Tomioka DP 56,680 31.1 +10.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 182,453 18.9 07.7 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOCHIGI PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 397,504 38.3 +06.0 - Japan Communist Party 26,106 02.5 -01.5 - Liberal Democratic Party 605,949 58.4 -02.6 5 Social Democratic Party 6,346 00.6 - Others 1,618 00.2 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,037,523 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------