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)

TOYAMA PREFECTURE (3 Districts)
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DISTRICT 
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Muneaki Murai #               DP           71,072  41.8   +04.4
Shunen NAGASE *               LDP          88,840  52.3   -03.2
Tetsuo Yamada                 JCP           9,919  05.8   -01.3
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Total                                     169,831  05.3    03.8 DP
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DISTRICT 2
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Nobuyuki Akihara              SDP          13,272  07.5   -01.2
Isao Hirasaki                 JCP           7,320  04.1   -01.0
Mitsuhiro MIYAKOSHI *         LDP         101,830  57.5   -01.9
Masaei Nishio                 DP           54,701  30.9   +04.2
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Total                                     177,123  13.3    03.0 DP
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DISTRICT 3
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Kyogon Hagiyama + #           LDP         100,586  34.6   -35.0
Masato Kubota                 SDP          15,163  05.2   -17.4
Eiji Mukai                    DP           47,735  16.4
Hiroshi Sakamoto              JCP           7,244  02.5   -06.3
Tamisuke WATANUKI *           PNP         120,083  41.3
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Total                                     290,811  03.4
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Watanuki was elected as an LDP candidate in 2003. He had a majority of 
23.5 over the SDP. The DP did not contest the seat.

TOYAMA PREFECTURE SUMMARY
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Party                               Votes       %     Change   Seats
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Democratic Party                      173,508   27.2  +09.1     -
Japan Communist Party                  24,483   03.8  -03.1     -
Liberal Democratic Party              291,526   45.7  -16.7     2   -1
People's New Party                    120,083   18.8            1   +1
Social Democratic Party                28,435   04.5  -08.1     -
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Total                                 638,035                   3
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