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)

YAMANASHI PREFECTURE (3 Districts)
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DISTRICT 1
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Masaaki Akaike #              LDP          65,426  44.2   +09.5
Akiko Endo                    JCP          12,173  08.2   -02.2
Sakihito OZAWA *              DP           70,281  47.5   -07.4
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Total                                     147,880  01.7    08.4 LDP
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DISTRICT 2
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Mitsuo HORIUCHI *                          63,758  38.0
Kotaro Nagasaki + #           LDP          62,821  37.5   -40.6
Takehiro Sakaguchi            DP           33,827  20.2
Masayoshi Watanabe            JCP           7,216  04.3   -17.6
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Total                                     167,622  00.3
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The DP did not contest this seat in 2003. The LDP had a majority of 
28.1 over the JCP.

DISTRICT 3
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Candidate                     Party       Votes    %      Change
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Takeshi HOSAKA *                           63,659  36.0
Hitoshi Goto #                DP           61,716  34.9   -04.8
Jiro Ono + #                  LDP          51,318  29.1   -23.8
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Total                                     176,693  00.6
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Hosaka was elected as an LDP candidate in 2003. He had a majority of 
6.6 over the DP.

YAMANASHI PREFECTURE SUMMARY
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Party                               Votes       %     Change   Seats
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Democratic Party                      165,824   33.7  +02.9     1
Japan Communist Party                  19,389   03.9  -08.8     -
Liberal Democratic Party              179,565   36.5  -17.7     -   -2
Others                                127,417   25.9            2   +2
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Total                                 492,195                   3
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