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) VOTING BY SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCY ======================================================================= * = sitting member + = new candidate of party which one the seat in 2003 # = candidate elected from a Block constituency FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE (5 Districts) ======================================================================= DISTRICT 1 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoshitami Kameoka + LDP 171,507 56.8 +21.9 Shin'ichiro Ishihara DP 109,795 36.4 +11.0 Yutaka Yamada JCP 20,412 06.8 +01.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 301,714 10.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The LPD had a majority of 0.4 over an independent in 2003. DISTRICT 2 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Teruhito Mashiko DP 100,949 42.5 -01.8 Takumi NEMOTO * LDP 125,447 52.8 +01.8 Katsuro Sato JCP 11,221 04.7 00.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 237,617 05.2 01.8 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 3 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Koichiro GENBA * DP 143,860 68.5 +16.5 Susumu Hasumi LDP 65,996 31.5 -12.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 209,856 18.5 14.7 DP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT 4 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Toshihiro Harada JCP 12,356 06.5 +00.8 Atsushi Watanabe # LDP 84,803 45.0 +03.0 Kozo WATANABE * DP 91,440 48.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188,599 01.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Watanabe was elected an an independent in 2003, when he had a majority of 5.1 over the LDP. The DP did not contest the seat. DISTRICT 5 ======================================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Takumi Suzuki PNP 12,345 05.2 Eisaku Yoshida JCP 18,783 07.9 00.0 Izumi Yoshida # DP 92,935 39.2 -01.2 Masayoshi YOSHINO + LDP 112,808 47.6 -00.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 236,871 04.2 00.4 LDP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE SUMMARY ======================================================================= Party Votes % Change Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 538,979 45.9 +13.1 2 +1 Japan Communist Party 62,772 05.3 -00.1 - Liberal Democratic Party 560,561 47.7 +04.1 3 People's New Party 12,345 00.5 - -1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,174,657 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------