JAPAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 11 JULY 2004
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Elections to the Sangi-in (House of Councillors)
Source: Asahi Shinbun

The Japanese Government has posted no election statistics on the Internet, 
and to my knowledge publishes no statistics in English. These statistics 
are from the Asahi Shinbun website. I make no claims as to their finality 
or accuracy.

Parties
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* JMt (Jiyu Minshu-to) Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP)
* Mt (Minshu-to) Democratic Party (DP)
* Kt (Komei-to) Clean Government Party (Komeito)
* NKt (Nihon Kyosan-to) Japan Communist Party (JCP)
* SMt (Shakai Minshu-to) Social-Democratic Party (SDP)

The House of Councillors consists of 247 members who serve six-year terms. 
Approximately half the members are elected every three years. In 2004, 
therefore, 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 
prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by 
proportional representation. 


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF SEATS
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Party                      Prectural   Proportional  From 2001  Total 
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Clean Government Party       3           8            13         24  +1
Democratic Party            31          19            29         79  +12
Japan Communist Party        -           4             5          9  -11
Liberal Democratic Party    34          15            65        114  -1
Social Democratic Party      -           2             6          8   0
Others                       5           -             8         12  +4
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Total                       73          48           126        247
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NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS: PROPORTIONAL SEATS
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Party                             Votes        %              Seats
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Clean Government Party              8,621,267  15.4             8  +1
Democratic Party                   21,138,032  37.8            19  +5
Japan Communist Party               4,363,107  07.8             4  -4
Liberal Democratic Party           16,797,684  30.0            15  -2 
Social Democratic Party             2,990,667  05.2             2
Others                              2,022,134  03.6             -
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Total                              55,932,891                  48
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