JAPAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 14 DECEMBER 2014 ========================================================================= Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Deputies) Source: Yomiuri Shinbun Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * CGP - Komei-to (Clean Government Party) * DPJ - Minshu-to (Democratic Party) * JCP - Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party) * JIP - Nippon Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party)* * LDP - Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party) * SDP - Shakai Minshu-to (Social-Democratic Party) * Formerly the Japan Restoration Party (JRP) The House of Deputies consists of 475 members, 295 elected from single-member constituencies and 180 elected on a proportional basis from eleven multi-member constituencies known as block constituencies. HOUSE OF DEPUTIES: PARTY STRENGTHS BY BLOCK CONSTITUENCY ================================================================================ Seats and seats are compared with those won in the 2012 elections --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Block LDP DPJ CGP JCP JIP SDP etc Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chugoku 5 2 2 1 (+1) 1 (-1) - - 11 Hokkaido 3 2 1 1 (+1) 1 - - (-1) 8 Hokurikushinetsu 5 (+1) 3 (+1) 1 1 (+1) 1 (-2) - - (-1) 11 Kinki 9 (+2) 4 (+1) 4 4 (+2) 8 (-2) - - (-3) 29 Kitakanto 8 (+2) 4 (+1) 3 2 (+1) 3 (-1) - - (-3) 20 Kyushu 8 (+1) 3 4 (+1) 2 (+1) 3 (-1) 1 - (-2) 21 Minamikanto 8 (+2) 4 3 (+1) 3 (+2) 4 (-1) - - (-4) 22 Shikoku 3 (+1) 1 1 - 1 (-1) - - 6 Tohoku 5 4 (+1) 2 (+1) 1 2 - - (-2) 14 Tokai 8 (+1) 5 (+1) 3 (+1) 2 (+1) 3 (-1) - - (-3) 21 Tokyo 6 (+1) 3 2 3 (+2) 3 - - (-3) 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 (+11) 35 (+5) 26 (+4) 20 (+12) 30 (-10) 1 - (-22) 180 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGGREGATE NATIONAL BLOCK CONSTITUENCY VOTE ================================================================================ Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 7,314,236 13.7 +01.7 26 +04 Democratic Party of Japan 9,775,991 18.4 +03.8 35 +05 Japan Communist Party 6,062,962 11.4 +05.2 20 +12 Japan Innovation Party 8,292,699 15.6 -05.1 30 -10 Liberal Democratic Party 17,658,889 33.2 +05.1 68 +11 Social Democratic Party 1,314,441 02.5 +00.1 1 Others 2,407,860 04.5 - -22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,217,411 180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY BLOCK CONSTITUENCY ================================================================================ CHUGOKU (Western Honshu: Hiroshima, Okayama, Shiname, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 516,892 16.7 +02.6 2 Democratic Party of Japan 529,819 17.1 +00.8 2 Japan Communist Party 285,224 09.2 +04.2 1 +1 Japan Innovation Party 304,306 12.7 -05.0 1 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 1,183,903 38.2 +03.7 5 Social Democratic Party 65,349 02.1 +00.1 - Others 127,031 04.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,012,524 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Island and prefecture) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 307,534 12.3 +01.3 1 Democratic Party of Japan 688,922 27.6 +09.4 2 Japan Communist Party 302,251 12.1 +05.1 1 +1 Japan Innovation Party 247,342 09.9 -02.8 1 Liberal Democratic Party 744,748 29.8 +03.4 3 Social Democratic Party 53,604 02.1 +00.3 - Others 155,463 06.2 - -1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,499,864 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOKURIKUSHINETSU (North-central Honshu: Fukui, Ishikawa, Niigata, Nagano and Toyama prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 293,194 09.4 +01.0 1 Democratic Party of Japan 690,721 22.2 +03.6 3 +1 Japan Communist Party 315,071 10.1 +04.4 1 +1 Japan Innovation Party 432,249 13.9 -05.4 1 -2 Liberal Democratic Party 1,122,585 36.1 +05.5 5 +1 Social Democratic Party 99,242 03.2 -00.3 - Others 153,961 05.0 - -1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,107,023 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KINKI (southern Honshu: Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 1,236,217 14.6 +01.9 4 Democratic Party of Japan 1,047,361 12.4 +00.4 4 +1 Japan Communist Party 1,084,154 12.8 +05.3 4 +2 Japan Innovation Party 2,202,932 26.1 -04.7 8 -2 Liberal Democratic Party 2,442,006 28.9 +05.0 9 +2 Social Democratic Party 124,494 01.5 +00.1 - Others 308,507 03.7 - -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,445,671 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KITAKANTO (eastern Honshu: Gunma, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tochigi prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 868,102 14.7 +02.0 3 Democratic Party of Japan 1,049,602 17.8 +02.7 4 +1 Japan Communist Party 686,893 11.7 +06.0 2 +1 Japan Innovation Party 816,014 13.9 -04.2 3 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 2,034,586 34.6 +06.5 8 +2 Social Democratic Party 109,038 01.9 +00.1 - Others 323,625 05.5 - -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,887,860 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KYUSHU (Kyushu Island: Fukuoka, Kagashima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita, Okinawa and Saga prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 1,033,424 17.7 +02.1 4 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 944,093 16.2 +01.3 3 Japan Communist Party 532,454 09.1 +04.0 2 +1 Japan Innovation Party 756,029 13.0 -05.2 3 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 2,001,264 34.3 +03.5 8 +1 Social Democratic Party 306,935 05.3 +00.8 1 Others 256,159 04.4 - -2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,830,358 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MINAMIKANTO (eastern Honshu: Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 875,712 12.8 +02.2 3 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 1,203,572 17.6 +00.3 4 Japan Communist Party 813,634 11.9 +06.0 3 +2 Japan Innovation Party 1,053,221 15.4 -03.5 4 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 2,321,609 34.0 +07.6 8 +2 Social Democratic Party 132,542 01.9 00.0 - Others 436,079 06.4 - -4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,836,369 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIKOKU (Shikoku Island: Ehime, Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 247,776 15.8 +00.8 1 Democratic Party of Japan 326,803 20.8 +04.8 1 Japan Communist Party 158,848 10.1 +04.3 - Japan Innovation Party 200,882 12.8 -08.5 1 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 547,158 34.9 +04.2 3 +1 Social Democratic Party 33,257 02.1 -00.2 - Others 55,277 03.5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,570,001 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Members elected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOHOKU (northern Honshu: Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 431,169 11.2 +02.0 2 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 863,539 22.5 +03.9 4 +1 Japan Communist Party 379,811 09.9 +04.0 1 Japan Innovation Party 499,437 13.0 -03.7 2 Liberal Democratic Party 1,265,372 32.9 +04.3 5 Social Democratic Party 131,857 03.4 -00.3 - Others 270,714 07.0 - -2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,841,899 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKAI (central Honshu: Aichi, Gifu, Mie and Shizuoka prefectures) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 804,089 12.5 +01.6 3 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 1,491,764 23.1 +04.6 5 +1 Japan Communist Party 618,695 09.6 +04.2 2 +1 Japan Innovation Party 964,240 15.0 -04.0 3 -1 Liberal Democratic Party 2,147,672 33.3 +05.7 8 +1 Social Democratic Party 128,131 02.0 +00.1 - Others 294,855 04.6 - -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,449,446 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKYO (City of Tokyo: Tokyo prefecture) ================================================================================ Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 700,127 12.1 +02.0 2 Democratic Party of Japan 939,795 16.3 +00.9 3 Japan Communist Party 885,927 15.4 +08.0 3 +2 Japan Innovation Party 816,047 14.2 -05.7 3 Liberal Democratic Party 1,847,986 32.1 +07.2 6 +1 Social Democratic Party 129,992 02.3 -00.2 - Others 443,522 07.7 - -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,763,396 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------