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The 23rd Elections to the House of Councillors (第23回参議院議員通常選挙 Dainijūsankai Sangiingiin Tsūjōsenkyo, "23rd regular/ordinary election of members of the House of Councillors") for the upper house of the National Diet, the legislature of Japan, was held on July 21, 2013. In the last election in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.
The Japanese political process has three types of elections: general elections to the House of Representatives held every four years, elections to the House of Councillors held every three years to choose one-half of its members, and local elections held every four years for offices in prefectures, cities, and villages. Elections are supervised by election committees at each administrative level under the general direction of the Central Election Administration Committee, an attached organization to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The minimum voting age in Japan's non-compulsory electoral system was reduced from twenty to eighteen years in June 2016. Voters must satisfy a three-month residency requirement before being allowed to cast a ballot.
The National Diet is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under parallel voting systems. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally responsible for selecting the Prime Minister. The Diet was first convened as the Imperial Diet in 1889 as a result of adopting the Meiji Constitution. The Diet took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the post-war constitution, which considers it the highest organ of state power. The National Diet Building is in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.
Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" situation since 2007, in which neither major party controlled both houses of the Diet of Japan, leading to political paralysis on a number of issues. Shinzo Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in the December 2012 general election after several years in the opposition. In campaigning to win control of the House of Councillors, Abe sought to resolve the "twisted parliament" problem for the next three years. [1]
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a conservative political party in Japan.
Just prior to the election, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen on expectations of more momentum for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary easing to fight deflation and boost growth for the export-dominant economy of Japan. [2] Abe's LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, were tipped to win a majority and end years of parliamentary stalemate so as to enable economic reforms. However, his critics suggested that a strong mandate could even make Abe complacent. [3]
The economy of Japan is a highly developed and market-oriented economy. It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). and is the world's second largest developed economy. Japan is a member of the G7. According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP (PPP) was at $38,937(2016). Due to a volatile currency exchange rate, Japan's GDP as measured in dollars fluctuates sharply. Accounting for these fluctuations through use of the Atlas method, Japan is estimated to have a GDP per capita of around $38,490. The Japanese economy is forecast by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 presents the monthly report of top Blue chip equities on Japan Exchange Group.
In the run-up to the election, various organizations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions for the 48 proportional seats. Polls are listed in chronological order, showing the oldest first.
Date | Institute | ||||||||
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LDP | DPJ | JRP | NKP | YP | PLP | JCP | U/O | ||
9–10 March | JNN | 37.5% | 8.1% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 2.7% | - | 2.2% | 43.7% |
23–24 March | FNN [4] | 41.8% | 5.3% | 9.6% | - | 4.7% | - | - | - |
April | Kyodo News | 48.2% | 6.7% | 10.4% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 3.2% | 22.6% |
18–19 May | Kyodo News | 44.4% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 0.3% | 3.1% | 30.1% |
1–2 June | Kyodo News | 44.6% | 7.9% | 4.5% | 6.4% | 4.0% | 0.3% | 2.6% | 29.7% |
8–9 June | Asahi Shimbun [5] | 45% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | - | 4% | 28% |
8–10 June | Yomiuri Shimbun [6] | 44% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 4% | - | 3% | 32% |
29–30 June | Mainichi Shimbun [7] | 45% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 7% | - | 4% | 25% |
29–30 June | Asahi Shimbun [8] | 44% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 7% | - | 5% | 26% |
2 July | Yomiuri Shimbun [6] | 42% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 5% | - | 4% | 29% |
13–14 July | Asahi Shimbun [9] | 43% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | - | 6% | 25% |
13–14 July | Kyodo News [10] | 30.6% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 3.3% | - | 3.8% | 43% |
13–14 July | Mainichi Shimbun [11] | 37% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | - | 4% | 28% |
17 July | The Nikkei [12] | 39% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | - | 6% | 22% |
Note: U/O - Undecided or other
Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013. [13]
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62 | 44 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 59 |
Opposition seats not up | DPJ seats up | O | V | NK | LDP seats up | Coalition seats not up |
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62 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 65 | 59 |
Opposition seats not up | DPJ | O | NK | Seats won by LDP | Coalition seats not up |
Alliances and parties | Prefectural constituency vote | National PR vote | Not up | Total seats | +/− | |||||||
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Votes [15] | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total | % | (pre- election) | (last election) | |||
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jimintō – 自民党 | 22,681,192 | 42.7 | 47 | 18,460,404 | 34.7 | 18 | 50 | 115 | 47.5 | |||
New Komeito Party (NKP) Kōmeitō – 公明党 | 2,724,447 | 5.1 | 4 | 7,568,080 | 14.2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 8.3 | |||
LDP–NKP Coalition | 25,405,639 | 47.8 | 51 | 26,028,484 | 48.9 | 25 | 59 | 135 | 55.8 | |||
Democratic Party (DPJ) Minshutō – 民主党 | 8,646,371 | 16.3 | 10 | 7,268,653 | 13.4 | 7 | 42 | 59 | 24.4 | |||
Restoration Party (JRP) Ishin no Kai – 日本維新の会 | 3,846,649 | 7.2 | 2 | 6,355,299 | 11.9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3.7 | New ( | ||
Communist Party (JCP) Kyōsantō – 共産党 | 5,645,937 | 10.6 | 3 | 5,154,055 | 9.7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4.5 | |||
Your Party (YP) Minna no Tō – みんなの党 | 4,159,961 | 7.8 | 4 | 4,755,160 | 8.9 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 7.4 | |||
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shamintō – 社民党 | 271,547 | 0.5 | 0 | 1,255,235 | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.2 | |||
Others | 5,096,372 | 9.7 | 1 [17] | 2,547,160 [18] | 4.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 [19] | 1.6 | |||
Independents | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1.2 | |||||||
Total opposition parties | 27,666,837 | 52.2 | 22 | 27,335,562 | 51.1 | 23 | 62 | 107 | 44.2 | |||
Totals | 53,072,476 | 100.0 | 73 | 52,816,886 | 100.0 | 48 | 121 | 242 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 52.61% | 52.61% | *(vacant seats) |
The ruling coalition won 76 seats and now holds a total of 135 seats in the House of Councillors ending the divided Diet.
Of the 31 single-member districts the LDP won 29; only in Iwate and Okinawa, opposition incumbents could hold their seats. The ten two-member districts elected ten LDP and ten opposition members; in several prefectures the second seat went to parties other than the DPJ: In Hyōgo to the JRP, in Miyagi to YP and in Kyōto to the JCP. Twelve of the 22 seats in three-, four and five-member districts went to LDP and Kōmeitō candidates. In the nationwide proportional race, the coalition parties won 25 seats, the opposition parties 23.
Parties | LDP | NK | DPJ | PNP | YP | JCP | JRP | SDP | PLP | NRP | OSMP | GW | NPD | Others | Indep. | Subtotal | Subtotal | Vacant | Total | |
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Last election (2010) | Opposition | Government | Opposition | Split | Opposition | Government | ||||||||||||||
84 | 19 | 106 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 SPJ | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 HRP | 2 | 131 | 110 | — | 242 | ||
After 2012 House of Representatives election Opening session 182nd Diet | Government | Opposition | Split | Government | Opposition | |||||||||||||||
83 | 19 | 88 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 133 | 6 | 242 | ||
Before this election Closing session 183rd Diet | Government | Opposition | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||
84 | 19 | 86 | — | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 103 | 134 | 5 | 242 | ||
Not Up | 50 | 9 | 42 | — | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 59 | 62 | — | 121 | |
Up | Total | 34 | 10 | 44 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 44 | 72 | 5 | 121 |
29 single-member districts | 6 | — | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 29 | |
2 two-member districts reapportioned to one seat | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
10 two-member districts | 10 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | 20 | |
Three- and five-member districts Two 3-member districts reapportioned to 4 seats | 5 | 3 | 8 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 12 | — | 20 | |
Nationwide proportional | 12 | 7 | 16 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 19 | 29 | — | 48 | |
Candidates | Total | 78 | 21 | 55 | — | 34 | 63 | 44 | 9 | 11 | — | 1 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 27 | 99 | 334 | — | 433 |
31 single-member districts | 31 | — | 19 | — | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 32 | 14 | 31 | 108 | — | 139 | |
10 two-member districts | 10 | — | 10 | — | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 53 | — | 63 | |
Three-, four- and five-member districts | 8 | 4 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 57 | — | 69 | |
Nationwide proportional | 29 | 17 | 20 | — | 15 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 12 | — | 46 | 116 | — | 162 | |
Elected | Total | 65 | 11 | 17 | — | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 76 | 45 | — | 121 |
31 single-member districts | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 29 | 2 | — | 31 | |
10 two-member districts | 10 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | 20 | |
Three-, four- and five-member districts | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 10 | — | 22 | |
Nationwide proportional | 18 | 7 | 7 | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 23 | — | 48 | |
Result | 115 | 20 | 59 | — | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 135 | 107 | — | 242 | |
Opening session 184th Diet (by parliamentary group) | 114 (113) | 20 (20) | 59 (58) | — | 18 (18) | 11 (11) | 9 (9) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | 1 (—) | — | — | — | 3 (4) | 134 | 107 | 1 | 242 |
Differences between party and parliamentary group membership in the post-election opening session: Two independents caucus with the NRP, President Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP – Fukui), Vice-President Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ – Yamanashi) and Keiko Itokazu (OSMP – Okinawa) are independents in terms of parliamentary group.
Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:
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District | Magnitude | Incumbents | Winners & runner-up [+incumbents if lower] with vote share (/votes for PR members) | Gains & losses by party |
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Hokkaidō [22] | 2 | Katsuya Ogawa (D) Chūichi Date (L) | Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7% Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4% Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7% | |
Aomori [23] | 1 | Kōji Hirayama (PLP) | Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3% Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0% | PLP -1 L +1 |
Iwate [24] | 1 | Tatsuo Hirano (I) | Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7% Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4% | |
Miyagi [25] | 2 | Tomiko Okazaki (D) Jirō Aichi (L) | Jirō Aichi (L - K) 44.7% Masamune Wada (Minna) 23.3% Tomiko Okazaki (D) 22.8% | D -1 Minna +1 |
Akita [26] | 1 | Daigo Matsuura (D) | Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3% Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0% | D -1 L +1 |
Yamagata [27] | 1 | Yasue Funayama (Mikaze) | Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2% Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6% | Mikaze -1 L +1 |
Fukushima [28] | 1 (-1) | Emi Kaneko (D) Masako Mori (L) | Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6% Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2% | D -1 |
Ibaraki [29] | 2 | Yukihisa Fujita (D) Tamon Hasegawa (L) | Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4% Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6% Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3% | |
Tochigi [30] | 1 | Hiroyuki Tani (D) | Katsunori Takahashi (L - K) 48.1% Tomomi Oki (Minna) 25.8% Hiroyuki Tani (D) 20.3% | D -1 L +1 |
Gunma [31] | 1 | Ichita Yamamoto (L) | Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9% Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3% | |
Saitama [32] | 3 | Kuniko Kōda (Minna) Toshiharu Furukawa (L) Ryūji Yamane (D) | Toshiharu Furukawa (L) 34.1% Katsuo Yakura (K – L) 20.4% Kuniko Kōda (Minna) 16.5% Ryūji Yamane (D) 13.3% | D -1 K +1 |
Chiba [33] | 3 | Hiroyuki Nagahama (D) Jun'ichi Ishii (L) Ken Kagaya (D) | Jun'ichi Ishii (L – K) 28.5% Toshirō Toyoda (L – K) 17.5% Hiroyuki Nagahama (D) 16.3% Masahiro Terada (Minna) 11.9% | D -1 L +1 |
Tokyo [34] | 5 | Masako Ōkawara (I) Natsuo Yamaguchi (K) Kan Suzuki (D) Ryūhei Kawada (Minna) Tamayo Marukawa (L) | Tamayo Marukawa (L) 18.9% Natsuo Yamaguchi (K) 14.2% Yoshiko Kira (C) 12.5% Tarō Yamamoto (I) 11.8% Keizō Takemi (L) 10.9% Kan Suzuki (D) 9.8% ... Masako Ōkawara (I) 4.2% | D -1, Minna -1, I (ex-D) -1 L +1, C +1, I (PLP-aligned) +1 |
Kanagawa [35] | 4 (+1) | Hiroe Makiyama (D) Masashi Mito (Ishin) Akira Matsu (K) | Dai Shimomura (L) 28.8% Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Minna) 18.8% Sayaka Sasaki (K) 16.0% Hiroe Makiyama (D) 11.7% Kimie Hatano (C) 11.3% Masashi Mito (Ishin) 6.2% | Ishin -1 L +1, Minna +1 |
Niigata [36] | 2 | Ichirō Tsukada (L) Yūko Mori (PLP) | Ichirō Tsukada (L – K) 43.3% Naoki Kazama (D) 19.3% Yūko Mori (PLP) 15.6% | PLP -1 D +1 |
Toyama [37] | 1 | Takashi Morita (I) | Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1% Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1% | I (ex-PNP) -1 L +1 |
Ishikawa [38] | 1 | Yasuo Ichikawa (D) | Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8% Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0% | D -1 L +1 |
Fukui [39] | 1 | Ryūji Matsumura (L) | Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6% Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8% | |
Yamanashi [40] | 1 | Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) | Hiroshi Moriya (L – K) 37.3% Takahiro Sakaguchi (I – D, S) 19.8% ... Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) 15.4% | Minna -1 L +1 |
Nagano [41] | 2 | Yūichirō Hata (D) Hiromi Yoshida (L) | Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2% Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0% Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8% | |
Gifu [42] | 1 (-1) | vacant (last held by Takao Fujii, Ishin) Kenji Hirata (D) | Yasutada Ōno (L – K) 58.8% Rie Yoshida (D) 25.6% | D -1 L +1 |
Shizuoka [43] | 2 | Kazuya Shinba (D) Takao Makino (L) | Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5% Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0% Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2% | |
Aichi [44] | 3 | Kōhei Ōtsuka (D) Seiji Suzuki (L) Kuniko Tanioka (Mikaze) | Yasuyuki Sakai (L – K) 35.4% Kōhei Ōtsukai (D) 24.9% Michiyo Yakushiji (Minna) 11.6% Nobuko Motomura (C) 9.1% ... Makoto Hirayama [45] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1% | Mikaze -1 Minna +1 |
Mie [46] | 1 | Chiaki Takahshi (D) | Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2% Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6% | D -1 L +1 |
Shiga [47] | 1 | Hisashi Tokunaga (D) | Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4% Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2% | D -1 L +1 |
Kyoto [48] | 2 | Kōji Matsui (D) Shōji Nishida (L) | Shōji Nishida (L – K) 37.0% Akiko Kurabayashi (C) 20.7% Keirō Kitagami (D) 19.0% | D -1 C +1 |
Osaka [49] | 4 (+1) | Satoshi Umemura (D) Kazuyoshi Shirahama (K) Shūzen Tanigawa (L) | Tōru Azuma (Ishin) 28.8% Takuji Yanagimoto (L) 22.3% Hisatake Sugi (K) 19.0% Kōtarō Tatsumi (C) 12.8% Satoshi Umemura (D) 9.2% | D -1 C +1, Ishin +1 |
Hyōgo [50] | 2 | Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) Yoshitada Kōnoike (L) | Yoshitada Kōnoike (L – K) 37.8% Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1% Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) 15.0% | D -1 Ishin +1 |
Nara [51] | 1 | vacant (last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ) | Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6% Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1% | L +1 |
Wakayama [52] | 1 | Hiroshige Sekō (L) | Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3% Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0% | |
Tottori [53] | 1 | Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) | Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2% Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0% | D -1 L +1 |
Shimane [54] | 1 | Akiko Kamei (Mikaze) | Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8% Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9% | Mikaze -1 L +1 |
Okayama [55] | 1 | vacant (last held by Yumiko Himei, LF/TPJ) | Masahiro Ishii (L – K) 65.5% Takashi Takai (I – D, S, Mikaze) 24.1% | L +1 |
Hiroshima [56] | 2 | Kōji Satō (PLP) Kensei Mizote (L) | Kensei Mizote (L – K) 46.3% Shinji Morimoto (D) 17.2% Kana Haioka (Ishin) 15.4% Kōji Satō (PLP – Mikaze) 12.2% | PLP -1 D +1 |
Yamaguchi [57] | 1 | Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) | Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4% Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6% | |
Tokushima [58] | 1 | Tomoji Nakatani (D) | Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5% Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1% | D -1 L +1 |
Kagawa [59] | 1 | Emiko Uematsu (I) | Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0% Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2% | I (ex-D) -1 L +1 |
Ehime [60] | 1 | vacant (last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ) | Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6% Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4% | L +1 |
Kōchi [61] | 1 | Norio Takeuchi (D) | Kōjirō Takano (L – K) 52.9% Yuriko Hamakawa (C) 24.1% Norio Takeuchi (D) 21.6% | D -1 L +1 |
Fukuoka [62] | 2 | Tsukasa Iwamoto (D) Masaji Matsuyama (L) | Masaji Matsuyama (L – K) 49.2% Kuniyoshi Noda (D – PLP) 17.9% Toshiyuki Yoshida (Ishin) 11.4% | |
Saga [63] | 1 | Minoru Kawasaki (I) | Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6% Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1% | I (ex-D) -1 L +1 |
Nagasaki [64] | 1 | Yukishige Ōkubo (D) | Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2% Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7% | D -1 L +1 |
Kumamoto [65] | 1 | Nobuo Matsuno (D) | Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6% Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8% | D -1 L +1 |
Ōita [66] | 1 | Yōsuke Isozaki (L) | Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0% Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3% | |
Miyazaki [67] | 1 | vacant (last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ) | Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3% Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6% | L +1 |
Kagoshima [68] | 1 | Hidehisa Otsuji (L) | Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0% Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7% | |
Okinawa [69] | 1 | Keiko Itokazu (OS) | Keiko Itokazu (OS – C, S, PLP, Mikaze) 51.1% Masaaki Asato (L – K) 45.4% | |
National | 48 | D 16 L 12 K 7 C 3 PLP 3 S 2 Ishin 1 Mikaze 1 Daichi 1 NRP 1 I 1 | L 34.7% of proportional votes→18 seats: [70] Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002 Toshio Yamada 338,485 Masahisa Satō 326,541 Midori Ishii 294,148 Seiko Hashimoto 279,952 Takashi Hanyūda 249,818 Nobuaki Satō 215,506 Masaaki Akaike 208,319 Akiko Santō 205,779 Seiichi Etō 204,404 Masahiro Ishida 201,109 Haruko Arimura 191,343 Shūji Miyamoto 178,480 Kazuya Maruyama 153,303 Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613 Miki Watanabe 104,176 Yoshio Kimura 98,979 Fusae Ōta 77,173 Masaru Wakasa 76,829 | D -9, PLP -3, S -1, Daichi -1, Mikaze -1 NRP -1, I -1 L +6, C +2, Ishin +5, Minna +4 |
K 14.2% of proportional votes→7 seats: [71] Kanae Yamamoto 996,959 Daisaku Hiraki 770,682 Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637 Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814 Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951 Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817 Hideki Niizuma 26,044 Nobuo Kawashima 7,737 | ||||
D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats: [72] Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553 Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917 Kumiko Aihara 235,636 Kusuo Ōshima 191,167 Mieko Kamimoto 176,248 Saori Yoshikawa 167,437 Toshio Ishigami 152,121 Takanori Kawai 138,830 Hajime Ishii 123,355 ... Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996 Marutei Tsurunen 82,858 ... Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178 | ||||
Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats: [73] Antonio Inoki 356,605 Kyōko Nakayama 306,341 Mitsuo Gima 40,484 Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237 Masashi Nakano 32,926 Kunihiko Muroi 32,107 Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616 | ||||
C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats: [74] Akira Koike 134,325 Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149 Tomoko Kami 68,729 Satoshi Inoue 50,874 Kōhei Nihi 39,768 Yūko Yamamoto 36,580 | ||||
Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats: [75] Ryūhei Kawada 117,389 Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000 Michitarō Watanabe 50,253 Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756 Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425 | ||||
S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat: [76] Seiji Mataichi 156,1555 Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641 | ||||
Incumbents on other party lists without seat: PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu Fujiwara [77] Daichi (1.0%): none [78] Midori (0.9%): none [79] Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka [80] HRP (0.4%): none [81] |
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