2001 Japanese House of Councillors election explained

Election Name:2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
Country:Japan
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2004 Japanese House of Councillors election
Next Year:2004
Seats For Election:121 (of the 247) seats in the House of Councillors
Majority Seats:124
Election Date:29 July 2001
Image1:Koizumi Junichiro 200104.jpg
Leader1:Junichiro Koizumi
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election1:102 seats, 25.2%
Seats After1:110
Seat Change1:8
Popular Vote1:21,114,727
Percentage1:38.6%
Swing1:13.4pp
Leader2:Yukio Hatoyama
Party2:Democratic Party of Japan
Last Election2:47 seats, 21.8%
Seats After2:59
Seat Change2:12
Popular Vote2:8,990,524
Percentage2:16.4%
Swing2:5.4pp
Leader3:Takenori Kanzaki
Party3:Komeito
Last Election3:22 seats, 13.8%
Seats After3:23
Seat Change3:1
Popular Vote3:8,187,804
Percentage3:15.0%
Swing3:1.2pp
Image4:File:Fuwa Tetsuzo.png
Leader4:Tetsuzo Fuwa
Party4:Japanese Communist Party
Last Election4:23 seats, 14.6%
Seats After4:20
Seat Change4:3
Popular Vote4:4,329,210
Percentage4:7.9%
Swing4:6.7pp
Image5:Ichiro Ozawa cropped 3 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718.jpg
Leader5:Ichirō Ozawa
Party5:Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
Last Election5:12 seats, 9.3%
Seats After5:8
Seat Change5:4
Popular Vote5:4,227,148
Percentage5:7.7%
Swing5:1.6pp
Image6:Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg
Leader6:Takako Doi
Party6:Social Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election6:13 seats, 7.8%
Seats After6:8
Seat Change6:5
Popular Vote6:3,628,635
Percentage6:6.6%
Swing6:1.2%
Image7:Chikage Ogi 2006.png
Leader7:Chikage Oogi
Party7:New Conservative Party (Japan)
Last Election7:
Seats After7:5
Seat Change7:New
Popular Vote7:1,275,002
Percentage7:2.3%
Swing7:New
Map Size:400px
President of the House
of Councillors
Before Election:Yutaka Inoue
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Yutaka Inoue
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. They were the first national elections since Junichiro Koizumi became Prime Minister after Yoshiro Mori resigned in April 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its election allies, were the major winner, provided Koizumi a strong mandates to move forward with his reform policies. The ruling coalition performed well, and regain their majority in the House of Councillors.

Background

The electoral reform enacted in 2000 became effective for the first time. The number of Councillors per election was reduced by five, by two in the nationwide proportional representation and by one each in Okayama, Kumamoto and Miyazaki. In addition, preference voting was introduced. Instead of a party name, voters could now write the name of a single PR candidate on the ballot. The vote then counts for the party as well as the candidate; the total number of votes for a party list or its candidates determines the number of PR seats a party receives while the candidate votes determine who takes those seats for the party.

As a result of the party realignments of the 1990s, several two-member districts were represented by two Councillors from the same party before the 2001 election. Some of these Councillors lost the official nomination of their party (e.g. in Niigata), others retired (Hokkaidō, Tochigi). Most of these district split seats between ruling coalition and opposition again, in the case of both incumbents seeking re-election resulting in one of the two losing their seat (Nagano, Shizuoka).

Results

Proportional representation results

The 2001 election was the first to use an open list system (非拘束名簿式) to elect proportional representation seats in the House. Under this system, voters may vote for either a political party or a specific candidate. The proportional seats are distributed among the parties by D'Hondt method according to their overall proportional votes, including candidate votes. The ranking of candidates on each party list is then determined by the candidate votes.

The results for the major parties were as follows (decimals omitted):[1] [2]

  1. Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) (LDP): 21,114,727 (party: 14,925,437, candidates: 6,189,290), 38.6%, 20 seats
  2. Democratic Party (DPJ): 8,990,524 (party: 6,082,694, candidates: 2,907,830), 16.4%, 8 seats
  3. New Komeito (NK): 8,187,804 (party: 1,865,797, candidates: 6,322,007), 15.0%, 8 seats
  4. Japan Communist Party (JCP): 4,329,210 (party: 4,065,047, candidates: 264,163), 7.9%, 4 seats
  5. Liberal Party (LP): 4,227,148 (party: 3,642,884, candidates: 584,264), 7.7%, 4 seats
  6. Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP): 3,628,635 (party: 2,298,104, candidates: 1,330,531), 6.6%, 3 seats
  7. Conservative Party of Japan (CP): 1,275,002 (party: 609,382, candidates: 665,620), 2.3%, 1 seat
  8. Other parties (aggregate): 2.988.442, 5.5%, no seat

The final ranking of PR candidates and their individual vote counts were as follows:

1. Yoichi Masuzoe (LDP) 1,588,262

2. Kenji Koso (LDP) 478,985

3. Kyosen Ohashi (DPJ) 412,087

4. Kanae Yamamoto (NK) 1,287,549

5. Atsushi Onita (LDP) 460,421

6. Kiyoko Ono (LDP) 295,613

7. Masashi Fujiwara (DPJ) 259,576

8. Tomoko Kami (JCP) 56,999

9. Takeo Nishioka (LP) 121,617

10. Kuniomi Iwai (LDP) 278,521

11. Kentaro Koba (NK)

12. Yoko Tajima (SDP)

13. Seiko Hashimoto (LDP)

14. Hidemasa Otsuji (LDP)

15. Shuji Ikeguchi (DPJ)

16. Kiyohiko Toyama (NK)

17. Keizo Takemi (LDP)

18. Shin Sakurai (LDP)

19. Toshihiro Asahi (DPJ)

20. Hideyo Fudesaka (JCP)

21. Hideaki Tamura (LP)

22. Yukio Danmoto (LDP)

23. Shozo Kusakawa (NK)

24. Hirohide Uozumi (LDP)

25. Masahide Ota (SDP)

26. Hideki Wakabayashi (DPJ)

27. Kayoko Shimizu (LDP)

28. Takao Watanabe (NK)

29. Keishiro Fukushima (LDP)

30. Takeshi Kondo (LDP)

31. Mototaka Ito (DPJ)

32. Satoshi Inoue (JCP)

33. Tadashi Hirono (LP)

34. Tsuneo Morimoto (LDP)

35. Yuichiro Uozumi (NK)

36. Motoyuki Fujii (LDP)

37. Michio Sato (DPJ)

38. Chikage Ogi (CP)

39. Akiko Santo (LDP)

40. Seiji Mataichi (SDP)

41. Akio Koizumi (LDP)

42. Junichi Fukumoto (NK)

43. Mieko Kamimoto (DPJ)

44. Haruko Arimura (LDP)

45. Haruko Yoshikawa (JCP)

46. Yasuhiro Oe (LP)

47. So Nakahara (LDP)

48. Shuichi Kato (NK)

Prefectural races

Elected candidates in bold

Compiled from JANJAN's "The Senkyo"[3] and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications official election results.[4]

Notes:

Party abbreviations used:

Northern Japan
PrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party)
Vote share
Hokkaidō2Hisamitsu KannoDPJIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent retired
LDP pickup
LDP gains top tōsen
Chūichi Date (LDP) 39.3%
Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) 27.2%
Satoshi Miyauchi (JCP) 11.3%
Masahito Nishikawa (LP) 7.8%
Yoshiko Sugiyama (SDP) 6.6%
Tamiko Matsumura (WP) 3.5%
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama (I) 1.4%
Akifumi Kumagai (LL) 1.3%
Nobuyuki Saitō (NSP) 1.0%
Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin) 0.5%
Katsuya OgawaDPJ
Aomori1Tsutomu YamazakiLDPIncumbent re-electedTsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) 53.7%
Hideshige Sasaki (I) 18.9%
Isamu Moriuchi (I) 18.8%
Hiroaki Takayanagi (JCP) 6.0%
Kyōko Murata (LL) 2.6%
Iwate1Yoshinori TakahashiLPIncumbent retired
LP hold
Tatsuo Hirano (LP) 41.9%
Tokuichirō Tamazawa (LDP) 41.1%
Kazue Yabuki (SDP) 8.8%
Norikatsu Sugawara (JCP) 6.1%
Riki Ishiwatari (LL) 2.2%
Miyagi2Tomiko OkazakiDPJDPJ incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
Tomiko Okazaki (DPJ) 32.2%
Jirō Aichi (I – LDP, Kōmeitō, CP) 27.5%
Hiroaki Kameya (LDP) 25.9%
Masatoshi Yoshida (SDP) 6.1%
Toshirō Ono (JCP) 5.9%
Kiyoharu Satō (LL) 2.3%
Hiroaki KameyaLDP
Akita1Katsutoshi KanedaLDPIncumbent re-electedKatsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) 54.2%
Kazuo Takamatsu (DPJ) 17.9%
Nagahide Sasaki (SDP) 14.6%
Toshio Suzuki (JCP) 8.0%
Sachiko Saitō (LL) 5.2%
Yamagata1Masatoshi AbeLDPIncumbent re-electedMasatoshi Abe (LDP) 51.5%
Kanji Kimura (I) 36.1%
Toshio Ōta (JCP) 6.4%
Fumiyuki Monma (LL) 3.6%
Tsuneyoshi Chiba (NSP) 2.4%
Fukushima2Toyoaki ŌtaLDPIncumbents re-electedToyoaki Ōta (LDP) 40.5%
Hiroko Wada (DPJ) 22.7%
Kaori Kanda (I) 11.7%
Keiichi Miho (I) 9.8%
Masanari Kawada (LP) 7.3%
Masayo Niimi (JCP) 6.2%
Takao Suzuki (LL) 1.8%
Hiroko WadaDPJ
Eastern and Central Japan
PrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote share
Ibaraki2Yasu KanōLDPIncumbents re-electedYasu Kanō (LDP) 49.3%
Moto Kobayashi (DPJ) 23.3%
Masako Katō (LP) 10.4%
Toyomasa Komatsu (JCP) 6.1%
Mariko Yoshioka (WP) 5.7%
Hiromitsu Mutō (LL) 2.8%
Hiroyuki Sugimori (NSP) 2.4%
Moto KobayashiDPJ
Tochigi2Junzō IwasakiLDPIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent retired
DPJ pickup
Masayuki Kunii (LDP) 38.6%
Hiroyuki Tani (DPJ) 28.0%
Toshikazu Masabuchi (I) 24.3%
Setsuko Nomura (JCP) 5.5%
Mayumi Yotsumoto (LL) 2.2%
Morio Asai (NSP) 1.3%
Masayuki KuniiLDP
Gunma2Ichita YamamotoLDPIncumbents re-electedIchita Yamamoto (LDP) 40.4%
Giichi Tsunoda (DPJ) 27.8%
Mayumi Yoshikawa (LDP) 24.7%
Shinmei Ogasawara (JCP) 5.1%
Haruyo Tsuchiya (LL) 2.1%
Giichi TsunodaDPJ
Saitama3Hiroshi TakanoKōmeitōKōmeitō and LDP incumbents re-elected
LDP gains top tōsen
JCP incumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
Taizō Satō (LDP) 25.3%
Hiroshi Takano (Kōmeitō) 20.2%
Ryūji Yamane (DPJ) 15.1%
Sachiko Abe (JCP) 13.5%
Yasuko Komiyama (LP) 12.4%
Chūkō Hayakawa (I) 4.5%
Takeo Amatatsu (SDP) 3.9%
Hiroko Hayashi (LL) 2.4%
Takuya Ogawa (I) 0.9%
Morio Katō (I) 0.7%
Setsuo Yamaguchi (I) 0.5%
Fumikazu Murata (NSP) 0.4%
Masakazu Imazawa (Ishin) 0.2%
Taizō SatōLDP
Sachiko AbeJCP
Chiba2Akira ImaizumiDPJIncumbents re-elected
LDP gains top tōsen
Hiroyuki Kurata (LDP) 43.8%
Akira Imaizumi (DPJ) 16.3%
Kazumasa Okajima (LP) 15.9%
Tomoko Hoshino (I) 10.1%
Makoto Nakajima (JCP) 9.0%
Yumiko Nakaue (LL) 3.3%
Hirokuni Osanami (NSP) 1.5%
Hiroyuki KurataLDP
Tokyo4Yūichirō UozumiKōmeitōLDP and JCP incumbents re-elected
Kōmeitō and SDP incumbent retired
Kōmeitō hold
LDP gains top tōsen
DPJ pickup
Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 27.9%
Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 17.5%
Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 15.1%
Yasuo Ogata (JCP) 12.5%
Nobuhiko Endō (LP) 7.2%
Kei Hata (I) 4.2%
Tetsu Ueda (I) 4.2%
Chizuko Koroiwa (I) 3.3%
Sadaharu Hirota (SDP) 3.2%
Itaru Kobayashi (LL) 2.1%
Hanako Igarashi (WP) 1.8%
Shigeo Arakaki (I) 0.6%
Chōzō Nakagawa (I) 0.3 %
Hisatoshi Hashimoto (Ishin) 0.2%
Toshirō Saitō (I) 0.2%
Sanzō HosakaLDP
Yasuo OgataJCP
Hideo DenSDP
Kanagawa3Akira MatsuKōmeitōDPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected
LDP incumbent retires
LDP hold
LDP gains top tōsen
Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) 35.4%
Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) 18.0%
Tsuyoshi Saitō (DPJ) 16.3%
Keiko Ueda (SDP) 8.4%
Masataka Ōta (LP) 8.4%
Hiroyuki Muneta (JCP) 8.2%
Eriko Kurata (WP) 2.2%
Hirohisa Miwa (LL) 1.5%
Ranko Kawamura (I) 0.8%
Yoshiko Bannai (NSP) 0.4%
Takeshi Miwa (Ishin) 0.4%
Kiyoharu IshiawataLDP
Tsuyoshi SaitōDPJ
Niigata2Yoshio YoshikawaLDPIncumbent retired
Incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
LP pickup
Kazuo Majima (LDP) 35.7%
Yūko Mori (LP) 14.9%
Junko Uchida (SDP) 14.2%
Nobuyuki Sekiyama (DPJ) 14.2%
Michio Hasegawa (I) 13.8%
Kayoko Kuwahara (JCP) 6.2%
Nobuaki Shinozaki (LL) 0.8%
Michio HasegawaLDP
Toyama1Yasumasa KakumaLDPIncumbent retired
LDP hold
Kōtarō Nogami (LDP) 65.8%
Yasuharu Kusajima (I) 24.3%
Hiroshi Sakamoto (JCP) 7.1%
Kazue Kubokawa (LL) 2.8%
Ishikawa1Tetsuo KutsukakeLDPIncumbent re-electedTetsuo Kutsukake (LDP) 57.0%
Chieko Morioka (I) 33.3%
Yōko Onishi (JCP) 6.7%
Hideyuki Tanabe (LL) 2.9%
Fukui1Ryūji MatsumuraLDPIncumbent re-electedRyūji Matsumura (LDP) 63.0%
Kikuko Ozawa (DPJ) 27.2%
Kunihiro Uno (JCP) 7.2%
Tōru Yamaguchi (LL) 2.6%
Yamanashi1Mahito NakajimaLDPIncumbent re-electedMahito Nakajima (LDP) 48.6%
Yūichi Higuchi (DPJ) 33.5%
Akiko Endō (JCP) 8.0%
Hiroshi Shōji (LP) 7.6%
Chihoko Katō (LL) 2.3%
Nagano2Mineo KoyamaDPJIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent lost re-election
LDP pickup
LDP gains top tōsen
Hiromi Yoshida (LDP) 32.9%
Yūichirō Hata (DPJ) 27.8%
Mineo Koyama (DPJ) 16.8%
Norihisa Yamaguchi (JCP) 11.1%
Setsuko Satō (SDP) 9.0%
Nobuyuki Watanabe (LL) 2.4%
Yūichirō HataDPJ
Gifu2Tsuyako ŌnoLDPIncumbents re-electedTsuyako Ōno (LDP) 55.4%
Kenji Hirata (DPJ) 30.4%
Takao Katō (JCP) 10.4%
Michiko Higuchi (LL) 3.8%
Kenji HirataDPJ
Shizuoka2Masataka SuzukiLDPIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
Yutaka Takeyama (LDP) 31.7%
Kazuya Shinba (DPJ) 27.5%
Masataka Suzuki (LDP) 22.1%
Yukihiro Shimazu (JCP) 8.3%
Hiroko Suzuki (WP) 5.5%
Naoko Hara (LL) 4.8%
Yutaka TakeyamaLDP
Aichi3Tamotsu YamamotoKōmeitōLDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected
LDP incumbent retired
LDP gains top tōsen
DPJ pickup
Seiji Suzuki (LDP) 34.6%
Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ) 23.5%
Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) 17.8%
Aiko Saitō (JCP) 9.9%
Masayuki Miyata (LP) 4.7%
Hiroaki Sago (SDP) 2.9%
Fusarō Sekiguchi (I) 1.5%
Kiyoko Osada (LL) 1.0%
Hachirō Ishikawa (LP) 0.7%
Tsutomu Suzuki (I) 0.6%
Reiko Yasuda (I) 0.5%
Kenji Sasaki (I) 0.4%
Akihiko Ishikawa (I) 0.3%
Yoshiaki Yamazaki (I) 0.3%
Yasuo Okayasu (NLP) 0.3%
7 other candidates 1.0%
Seiji SuzukiLDP
Makiko SuehiroLDP
Mie1Chiaki TakahashiIndependentIncumbent re-electedChiaki Takahashi (I) 46.5%
Kazumi Fujioka (LDP) 43.5%
Miyoshi Taninaka (JCP) 7.0%
Tōru Ishitani (LL) 3.1%
Western Japan
PrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote share
Shiga1Hidetoshi YamashitaLDPIncumbent re-electedHidetoshi Yamashita (LDP) 55.0%
Shun'yū Norikumo (DPJ) 27.9%
Takaishi Kawauchi (JCP) 11.3%
Midori Kitada (LL) 5.8%
Kyōto2Yoshihiro NishidaLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
Independent incumbent lost re-election
Democratic hold
Yoshihiro Nishida (LDP) 38.5%
Kōji Matsui (DPJ) 23.5%
Yōko Kawakami (JCP) 22.1%
Teiko Sasano (I) 12.6%
Kaori Endō (LL) 3.3%
Teiko SasanoIndependent
Ōsaka3Kazuyoshi ShirahamaKōmeitōLDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected
JCP incumbent lost re-election
LDP gains top tōsen
DPJ pickup
Shūzen Tanigawa (LDP) 26.6%
Kazuyoshi Shirahama (Kōmeitō) 24.7%
Takashi Yamamoto (DPJ) 17.2%
Yoshiki Yamashita (JCP) 17.0%
Yoshihiko Watanabe (LP) 5.6%
Takahiro Kitaoka (Koizumi no Kai) 3.3%
Kazuko Doi (WP) 2.9%
Tomohiko Ōkawa (LL) 1.0%
Keiji Kashimoto (NSP) 0.7%
Kyōsuke Morimoto (I) 0.7%
Ryūichi Nakatani (Ishin) 0.3%
Yoshiki YamashitaJCP
Shūzen TanigawaLDP
Hyōgo2Ichiji IshiiLLLL incumbent retired
LDP incumbent re-elected
LDP gains top tōsen
DPJ pickup
Yoshitada Kōnoike (LDP) 39.3%
Yasuhiro Tsuji (DPJ) 23.7%
Junko Hiramatsu (JCP) 14.3%
Kunihiko Muroi (LP) 9.3%
Aiko Takada (WP) 6.1%
Keiji Ueno (NSP) 3.1%
Toyoaki Tagawa (LL) 2.3%
Shōhei Fujiki (I) 1.9%
Yoshitada KōnoikeLDP
Nara1Yukihisa YoshidaDPJIncumbent retired
LDP pickup
Shōgo Arai (LDP) 43.9%
Takeshi Maeda (DPJ) 39.2%
Shōji Kamano (JCP) 8.2%
Yukiko Sugita (SDP) 6.6%
Yasuhiro Okai (LL) 2.2%
Wakayama1Hiroshige SekōLDPIncumbent re-electedHiroshige Sekō (LDP) 67.7%
Fuminori Kimura (DPJ) 14.7%
Yasuhisa Hara (JCP) 13.7%
Toyoko Nishioka (LL) 3.9%
Tottori1Takayoshi TsunedaLDPIncumbent re-electedTakayoshi Tsuneda (LDP) 56.5%
Makoto Satō (DPJ) 22.4%
Tomoko Ichitani (JCP) 10.9%
Satomi Yamamoto (SDP) 7.0%
Masashi Yamaguchi (LL) 3.2%
Shimane1Shuntarō KageyamaLDPIncumbent re-electedShuntarō Kageyama (LDP) 68.1%
Kazuhisa Hamaguchi (DPJ) 18.7%
Katsuhiko Gotō (JCP) 9.1%
Junko Nakashima (LL) 4.0%
Okayama1Toranosuke KatayamaLDP1 seat lost by reapportionment
LDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ incumbent lost re-election
Toranosuke Katayama (LDP) 61.0%
Mie Ishida (DPJ) 28.8%
Hisaki Moriwaki (JCP) 8.2%
Keiko Asawa (LL) 2.0%
Yukihisa YoshidaDPJ
Hiroshima2Kensei MizoteLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ incumbent lost re-election
LDP pickup
Takeaki Kashimura (I) 36.4%
Kensei Mizote (LDP) 31.9%
Kenji Sugekawa (DPJ) 17.0%
Kimiko Kurihara (NSP) 6.5%
Satoshi Fujimoto (JCP) 6.1%
Hidemi Yamada (LL) 2.0%
Kenji SugekawaDPJ
Yamaguchi1Yoshimasa HayashiLDPIncumbent re-electedYoshimasa Hayashi (LDP) 61.4%
Susumu Iwamoto (DPJ) 25.5%
Tomoyuki Uonaga (JCP) 9.3%
Tadao Sasaki (LL) 2.2%
Tsuyoshi Nakashima (Ishin) 1.5%
Tokushima1Shūji KitaokaLDPIncumbent re-electedShūji Kitaoka (LDP) 54.3%
Kiyoshi Kimura (DPJ) 31.8%
Hitoshi Fujita (JCP) 7.2%
Chiyoko Takagai (NSP) 5.4%
Kōichi Maekawa (LL) 1.3%
Kagawa1Kenji ManabeLDPIncumbent re-electedKenji Manabe (LDP) 62.1%
Midori Nagura (I) 18.9%
Yōko Shirakawa (JCP) 14.2%
Mie Tanaka (LL) 4.9%
Ehime1Katsutsugu SekiyaLDPIncumbent re-electedKatsutsugu Sekiya (LDP) 61.0%
Takashi Shimakawa (I) 25.8%
Hisao Yamamoto (JCP) 8.4%
Yoshiko Oguri (LL) 4.8%
Kōchi1Kōhei TamuraLDPIncumbent re-electedKōhei Tamura (LDP) 40.0%
Hajime Hirota (I) 30.3%
Kumi Nakamura (DPJ) 16.6%
Sachi Nakane (JCP) 12.1%
Kiyotaka Maeda (LL) 0.9%
Southern Japan
PrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote share
Fukuoka2Kentarō KobaKōmeitōKōmeitō incumbent retired
SDP incumbent lost re-election
LDP pickup
Masaji Matsuyama (LDP) 30.6%
Tsukasa Iwamoto (DPJ) 16.7%
Chū Furukawa (I) 16.3%
Shigeko Mieno (SDP) 12.7%
Jun'ichirō Koga (LP) 10.3%
Toyoomi Tsuno (JCP) 7.9%
Yukimi Kamemoto (WP) 3.9%
Miyoko Jōno (LL) 1.6%
Shigeko MienoSDPLDP gains top tōsen
DPJ pickup
Saga1Takao JinnouchiLDPIncumbent re-electedTakao Jinnouchi (LDP) 65.0%
Yasuhiro Fujino (DPJ) 23.2%
Yasutoshi Kamimura (JCP) 7.3%
Yasuhiro Fukagawa (LL) 4.5%
Nagasaki1Tadashi TauraLDPIncumbent re-electedTadashi Taura (LDP) 53.4%
Yūji Mitsuno (I) 29.3%
Kōtarō Tanaka (I) 6.9%
Kimiko Ogawa (JCP) 6.6%
Sachiko Matsumoto (LL) 3.8%
Kumamoto1Hirohide UozumiIndependent1 seat lost by reapportionment
Independent incumbent retired
LDP incumbent re-elected
Issei Miura (LDP) 55.5%
Mariko Kōyama (DPJ) 34.8%
Etsuko Nishikawa (JCP) 5.4%
Kazuo Misumi (LL) 2.5%
Hirofumi Ishida (NSP) 1.8%
Issei MiuraLDP
Ōita1Keigi KajiwaraSDPIncumbent lost re-election
LDP pickup
Hiroko Gotō (LDP) 49.4%
Keigi Kajiwara (SDP) 43.4%
Masami Doi (JCP) 5.2%
Kayoko Kōno (LL) 2.1%
Miyazaki1Motoi NagamineLDPIncumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
Toshifumi Kosehira (LDP) 35.3%
Haruo Higashi (I) 30.5%
Motoi Nagamine (I) 27.5%
Hiromitsu Baba (JCP) 4.1%
Yutaka Kohata (LL) 2.6%
Kagoshima1Kaname KamadaLDP1 seat lost by reapportionment
Incumbents retired
LDP hold
Yoshito Kajiya (LDP) 55.7%
Masahiro Futamure (I) 27.9%
Mitsuhiro Yanagida (I) 7.4%
Haruki Yamaguchi (JCP) 4.7%
Kyōko Hata (NSP) 4.2%
Wataru KuboDPJ
Okinawa1Teruya KantokuIndependentIncumbent lost re-election
LDP pickup
Junshirō Nishime (LDP – Kōmeitō, CP) 47.7%
Teruya Kantoku (I – DPJ, LP, SDP, OSMP, LL) 44.0%
Sōgi Kayō (JCP) 8.3%

References

  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: 比例代表党派別得票数
  2. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: 比例代表党派別名簿登載者別得票数、当選人数
  3. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2001/99/00002009.html Results of the 19th House of Councillors election
  4. MIC: Results of the 19th regular House of Councillors election
  5. Web site: Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University . www.jnu.ac.in . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215907/http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=Library . 18 December 2008 . dead.