2007 Japanese House of Councillors election explained

Election Name:2007 Japanese House of Councillors election
Country:Japan
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2004 Japanese House of Councillors election
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:2010 Japanese House of Councillors election
Next Year:2010
Seats For Election:121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
Majority Seats:122
Election Date:July 29, 2007
Image1:Ichiro Ozawa cropped 3 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718.jpg
Leader1:Ichirō Ozawa
Leader Since1:7 April 2006
Party1:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)
Last Election1:82 seats, 37.8%
Seats After1:109
Seat Change1:27
Popular Vote1:23,256,247
Percentage1:39.5%
Swing1:1.7pp
Leader2:Shinzō Abe
Leader Since2:20 September 2006
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election2:115 seats, 30.0%
Seats After2:83
Seat Change2:32
Popular Vote2:16,544,671
Percentage2:28.1%
Swing2:1.9pp
Image3:Akihiro Ōta 20121227.jpg
Leader3:Akihiro Ota
Leader Since3:30 September 2006
Party3:Komeito
Last Election3:24 seats, 15.4%
Seats After3:20
Seat Change3:4
Popular Vote3:7,765,329
Percentage3:13.2%
Swing3:3.2pp
Image4:Kazuo Shii cropped.jpg
Leader4:Kazuo Shii
Leader Since4:24 November 2000
Party4:Japanese Communist Party
Last Election4:9 seats, 7.8%
Seats After4:7
Seat Change4:2
Popular Vote4:4,407,932
Percentage4:7.5%
Swing4:0.3pp
Image5:Mizuho Fukushima cropped.jpg
Leader5:Mizuho Fukushima
Leader Since5:15 November 2003
Party5:Social Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election5:5 seats, 5.4%
Seats After5:5
Popular Vote5:2,634,713
Percentage5:4.5%
Swing5:0.9pp
Image6:Tamisuke Watanuki 2009.jpg
Leader6:Tamisuke Watanuki
Leader Since6:17 August 2005
Party6:People's New Party
Last Election6:–
Seats After6:4
Seat Change6:New
Popular Vote6:1,269,209
Percentage6:2.2%
Swing6:New
Image7:Yasuo tanaka 20140903 (cropped).jpg
Leader7:Yasuo Tanaka
Leader Since7:21 August 2005
Party7:New Party Nippon
Last Election7:–
Seats After7:1
Seat Change7:New
Popular Vote7:1,770,707
Percentage7:3.0%
Swing7:New
Map Size:400px
President of the House of Councillors
Before Election:Chikage Oogi
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Satsuki Eda
After Party:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 29, 2007.[1] [2] The date was originally to be July 22, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) decided in mid-June to extend the session of the House for a week to finish up legislative business; this step was criticised due to the short-term delay.[3]

The House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. The previous elections took place in 2004 when Junichiro Koizumi, Abe's predecessor, was in office.

The house ended its 166th session on July 5, 2007, marking the unofficial beginning of campaign. The official campaign began on July 12.[4]

The ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito lost control, creating the first divided Diet (opposition control of the House of Councillors) since 1999. The LDP became the second party for the first time, while the DPJ became first party for the first time.

Background

The DPJ had 79 seats (82 including shin-ryokufukai) after the 2004 Upper House elections, winning 50 out of the 121 up for election, gaining 12, compared to the LDP's 49. As of February 17, 2007, the DPJ held 82 seats to the LDP's 111.

Ichirō Ozawa, the leader of the DPJ, addressed a workers' May Day rally in Yoyogi Park on April 28, 2007, setting out the party's agenda for the election. He pledged that the key policy areas would be an end to 'self-righteous' government, pension and medical reforms, and that the DPJ would 'stand in the shoes of workers, residents, and taxpayers'.

Reports throughout 2007 showed Shinzō Abe's approval ratings falling,[5] and public support for the DPJ's position on the recent pension scandal.[6] Several other scandals right up until the start of official campaigning did not improve the outlook for the LDP.[1]

Political issues

Results

See main article: Results of the 2007 Japanese House of Councillors election.

According to results by NHK, the LDP lost its majority in the Upper House. Meanwhile, the DPJ managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996.[7] LDP's coalition partner New Komeito lost 3 of its twelve seats.[8] Although the opposition made it clear that they intended to officially ask for Abe's resignation, he vowed to "continue pitching" for leadership.[9]

Most of the candidates who received international coverage were defeated in the elections - including Alberto Fujimori, Kaori Tahara, Kanako Otsuji, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Yuko Tojo.[10] Notable candidates who were elected included iconoclastic former Nagano governor Yasuo Tanaka, who achieved one seat for his own New Party Nippon, and ethnic Finn Marutei Tsurunen, who was re-elected with the sixth-highest vote count on the DPJ party list.

The election resulted in the removal of numerous LDP councillors representing doctors, dentists, the construction industry and other special interest groups. Historically, such individuals had been elected solely by the votes of members of their own industries.[11]

By prefecture

Elected candidates in bold

Notes:

Source:[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japan News Review - Upper House election campaigning sees official kick off . 2007-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071014015130/http://www.japannewsreview.com/politics/politics/20070712page_id=622 . 2007-10-14 . dead .
  2. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070126b4.html Abe has high hopes for Diet session | The Japan Times Online
  3. Web site: The Asahi Shimbun.
  4. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070713TDY01004.htm
  5. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070313a3.html Support for Abe falls below 40% | The Japan Times Online
  6. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20070703a1.html Abe approval rating hits all-time low
  7. Web site: NHK ONLINE English . 2007-07-29 . 2009-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090920123446/http://www.nhk.or.jp/english/ . dead .
  8. http://www.japannewsreview.com/politics/politics/20070730page_id=1166 The polls are in: Historical loss for Abe, LDP, opposition grabs overwhelming majority
  9. Web site: Abe on precarious foothold, opposition demands resignation . 2007-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071021165200/http://www.japannewsreview.com/politics/politics/20070730page_id=1184 . 2007-10-21 . dead .
  10. Web site: Fujimori, Ainu, Lesbian, inventor and Tojo's granddaughter all defeated in election . 2007-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141025210957/http://www.japannewsreview.com/politics/politics/20070730page_id=1188 . 2014-10-25 . dead .
  11. News: Cucek. Michael. Japan's Meaningless Election. 13 January 2014. The Diplomat. 10 July 2010.
  12. Web site: 2007NQ@I -UEI JANJANSƃf[^x[X- |access-date=2011-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220023502/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2007/99/00006850.html |archive-date=2011-02-20 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="7" | Northern Japan |- ! Prefecture ! Seats up ! Incumbents ! Party ! colspan="2" | Result ! Candidates<br />(Party – endorsements)<br />Vote share |- | rowspan="2" | [[Hokkaido at-large district|Hokkaidō]]| rowspan="2" | 2| Chūichi Date| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents re-elected
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) 36.0%
    Chūichi Date (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8%
    Kaori Tahara (I – DPJ, PNP, NPD) 22.0%
    Kazuya Hatayama (JCP) 7.3%
    Hideyoshi Hashiba (I) 3.7%
    Takao Asano (SDP) 2.8%
    Masayuki Arakawa (I) 0.8%
    Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin Seito Shimpū) 0.6%|-| Katsuya Ogawa| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| Aomori| 1| Tsutomu Yamazaki| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Kōji Hirayama (DPJ – PNP) 49.0%
    Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.9%
    Hidehiko Watanabe (SDP) 6.0%
    Hiroaki Takayanagi (JCP) 5.1%|-| Iwate| 1| Tatsuo Hirano| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | Tatsuo Hirano (DPJ – PNP) 62.6%
    Shōichirō Chida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 25.2%
    Masahiro Isawa (SDP) 6.8%
    Akio Wakayama (JCP) 5.4%|-| rowspan="2" | Miyagi| rowspan="2" | 2| Tomiko Okazaki| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| rowspan="2" | Incumbents re-elected| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Tomiko Okazaki (DPJ) 52.7%
    Jirō Aichi (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.5%
    Mikio Katō (JCP) 6.9%
    Kiyomi Kishida (SDP) 5.9%|-| Jirō Aichi| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| Akita| 1| Katsutoshi Kaneda| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Daigo Matsuura (I – DPJ, SDP) 50.4%
    Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) 43.6%
    Satoshi Suzuki (JCP) 6.0%|-| Yamagata| 1| Masatoshi Abe| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent retired
    DPJ pickup| Yasue Funayama (DPJ – PNP) 57.3%
    Mieko Shinohara (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.8%
    Masayuki Satō (JCP) 5.9%|-| rowspan="2" | Fukushima| rowspan="2" | 2| Toyoaki Ōta| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents retired
    LDP and DPJ hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Emi Kaneko (DPJ) 49.9%
    Masako Mori (LDP – Kōmeitō) 37.0%
    Shizue Miyamoto (JCP) 7.8%
    Uzen Ogawa (SDP) 5.4%|-| Hiroko Wada| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-! colspan="7" | Eastern and Central Japan|-! Prefecture! Seats up! Incumbents! Party! colspan="2" | Result! Candidates
    (Party – endorsements)
    Vote share|-| rowspan="2" | Ibaraki| rowspan="2" | 2| Yasu Kanō| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents retired
    LDP and DPJ hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) 43.4%
    Tamon Hasegawa (LDP) 34.3%
    Masao Ishizu (I) 9.2%
    Takeo Taya (JCP) 6.9%
    Toshitaka Kudō (PNP) 4.2%
    Hiromitsu Mutō (Kyōsei) 1.9%|-| Moto Kobayashi| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| rowspan="2" | Tochigi| rowspan="2" | 1| Masayuki Kunii| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | 1 seat lost by reapportionment
    LDP incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ incumbent re-elected| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Hiroyuki Tani (DPJ – PNP) 53.9%
    Masayuki Kunii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4%
    Kazunori Koike (JCP) 4.7%|-| Hiroyuki Tani| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ|-| rowspan="2" | Gunma| rowspan="2" | 1| Ichita Yamamoto| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | 1 seat lost by reapportionment
    DPJ incumbent retired
    LDP incumbent re-elected| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" || rowspan="2" | Ichita Yamamoto (LDP – Kōmeitō) 62.0%
    Kōji Fukuda (PNP – DPJ) 27.0%
    Hiroaki Sakai (JCP) 11.1%|-| Giichi Tsunoda| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ|-| rowspan="3" | Saitama| rowspan="3" | 3| Taizō Satō| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ incumbent re-elected
    LDP incumbent retired
    LDP hold
    Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="3" | Kuniko Kōda (DPJ) 23.5%
    Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP) 21.6%
    Ryūji Yamane (DPJ) 21.0%
    Hiroshi Takano (Kōmeitō) 19.7%
    Sumiko Ayabe (JCP) 8.7%
    Etsuko Matsuzawa (SDP) 3.3%
    Tetsuo Sawada (PNP) 2.3%|-| Hiroshi Takano| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Kōmeitō| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| Ryūji Yamane| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | |-| rowspan="3" | Chiba| rowspan="3" | 3| Hiroyuki Kurata| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents retired
    LDP and DPJ hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="3" | Hiroyuki Nagahama (DPJ) 25.2%
    Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 20.5%
    Ken Kagaya (DPJ) 18.1%
    Takaki Shirasuka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 14.7%
    Fumiko Asano (JCP) 8.1%
    Susumu Honma (I) 4.9%
    Kazumi Aoki (SDP) 4.7%
    Michiko Iwabuchi (PNP) 3.8%|-| Akira Imaizumi| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| colspan="2" |  | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | 1 seat gained by reapportionment
    DPJ pickup|-| rowspan="5" | Tokyo| rowspan="5" | 5| Sanzō Hosaka| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | JCP incumbent retired
    DPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected
    LDP incumbent lost re-election
    LDP hold
    DPJ pickup
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="5" | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4%
    Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5%
    Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2%
    Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7%
    Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6%
    Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0%
    Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4%
    Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5%
    Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6%
    Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6%
    Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2%
    Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0%
    Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4%
    Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 %
    Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2%
    5 other candidates 0.5%|-| Natsuo Yamaguchi| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Kōmeitō| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | |-| Kan Suzuki| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | |-| Yasuo Ogata| bgcolor="#FFAAAA" | JCP| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| colspan="2" |  | colspan="2" bgcolor="#ccc" | 1 seat gained by reapportionment
    Independent pickup|-| rowspan="3" | Kanagawa| rowspan="3" | 3| Yutaka Kobayashi| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | LDP incumbent re-elected
    LDP incumbent retires
    Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election
    2 DPJ pickups
    DPJ gains top tōsen
    post-election: LDP incumbent disqualified → Kōmeitō hold (see note)| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="3" | Hiroe Makiyama (DPJ) 25.4%
    Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) 22.5%
    Masahi Mito (DPJ) 19.7%
    Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) 17.4%
    Kimie Hatano (JCP) 9.7%
    Shigeru Wada (SDP) 3.2%
    Sachiko Saitō (PNP) 1.5%
    Toshimori Mizoguchi (Ishin) 0.5%|-| Akira Matsu| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Kōmeitō| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| Yoriko Kawaguchi| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | |-| rowspan="2" | Niigata| rowspan="2" | 2| Takahiro Kuroiwa| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | DPJ incumbent re-elected
    DPJ incumbent lost re-election
    LDP pickup| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" || rowspan="2" | Ichirō Tsukada (LDP – Kōmeitō) 32.1%
    Yūko Mori (DPJ – PNP) 28.3%
    Takahiro Kuroiwa (DPJ) 27.4%
    Akiko Yamamoto (SDP) 7.2%
    Katsutoshi Takeda (JCP) 4.3%
    Mitsumasa Kusuhara (I) 0.6%|-| Yūko Mori| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#FFEECC" ||-| Toyama| 1| Kōtarō Nogami| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AACCAA" | Incumbent lost re-election
    PNP pickup| Takashi Morita (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 50.1%
    Kōtarō Nogami (LDP) 45.7%
    Kazuyuki Izumino (JCP) 4.2%|-| Ishikawa| 1| Tetsuo Kutsukake| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent retired
    DPJ pickup| Yasuo Ichikawa (DPJ – PNP) 46.9%
    Tomirō Yata (LDP – Kōmeitō) 46.2%
    Mikiko Chikamatsu (JCP) 4.9%
    Shigeru Hamasaki (I) 2.0%|-| Fukui| 1| Ryūji Matsumura| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | | Ryūji Matsumura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.5%
    Seizō Wakaizumi (DPJ – PNP) 46.8%
    Kazuo Yamada (JCP) 5.7%|-| Yamanashi| 1| Mahito Nakajima| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent retired
    DPJ pickup| Harunobu Yonenaga (DPJ – PNP) 55.3%
    Kaname Irikuri (LDP – Kōmeitō) 37.1%
    Hitoshi Hanada (JCP) 7.5%|-| rowspan="2" | Nagano| rowspan="2" | 2| Hiromi Yoshida| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents re-elected
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | rowspan="2" | Yūichirō Hata (DPJ) 47.9%
    Hiromi Yoshida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8%
    Sanae Nakano (JCP) 17.3%
    Hiroji Nakagawa (SDP) 8.0%|-| Yūichirō Hata| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | |-| rowspan="2" | Gifu| rowspan="2" | 2| Tsuyako Ōno| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | DPJ incumbent re-elected
    LDP incumbent retired
    LDP hold| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | | rowspan="2" | Takao Fujii (I – LDP, Kōmeitō) 46.1%
    Kenji Hirata (DPJ) 44.1%
    Takao Katō (JCP) 9.8%|-| Kenji Hirata| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | |-| rowspan="2" | Shizuoka| rowspan="2" | 2| Yutaka Takeyama| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | DPJ incumbent re-elected
    LDP incumbent retired
    LDP hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="2" | Kazuya Shinba (DPJ) 47.1%
    Takao Makino (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4%
    Ichi Kibe (I) 8.6%
    Takashige Hiraga (JCP) 7.9%
    Hirokazu Tsuchida (I) 4.9%|-| Kazuya Shinba| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| rowspan="3" | Aichi| rowspan="3" | 3| Seiji Suzuki| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | LDP and DPJ incumbents re-elected
    Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="3" | Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ) 26.4%
    Seiji Suzuki (LDP) 22.0%
    Kuniko Tanioka (DPJ – PNP) 21.6%
    Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) 17.6%
    Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 8.8%
    Ryōhei Hirayama (SDP) 2.1%
    Takashi Hyōdō (I) 0.7%
    Masaji Tsuge (Ishin) 0.4%
    Arakawa Kōtarō (Kyōsei) 0.4%|-| Kōhei Ōtsuka| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| Tamotsu Yamamoto| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Kōmeitō| bgcolor="#FFEECC" ||-| Mie| 1| Chiaki Takahashi| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | | Chiaki Takahashi (DPJ – PNP) 59.4%
    Kōhei Onozaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 33.0%
    Takeshi Nakano (JCP) 7.7%|-! colspan="7" | Western Japan|-! Prefecture! Seats up! Incumbents! Party! colspan="2" | Result! Candidates
    (Party – endorsements)
    Vote share|-| Shiga| 1| Hidetoshi Yamashita| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" |Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Hisashi Tokunaga (DPJ – PNP) 50.2%
    Hidetoshi Yamashita (LDP – Kōmeitō) 40.6%
    Ikuo Tsubota (JCP) 9.2%|-| rowspan="2" | Kyōto| rowspan="2" | 2| Yoshihiro Nishida| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | DPJ incumbent re-elected
    LDP incumbent retired
    LDP hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="2" | Kōji Matsui (DPJ) 43.6%
    Shōji Nishida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4%
    Mariko Narumiya (JCP) 23.9%
    Toyokazu Ōkida (Ishin) 1.1%|-| Kōji Matsui| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| rowspan="3" | Ōsaka| rowspan="3" | 3| Shūzen Tanigawa| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="3" | LDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected
    DPJ incumbent retired
    DPJ hold
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="3" | Satoshi Umemura (DPJ) 33.2%
    Kazuyoshi Shirahama (Kōmeitō) 21.7%
    Shūzen Tanigawa (LDP) 18.9%
    Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 15.2%
    Junko Shiraishi (PNP) 4.2%
    Ryōichi Hattori (SDP – 9-jō Net) 3.7%
    Takeshi Ueda (I) 1.4%
    Shōnosuke Hayashi (I) 1.3%
    Yoshio Ōtani (I) 0.5%|-| Kazuyoshi Shirahama| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Kōmeitō| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" ||-| Takashi Yamamoto| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| rowspan="2" | Hyōgo| rowspan="2" | 2| Yoshitada Kōnoike| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents re-elected
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="2" | Yasuhiro Tsuji (DPJ) 44.1%
    Yoshitada Kōnoike (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.9%
    Terufumi Horiuchi (JCP) 10.9%
    Kazumi Hara (9-jō Net) 7.5%
    Yukimitsu Nishida (I) 2.6%|-| Yasuhiro Tsuji| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| Nara| 1| colspan="2" | vacant
    (last held by Shōgo Arai, LDP)| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | DPJ pickup| Tetsuji Nakamura (DPJ – PNP) 52.5%
    Masatake Matsui (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.9%
    Atsuko Nakamura (JCP) 10.6%|-| Wakayama| 1| Hiroshige Sekō| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" || Hiroshige Sekō (LDP – Kōmeitō) 52.3%
    Naoto Sakaguchi (DPJ – PNP) 38.2%
    Hideaki Kunishige (JCP) 9.5%|-| Tottori| 1| Takayoshi Tsuneda| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Yoshihiro Kawakami (DPJ – PNP) 51.5%
    Takayoshi Tsuneda (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4%
    Shōzō Ichitani (JCP) 7.2%|-| Shimane| 1| Shuntarō Kageyama| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#AACCAA" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    PNP pickup| Akiko Kamei (PNP – DPJ) 50.9%
    Shuntarō Kageyama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 43.6%
    Kazuhiko Gotō (JCP) 5.5%|-| Okayama| 1| Toranosuke Katayama| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Yumiko Himei (DPJ – PNP) 49.4%
    Toranosuke Katayama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 44.2%
    Kanji Uemoto (JCP) 4.7%
    Fukuji Hayashi (I) 1.0%
    Makoto Kitagawa (Ishin) 0.6%|-| rowspan="2" | Hiroshima| rowspan="2" | 2| colspan="2" | vacant
    (last held by Takeaki Kashimura, LDP)| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent re-elected
    DPJ pickup
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="2" | Kōji Satō (DPJ – PNP) 43.9%
    Kensei Mizote (LDP – Kōmeitō) 30.0%
    Miyoko Kōno (I) 15.3%
    Satoshi Fujimoto (JCP) 4.9%
    Yui Yoshinaga (I) 4.2%
    Jun'ichi Fukumoto (I) 1.7%|-| Kensei Mizote| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| Yamaguchi| 1| Yoshimasa Hayashi| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" || Yoshimasa Hayashi (LDP – Kōmeitō) 56.7%
    Takako Tokura (DPJ – PNP) 36.2%
    Sadayoshi Yoshida (JCP) 7.1%|-| Tokushima| 1| Shūji Kitaoka| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Tomoji Nakatani (DPJ) 54.0%
    Shūji Kitaoka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.3%
    Atsushi Hanaoka (JCP) 6.7%|-| Kagawa| 1| Kenji Manabe| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Emiko Uematsu (DPJ) 53.6%
    Kenji Manabe (LDP – Kōmeitō) 40.6%
    Michiko Chikaishi (JCP) 5.8%|-| Ehime| 1| Katsutsugu Sekiya| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Toshirō Tomochika (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 51.3%
    Katsutsugu Sekiya (LDP – Kōmeitō) 43.1%
    Katsuhiko Tanaka (JCP) 5.5%|-| Kōchi| 1| Kōhei Tamura| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| bgcolor="#FFEECC" colspan="2" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Norio Takeuchi (DPJ) 44.7%
    Kōhei Tamura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4%
    Nobuo Murakami (JCP) 13.9%|-! colspan="7" | Southern Japan|-! Prefecture! Seats up! Incumbents! Party! colspan="2" | Result! Candidates
    (Party – endorsements)
    Vote share|-| rowspan="2" | Fukuoka| rowspan="2" | 2| Masaji Matsuyama| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| rowspan="2" | Incumbents re-elected
    DPJ gains top tōsen| bgcolor="#FFEECC" || rowspan="2" | Tsukasa Iwamoto (DPJ) 46.8%
    Masaji Matsuyama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.9%
    Miyuki Tanaka (JCP) 8.7%
    Hideo Kanaiwa (SDP) 5.3%
    Yoshihisa Baba (Ishin) 1.7%
    Takayuki Shūnan (Kyōsei) 0.7%|-| Tsukasa Iwamoto| bgcolor="#FFEECC" | DPJ| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ||-| Saga| 1| Takao Jinnouchi| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent retired
    DPJ pickup| Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ – SDP, PNP) 49.6%
    Yoshiyuki Kawakami (LDP – Kōmeitō) 44.6%
    Junko Nakao (JCP) 5.9%|-| Nagasaki| 1| Tadashi Taura| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent retired
    DPJ pickup| Yukishige Ōkubo (DPJ – PNP) 49.0%
    Tadatoshi Komine (LDP – Kōmeitō) 46.0%
    Eiko Fuchise (JCP) 5.0%|-| Kumamoto| 1| Issei Miura| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Nobuo Matsuno (DPJ – PNP) 48.4%
    Issei Miura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.5%
    Yoshiaki Hashida (JCP) 4.1%|-| Ōita| 1| Hiroko Gotō| bgcolor="#AACCAA" | PNP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Incumbent lost re-election
    LDP pickup| Yōsuke Isozaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 32.6%
    Taiwa Yano (I – DPJ) 27.9%
    Bunroku Matsumoto (I – SDP) 22.9%
    Hiroko Gotō (PNP) 10.3%
    Kai Yamashita (JCP) 6.2%|-| Miyazaki| 1| Toshifumi Kosehira| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFEECC" | Incumbent lost re-election
    DPJ pickup| Itsuki Toyama (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 37.6%
    Toshifumi Kosehira (LDP) 28.0%
    Haruo Higashi (I) 14.3%
    Motoi Nagamine (I) 14.0%
    Hiromitsu Baba (JCP) 4.9%
    Motohiro Ino (Kyōsei) 1.3%|-| Kagoshima| 1| Yoshito Kajiya| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| Incumbent re-elected| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" || Yoshito Kajiya (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.6%
    Inao Minayoshi (DPJ – PNP) 47.3%
    Haruki Yamaguchi (JCP) 5.0%|-| Okinawa| 1| Junshirō Nishime| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | LDP| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Incumbent lost re-election
    Independent (OSMP) pickup| Keiko Itokazu (I – DPJ, JCP, SDP, PNP) 60.2%
    Junshirō Nishime (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.8%|}

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