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1998 Japanese House of Councillors election

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FieldValue
election_name1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
countryJapan
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1995 Japanese House of Councillors election
previous_year1995
next_election2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
next_year2001
seats_for_election126 of the 252 seats in the House of Councillors
majority_seats127
image_size150x150px
election_date12 July 1998
1blankConstituency vote
2blank% and swing
3blankNational vote
4blank% and swing
image1Ryutaro Hashimoto 19960111.jpg
leader1Ryutaro Hashimoto
party1Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election1107 seats
seats144
seats_after1102
seat_change116
1data117,033,852
2data130.45% (5.05pp)
3data114,128,719
4data125.17% (2.12pp)
image2Naoto Kan 20071221 (cropped).jpg
leader2Naoto Kan
party2Democratic Party of Japan
last_election2Did not exist
seats227
seats_after247
seat_change2New
1data29,063,940
2data216.20% (New)
3data212,209,685
4data221.75% (New)
leader3Tetsuzo Fuwa
party3Japanese Communist Party
last_election314 seats
seats315
seats_after323
seat_change39
1data38,758,760
2data315.66% (5.28pp)
3data38,195,078
4data314.60% (5.07pp)
image4Hamayotsu_Toshiko_1-1.jpg
leader4Toshiko Hamayotsu
party4Komeito
last_election4Did not exist
seats49
seats_after422
seat_change4New
1data41,843,479
2data43.30% (New)
3data47,748,301
4data413.80% (New)
image5Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg
leader5Takako Doi
party5Social Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election538 seats
seats55
seats_after513
seat_change57
1data52,403,649
2data54.30% (7.55pp)
3data54,370,763
4data57.79% (9.13pp)
image6Ichiro Ozawa cropped 3 Yoshitaka Kimoto and Ichiro Ozawa 20010718.jpg
leader6Ichirō Ozawa
party6Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
last_election6Did not exist
seats66
seats_after612
seat_change6New
1data6980,249
2data61.75% (New)
3data65,207,813
4data69.28% (New)
map_image[[File:1998 Japanese House of Councillors election - Map.svg350px]]
map_captionResults of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national PR block.
titlePresident of the House
of Councillors
before_electionJuro Saito
before_partyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_electionJuro Saito
after_partyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)

of Councillors](list-of-speakers-of-the-house-of-councillors-japan) House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 12 July 1998.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Ryūtarō Hashimoto had restored single-party government in 1996 and was now aiming to also regain clear control of the House of Councillors, in which it was several seats short of a majority. However, it lost 13 seats in the elections giving the opposition clear control and leading to prime minister Hashimoto announcing his resignation. Keizō Obuchi was elected LDP president on 24 July, defeating Seiroku Kajiyama and Junichirō Koizumi.

On 30 July 1998 Obuchi was designated as prime minister by the Diet against the vote of the House of Councillors where DPJ president Naoto Kan defeated Obuchi by 142 votes to 103. Obuchi entered coalition negotiations in late 1998. In January 1999 the LDP entered a ruling coalition with Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, bringing the government within few seats of a majority; in October 1999 New Komeito also entered the coalition, ending the divided Diet.

Results

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By constituency

Northern JapanDistrictSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party)
Vote shareEastern and Central JapanDistrictSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote shareWestern JapanDistrictSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote shareSouthern JapanDistrictSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote shareNationwide proportionalDistrictSeats upIncumbents by partyResultParty
votes/share
seats
elected candidates
Hokkaidō2 (−2)Hisashi KazamaKomeito2 seats lost by reapportionment
LDP, DPJ and Komeito incumbents retired
LDP hold
DPJ incumbent re-elected
DPJ gains top tōsenNaoki Minezaki (DPJ) 31.2%
Yoshio Nakagawa (LDP) 28.1%
Tomoko Uchiyama (JCP) 23.5%
Kentarō Ono (LP) 6.3%
Shirō Kayano (SDP) 5.7%
Masami Mizuyoshi (NSP) 1.3%
Ken'ichi Sawada (YLP) 1.3%
Ryōko Matsukawa (LL) 1.3%
Hideo Murata (I) 1.1%
Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin) 0.3%
Noriyuki NakaoDPJ
Naoki MinezakiDPJ
Masaaki TakagiLDP
Aomori1Kanpei MatsuoIndependent
(ex-NFP)Incumbent retired
Independent (joined IA)Masami Tanabu (I) 46.7%
Akiyoshi Kaneiri (LDP) 36.0%
Chizuko Takahashi (JCP) 9.3%
Kiyohiko Narumi (I) 7.1%
Keiko Saitō (LL) 0.9%
Iwate1Motoo ShiinaIndependentIncumbent re-elected (joined IA)Motoo Shiina (I) 38.5%
Riki Nakamura (I) 34.6%
Shizuko Abe (SDP) 13.7%
Norikatsu Sugawara (JCP) 9.5%
Fumiko (?) Yamada (?) 3.7%
Miyagi2 (+1)Kaname EndōLDPIncumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
DPJ gains top tōsenMitsuru Sakurai (DPJ) 26.0%
Ichirō Ichikawa (I) 23.2%
Kaname Endō (LDP) 14.0%
Sayuri Kamata (I) 11.2%
Michiko Satō (JCP) 10.6%
Yoshihiro Satō (SDP) 7.1%
Yukio Nakazawa (I) 3.4%
Kikumi Hayasaka (WP) 2.3%
Akemi Ishikawa (LL) 2.2%
1 seat gained by reapportionment
LDP hold
Akita1Man SasakiLDPIncumbent retired
LDP holdShigenobu Saitō (LDP) 39.9%
Tatsurō Nakajima (DPJ) 27.1%
Kazuko Ogiwara (JCP) 14.3%
Mamoru Kudō (SDP) 13.6%
Shunsaku Hiramoto (NSP) 3.2%
Haruo Hashimoto (LL) 1.9%
Yamagata1Teibin SuzukiLDPIncumbent retired
LDP holdKōichi Kishi (LDP) 49.3%
Toshiko Muraki (DPJ) 17.8%
Shōji Tanabe (SDP) 16.1%
Masaru Aoki (JCP) 10.1%
Eiko Gotō (LL) 6.6%
Fukushima2Seigo SuzukiLDPIncumbent retired
LDP hold
Incumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
DPJ gains top tōsenYūhei Satō (I – DPJ) 32.6%
Mitsuhide Iwaki (LDP) 24.9%
Shizuo Satō (LDP) 23.6%
Hideki Satō (JCP) 10.6%
4 other candidates (I/NSP/YLP/LL) 8.3%
Shizuo SatōLDP
Ibaraki2Itsuo NomuraLDPNSP incumbent retired
LDP incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
DPJ pickup
DPJ gained top tōsenAkira Gunji (DPJ) 27.9%
Kōichi Kuno (LDP) 23.1%
Itsuo Nomura (LDP) 19.2%
Osamu Ojima (JCP) 10.1%
Hiromitsu Mutō (LP) 7.0%
Mariko Yoshioka (WP) 5.6%
Hiroyuki Sugimori (NSP) 3.4%
Takao Gunji (LL) 2.7%
Masao Kataniwa (YLP) 1.0%
Osamu YatabeNSP
Tochigi2Itten KamiyoshiharaLDPIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
DPJ gained top tōsenSusumu Yanase (DPJ) 39.7%
Tetsurō Yano (LDP) 24.7%
Itten Kamiyoshihara (LDP) 19.0%
Setsuko Nomura (JCP) 8.3%
Iwao Takahashi (SDP) 4.1%
Takuo Inaba (I) 1.9%
Ichirō Yamada (YLP) 1.7%
Tsuneaki Umeki (LL) 0.6%
Tetsurō YanoLDP
Gunma2Hirofumi NakasoneLDPIncumbents re-electedHirofumi Nakasone (LDP) 33.7%
Kōsei Ueno (LDP) 25.4%
Shio Yamazaki (I) 19.3%
Yoshikazu Arima (JCP) 15.2%
Yurika Kiya (LL) 6.3%
Kōsei UenoLDP
Saitama3 (+1)Noriyuki SekineLDPLDP incumbent lost re-election
Independent (ex-NFP) pickup
Independent gained top tōsenTakujirō Hamada (I) 22.6%
Renzō Togashi (JCP) 19.9%
Toshio Fujii (DPJ) 19.0%
Noriyuki Sekine (LDP) 14.3%
Minoru Kurihara (LDP) 12.0%
Fumihiro Himori (SDP) 5.4%
Mieko Yana (LL) 3.2%
Tadashi Hosokawa (NSP) 1.6%
Kazushige Yamada (YLP) 1.1%
Setsuo Yamaguchi (I) 0.7%
Masakazu Imazawa (Ishin) 0.2%
Hideyuki SeyaSDPSDP incumbent retired
JCP pickup
1 seat gained by reapportionment
DPJ pickup
Chiba2Wakako HironakaIndependentIncumbents re-electedWakako Hironaka (I) 32.3%
Yutaka Inoue (LDP) 31.4%
Makoto Nakajima (JCP) 21.2%
Keiko Machiyama (WP) 5.0%
Etsuko Nagata (NSP) 4.6%
Tsuneari Murata (LL) 3.4%
Kunihide Yoshinaga (YLP) 2.1%
Yutaka InoueLDP
Tokyo4Toshiko HamayotsuKomeitoKomeito incumbent re-elected
DPJ pickup
DPJ gained top tōsenToshio Ogawa (DPJ) 19.2%
Toshiko Hamayotsu (Komeito) 18.1%
Miyo Inoue (JCP) 16.8%
Atsuo Nakamura (I) 13.4%
Kiyoko Ono (LDP) 11.6%
Kōji Tsukahara (LDP) 8.4%
Tetsu Ueda (I) 4.3%
Shunsuke Iwasaki (SDP) 3.8%
Hiroko Suzuki (WP) 0.8%
Shintarō Kō (LL) 0.8%
Yoshimori Inori (SPP) 0.7%
Eiko Toyama (NSP) 0.7%
Isao Nakamura (YLP) 0.6%
10 other candidates 0.7%
Kōichirō UedaJCP
vacant
(last held by Kensaku Morita, LDP)LDP incumbent lost re-election
JCP incumbent retired
JCP hold
NPH pickup
Kiyoko OnoLDP
Kanagawa3 (+1)Fumio SaitōLDPDPJ incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election
DPJ pickup
DPJ gains top tōsenKeiichirō Asao (DPJ) 18.0%
Kimie Hatano (JCP) 14.8%
Keiko Chiba (DPJ) 14.3%
Marutei Tsurunen (I) 14.1%
Fumio Saitō (LDP) 13.0%
Tomoko Abe (SDP) 8.4%
Isao Makishima (LDP) 8.0%
Takashi Hidaka (LP) 6.8%
Yoshiko Bannai (NSP) 0.8%
Katsuo Satō (YLP) 0.5%
5 other candidates 1.4%
Keiko ChibaDPJ
1 seat gained by reapportionment
JCP pickup
Niigata2Kazuo MajimaLDPSDP incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
(Tanaka was retroactively recognized as LDP candidate)Naoki Tanaka (I) 24.6%
Kinuko Ōbuchi (SDP) 22.1%
Kazuo Majima (LDP) 20.2%
Yukio Hoshino (I) 18.7%
Kanji Igarashi (JCP) 8.2%
Satoshi Honda (LP) 3.8%
Kazuaki Meguro (LL) 2.4%
Kinuko ŌbuchiSDP
Toyama1Yoshio NagataLDPIncumbent re-elected
post-election: incumbent died within 3 months, DPJ pickup by kuriage-tōsenYoshio Nagata (LDP) 47.7%
Masaaki Tanibayashi (DPJ) 21.1%
Shigeru Tajiri (SDP) 17.3%
Kazuyuki Izumino (JCP) 11.0%
Hisayoshi Nakada (LL) 2.9%
Ishikawa1Tetsuo KutsukakeLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent pickup (joined IA)Sōta Iwamoto (I) 45.1%
Tetsuo Kutsukake (LDP) 42.4%
Yōko Onishi (JCP) 9.4%
Hideyuki Tanebe (LL) 3.1%
Fukui1Masaaki YamazakiLDPIncumbent re-electedMasaaki Yamazaki (LDP) 52.3%
Keimin Kyōtō (DPJ) 28.6%
Kunihiro Uno (JCP) 10.5%
Kyōko Murata (LL) 8.6%
Yamanashi1Tetsurō ShimuraLDPIncumbent retired
DPJ pickupAzuma Koshiishi (I) 43.3%
Tsukasa Hosaka (LDP) 39.9%
Akiko Endō (JCP) 10.8%
Yūko Kamata (LP) 7.8%
Masako Fukasawa (LL) 1.5%
Nagano2Toshimi KitazawaDPJIncumbent re-elected
Incumbent retired
LDP pickupToshimi Kitazawa (DPJ) 38.6%
Masatoshi Wakabayashi (LDP) 23.3%
Norihisa Yamaguchi (JCP) 18.2%
Yukio Nunome (SDP) 10.4%
Shin'ichirō Shimojō (I) 6.8%
Shigeo Kusama (I) 1.2%
Yutaka Tanaka (LL) 1.2%
Keisaburō Okuhara (I) 0.3%
Kiyoshi ImaiDPJ
Gifu2 (+1)Jun'ichi KasaharaLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent pickup (joined DPJ, then LDP)Iwao Matsuda (I) 25.0%
Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) 22.9%
Takeyuki Watanabe (I) 19.6%
Jun'ichi Kasahara (LDP) 18.6%
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (JCP) 11.7%
Yasuhiro Sonoda (LL) 2.3%
1 seat gained by reapportionment
DPJ pickup
Shizuoka2Kazuhiko KimiyaLDPSDP incumbent retired
LDP incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
Independent pickup (joined DPJ in '99)
Independent gains top tōsenTōru Unno (I – DPJ, Komeito, SDP) 32.6%
Yoshihiko Yamashita (LDP) 20.9%
Kazuhiko Kimiya (LDP) 17.2%
Yukihiro Shimazu (JCP) 15.2%
Nobuko Iwaki (LP) 8.2%
Naoko Hara (LL) 6.0%
Aoki ShinjiSDP
Aichi3Hiroshi ŌkiLDPLDP incumbent retired
LDP incumbent lost re-election
2 DPJ pickups
DPJ gains top tōsenYoshitake Kimata (DPJ) 17.4%
Taisuke Satō (DPJ) 15.9%
Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 15.8%
Hiroshi Ōki (LDP) 15.5%
Yasuoki Urano (LDP) 14.3%
Yuzuru Tsuzuki (I) 7.6%
Teruko Sugimoto (SDP) 5.5%
Hachirō Ishikawa (LP) 3.2%
Chieko Igarashi (WP) 1.6%
Nobuyuki Watanabe (LL) 1.1%
Mikio Yamashita (YLP) 0.8%
Yoshiaki Yamazaki (I) 0.4%
Takayoshi Itō (I) 0.3%
3 other candidates 0.5%
Kiyohiro ArakiLDP
Yuzuru TsuzukiIndependent
(later LP)Independent incumbent lost re-election
JCP pickup
Mie1Jūrō SaitōIndependentIncumbent re-electedJūrō Saitō (I) 45.8%
Chiaki Takahashi (I) 34.1%
Kazuhisa Imai (JCP) 15.5%
Noriyasu Sakamoto (LL) 4.6%
Shiga1Eisuke KawamotoLDPIncumbent re-electedEisuke Kawamoto (LDP) 46.1%
Takashi Ōkubo (I) 28.2%
Toshirō Hayashi (JCP) 20.9%
Seiichi Katō (LL) 4.8%
Kyōto2Yukio HayashidaLDPJCP incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent retired
Independent pickup (joined DPJ in '99)Tetsurō Fukuyama (I) 35.5%
Tokiko Nishiyama (JCP) 33.9%
Naohiko Yamamoto (LDP) 27.8%
Takeshi Yotsui (LL) 2.8%
Tokiko NishiyamaJCP
Ōsaka3Kiyoshi NishikawaIndependent
(joined IA)Independent and Komeito incumbents re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election
JCP pickupKiyoshi Nishikawa (I) 26.4%
Eiichi Yamashita (Komeito) 21.8%
Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 18.1%
Kazutaka Tsuboi (LDP) 14.3%
Masahiro Nakatsukasa (DPJ) 13.6%
Yumiko Nagasaki (SDP) 2.9%
Kazuko Doi (WP) 0.7%
Kōji Morimoto (LL) 0.7%
Jun'ichi Maeda (NSP) 0.5%
Setsuko Ōki (YLP) 0.3%
Toshio Nakano (I) 0.2%
Yasuo Yamaguchi (I) 0.2%
Ryūichi Nakatani (Ishin) 0.1%
Eiichi YamashitaKomeito
Kazutaka TsuboiLDP
Hyōgo2 (−1)Chōji AshioLDPDPJ incumbent re-elected
DPJ gains top tōsenShōji Motooka (DPJ) 39.0%
Tatsumi Ōsawa (JCP) 25.2%
Chōji Ashio (LDP) 22.9%
Yūzō Nakanishi (NSP) 5.0%
Toyoaki Tagawa (LL) 2.5%
Yumiko Hiraoka (I) 2.3%
Kimura (YLP) 1.7%
Genji Shimizu (I) 1.4%
Shōji MotookaDPJLDP incumbent lost re-election
JCP pickup
Kōjin KatakamiIndependent
(Ex-Komeitotō)1 seat lost by reapportionment
Independent incumbent retired
Nara1Minao HattoriLDPIncumbent re-electedMinao Hattori (LDP) 38.3%
Kazuyasu Hamaue (I) 31.7%
Sachiho Yamamura (JCP) 23.2%
Hiroshi Mukai (LL) 6.7%
Wakayama1Yōsuke TsuruhoLPIncumbent re-electedYōsuke Tsuruho (LP) 42.7%
Isao Maeda (LDP) 37.9%
Yasuhisa Hara (JCP) 17.1%
Motonori Kishi (LL) 2.3%
Tottori1Shigenobu SakanoLDPIncumbent re-electedShigenobu Sakano (LDP) 39.9%
Kōtarō Tamura (I) 31.6%
Tadamiki Matsunaga (SDP) 14.3%
Tomoko Ichitani (JCP) 12.8%
Yutaka Okino (LL) 1.5%
Shimane1Mikio AokiLDPIncumbent re-electedMikio Aoki (LDP) 49.9%
Setsumi Tamura (DPJ) 27.9%
Yōko Sasaki (JCP) 13.0%
Katsumi Kanō (SDP) 6.5%
Masashi Yamaguchi (LL) 2.8%
Okayama2Norifumi KatōLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ incumbent lost re-election
DPJ hold
DPJ gains top tōsenSatsuki Eda (DPJ) 39.3%
Norifumi Katō (LDP) 29.9%
Junji Ichii (DPJ) 12.5%
Katsunobu Katō (I) 7.9%
Yūichi Kakiuchi (JCP) 7.5%
Mitsuo Kobiki (SDP) 2.2%
Kyōji Nakamura (LL) 0.4%
Gō Nakashima (Ishin) 0.3%
Junji IchiiDPJ
Hiroshima2Hiroshi MiyazawaLDPLDP incumbent retired
NSP incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
DPJ pickupIkuo Kamei (LDP) 27.0%
Minoru Yanagida (I) 22.6%
Nobuya Okuhara (LDP) 21.9%
Akira Ishida (SDP) 9.4%
Hiroshi Nikaidō (JCP) 9.1%
Kimiko Kurihara (NSP) 7.7%
Tomoko (?) Hirasawa (LL) 2.3%
Kimiko KuriharaNSP
Yamaguchi1Hideo FutatsugiLDPIncumbent retired
Independent pickup (joined IA)Masuo Matsuoka (I) 45.7%
Eiichi Gōshi (LDP) 33.8%
Hirokazu Fujimoto (JCP) 14.8%
Tadao Sasaki (LL) 3.2%
Seiichirō Hirata (YLP) 2.5%
Tokushima1Kōji MatsuuraLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent pickup (joined Green Conf. in '02)Sekiko Takahashi (I) 45.7%
Kōji Matsuura (LDP) 36.8%
Hitoshi Fujita (JCP) 11.8%
Kazutomo Yano (NSP) 4.5%
Takeshi Nara (LL) 1.3%
Kagawa1Takushi HiraiLPIncumbent retired
LDP pickupToshio Yamauchi (LDP) 43.5%
Shigeaki Katō (SDP) 28.1%
Yōko Shirakawa (JCP) 22.4%
Kiyotaka Maeda (LL) 5.9%
Ehime1Takeshi NomaLDPIncumbent re-electedTakeshi Noma (LDP) 46.9%
Mutsumi Hayashi (I) 29.4%
Keiko Tanida (JCP) 14.3%
Keisuke Hino (LP) 7.4%
Makoto Utsunomiya (LL) 2.0%
Kōchi1Sadao HiranoLPIncumbent retired
LDP pickupHiroyuki Morishita (LDP) 41.5%
Ruriko Nishioka (I) 32.4%
Shin'ichirō Nishimura (I) 15.9%
Mika Suagahara (LP) 8.4%
Takuji Nakamae (LL) 1.8%
Fukuoka2 (−1)vacant
(last held by Kazunobu Yokoo, Komeito)SDP incumbent retired
LDP incumbent re-elected
Komeito hold (independent joined Komeitotō)Kazuo Hirotomo (I) 30.3%
Gōtarō Yoshimura (LDP) 27.7%
Kazue Fujita (I) 20.0%
Toyoomi Tsuno (JCP) 14.4%
Yukimi Kamemoto (WP) 2.9%
Yoshio Nakamura (YLP) 2.2%
Shizuko Tanebe (LL) 1.8%
Haruhiko Saitō (I) 0.7%
Shirō WatanabeSDP
Gōtarō YoshimuraLDP1 seat lost by reapportionment
Saga1Hiromi IwanagaLDPIncumbent re-electedHiromi Iwanaga (LDP) 47.5%
Yōko Kōmoto (I) 34.6%
Hideko Tanaka (JCP) 11.8%
Yasuhiro Fukagawa (LL) 6.1%
Nagasaki1Sōichirō MatsutaniLDPIncumbent re-electedSōichirō Matsutani (LDP) 42.1%
Yūji Mitsuno (I) 37.9%
Kieko Nishimura (JCP) 13.1%
Kazuko Teraoka (LL) 6.9%
Kumamoto2Yūshin MorizumiLDPIncumbent retired
Incumbent lost re-election
LDP hold
DPJ pickup
DPJ gains top tōsenRyōichi Honda (DPJ) 34.2%
Hitoshi Kimura (LDP) 28.7%
Masaru Urata (LDP) 24.8%
Etsuko Nishikawa (JCP) 10.0%
Kayoko Annaka (LL) 2.3%
Masaru UrataLDP
Ōita1Ban KugimiyaDPJIncumbent lost re-election
LDP pickupToshiya Nakamichi (LDP) 35.4%
Ban Kugimiya (DPJ) 34.3%
Fujisaki (SDP) 21.8%
Masami Doi (JCP) 7.6%
Hideyuki Ozaki (LL) 0.9%
Miyazaki1Mitsuhiro UesugiLDPIncumbent re-electedMitsuhiro Uesugi (LDP) 66.2%
Chika Nagatomo (JCP) 23.4%
Kōsaburō Haruta (LL) 10.4%
Kagoshima2Kichio InoueLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
Independent incumbent lost re-election
LDP pickupHiroshi Moriyama (LDP) 27.9%
Kichio Inoue (LDP) 27.0%
Kazuto Kamiyama (I) 26.1%
Yūichi Yasuda (LL) 12.2%
Mitsuharu Iwaizako (JCP) 6.8%
Kazuto KamiyamaIndependent (ex-JSP)
Okinawa1Sōkō ShimabukuIndependentIncumbent re-elected (joined IA)Sōkō Shimabuku (I) 45.5%
Kenjirō Nishida (LDP) 44.5%
Hiroshi Kinjō (LL) 8.0%
Hiroyuki Kinjō (I) 1.3%
Mitsuo Matayoshi (WECP) 0.7%
Proportional50LDP 17
DPJ 11
Komeito/Ex-Komeitotō 7
SDP/ex-JSP 6
JCP 4
LP 2
2Club 1
NSP/ex-JSP 1
I/ex-JNP 1LDP −3
DPJ +1
JCP +4
Komeito 0
LP +3
SDP −2
Others −2
I (ex-JNP) -1LDP 14,128,719/25.17%
→ 14 seats:
Akito Arima
Masakuni Murakami
Toshisada Oka
Yoshihisa Ōshima
Daizō Nozawa
Issei Anan
Chieko Nōno
Akio Satō
Eisuke Hinode
Tokio Kanō
Tomoko Sasaki
Masashi Waki
Tsuguo Morita
Kimitaka Kuze
DPJ 12,209,685/21.75%
→ 12 seats:
Yōko Komiyama
Kiyoshi Imai
Yoriko Madoka
Mitsuharu Warashina
Masayuki Naoshima
Masamitsu Naitō
Kenji Katsuki
Yukiko Kawahashi
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Yoshimitsu Takashima
Toshikazu Hori
Takenori Emoto
JCP 8,195,078/14.6%
→ 8 seats:
Hiroshi Tachiki
Tadayoshi Ichida
Emi Iwasa
Yoshinori Yoshioka
Yoshitaka Ikeda
Akira Koike
Toshiko Hayashi
Chikashi Koizumi
Komeito 7,748,301/13.80%
→ 7 seats:
Hiroshi Tsuruoka
Kunihiro Tsuzuki
Kōji Morimoto
Kiyohiro Araki
Hisashi Kazama
Tamaki Sawa
Katsuyuki Hikasa
LP 5,207,813/9.28%
→ 5 seats:
Shin'ya Izumi
Hajimu Irisawa
Sadao Hirano
Hideo Watanabe
Shigeaki Tsukihara
SDP 4,370,763/7.79%
→ 4 seats:
Mizuho Fukushima
Sadao Fuchigami
Masako Ōwaki
Masakazu Yamamoto
Others (aggregate) 3,492,073/6.22%, no seats
Source: The Senkyo and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications official results.

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References

  1. [http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties – Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-23 [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]])
  2. "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)".
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  4. "総務省|選挙関連資料".
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