Japan. House of Councillors Election 2007
By Alex Kireev
JAPAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 29 JULY 2007 ================================================================================ Elections to the Sangi-in (House of Councillors) Source: Asahi Shinbun Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * JMt - Jiyu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party, LDP) * Mt - Minshu-to (Democratic Party, DP) * KSt - Kokumin Shin-to (People's New Party, PNP) * Kt - Komei-to) Clean Government Party) * NKt - Nihon Kyosan-to (Japan Communist Party, JCP) * SMt - Shakai Minshu-to (Social Democratic Party, SDP) * StN - Shin-to Nihon (New Party Japan, NPJ) VOTING IN PREFECTURE ELECTORATES ================================================================================ AICHI PREFECTURE (3 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 587,268 17.6 Democratic Party 880,856 26.4 ELECTED Democratic Party 720,777 21.6 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 293,607 08.8 Liberal Democratic Party 734,153 22.0 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 69,853 02.1 Other 22,273 00.7 Other 13,301 00.4 Other 12,435 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,334,523 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AKITA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 38,394 06.0 Liberal Democratic Party 276,694 43.6 Other 319,631 50.4 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 634,719 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AOMORI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 305,642 49.0 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 32,014 05.1 Liberal Democratic Party 248,782 39.9 Social Democratic Party 37,370 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 623,808 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHIBA PREFECTURE (3 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 666,241 25.2 ELECTED Democratic Party 477,402 18.1 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 214,991 08.1 Liberal Democratic Party 541,701 20.5 ELECTED Liberal Democratic Party 387,395 14.7 Social Democratic Party 124,113 04.7 Other 130,364 04.9 Other 99,316 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,641,523 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EHIME PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 40,954 05.5 Liberal Democratic Party 318,304 43.1 Other 378,813 51.3 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 738,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUKUI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 190,644 46.8 Japan Communist Party 23,110 05.7 Liberal Democratic Party 193,617 47.5 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 407,391 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUKUOKA PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 1,003,170 46.8 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 185,713 08.7 Liberal Democratic Party 791,152 36.9 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 113,293 05.3 Other 35,942 01.7 Other 15,244 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,144,514 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 503,423 49.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 78,237 07.8 Liberal Democratic Party 372,857 37.0 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 54,466 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,008,983 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIFU PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 445,489 44.1 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 99,301 09.8 Other 466,008 46.1 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,010,798 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUNMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 94,713 11.1 Liberal Democratic Party 530,114 62.0 ELECTED People's New Party 230,663 27.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 855,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 570,823 43.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 63,488 04.9 Liberal Democratic Party 389,881 30.0 ELECTED Other 199,222 15.3 Other 54,473 04.2 Other 21,956 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,299,843 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOKKAIDO PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 1,018,597 36.0 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 206,463 07.3 Liberal Democratic Party 757,463 26.8 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 79,474 02.8 Other 621,497 22.0 Other 103,282 03.7 Other 22,154 00.8 Other 18,234 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,827,164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HYOGO PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 1,086,682 44.1 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 267,772 10.9 Liberal Democratic Party 860,568 34.9 ELECTED Other 185,773 07.5 Other 64,528 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,465,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBARAKI PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 540,174 41.3 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 86,288 06.9 Liberal Democratic Party 427,297 34.3 ELECTED Other 114,358 09.2 Other 52,621 04.2 Other 23,845 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,244,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 272,366 46.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 28,604 04.9 Liberal Democratic Party 268,185 46.2 Other 11,477 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 580,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IWATE PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 437,814 62.6 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 38,089 05.4 Liberal Democratic Party 176,096 25.2 Social Democratic Party 47,425 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 699,424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAGAWA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 257,548 53.6 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 27,896 05.8 Liberal Democratic Party 194,804 40.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 480,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 399,877 47.3 Japan Communist Party 42,657 05.0 Liberal Democratic Party 402,541 47.6 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 845,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KANAGAWA PREFECTURE (3 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 691,842 17.5 Democratic Party 1,010,866 25.4 ELECTED Democratic Party 781,533 19.7 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 385,619 09.7 Liberal Democratic Party 895,752 22.5 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 128,757 03.2 Other 61,219 01.5 Other 21,645 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,977,233 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOCHI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 166,220 44.7 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 51,629 13.9 Liberal Democratic Party 154,104 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 371,953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 440,742 48.4 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 37,483 04.1 Liberal Democratic Party 432,686 47.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 910,911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KYOTO PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 501,979 43.6 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 275,285 23.9 Liberal Democratic Party 362,274 31.4 ELECTED Other 12,799 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,152,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIE PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 527,935 59.4 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 68,058 07.7 Liberal Democratic Party 293,208 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 889,201 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIYAGI PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 549,183 52.7 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 71,689 06.9 Liberal Democratic Party 359,099 34.5 Social Democratic Party 61,349 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,041,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 33,521 06.3 Liberal Democratic Party 146,269 27.5 Other 196,685 37.0 ELECTED Other 74,700 14.1 Other 73,228 13.8 Other 6,823 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 531,226 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAGANO PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 538,690 47.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 194,407 17.3 Liberal Democratic Party 301,635 26.8 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 89,579 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,124,301 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAGASAKI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 352,953 49.0 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 35,837 05.0 Liberal Democratic Party 331,147 46.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 719,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NARA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 359,584 52.5 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 72,666 10.6 Liberal Democratic Party 252,768 36.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 685,018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIIGATA PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 355,901 28.3 ELECTED Democratic Party 344,424 27.4 Japan Communist Party 54,537 04.3 Liberal Democratic Party 403,497 32.1 ELECTED Social Democratic Party 91,016 07.2 Other 7,806 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,257,181 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OITA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 37,764 06.2 Liberal Democratic Party 199,523 32.6 ELECTED People's New Party 63,099 10.3 Other 170,645 27.9 Other 140,287 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 611,318 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OKAYAMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 451,185 49.4 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 42,929 04.7 Liberal Democratic Party 403,783 44.2 Other 9,433 01.0 Other 5,753 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 913,083 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OKINAWA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Democratic Party 249,136 39.8 Other 376,460 60.2 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 625,596 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSAKA PREFECTURE (3 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 836,903 21.8 ELECTED Democratic Party 1,281,502 24.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 585,620 12.1 Liberal Democratic Party 732,175 20.1 ELECTED People's New Party 161,909 Social Democratic Party 141,867 07.2 Other 54,587 19.7 Other 50,878 00.9 Other 18,986 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,650,722 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAGA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 210,452 49.6 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 25,028 05.9 Liberal Democratic Party 189,212 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 424,692 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAITAMA PREFECTURE (3 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 623,723 19.7 Democratic Party 745,517 23.5 ELECTED Democratic Party 665,063 21.0 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 277,440 08.7 Liberal Democratic Party 684,270 21.6 ELECTED People's New Party 72,756 02.3 Social Democratic Party 104,403 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,173,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIGA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 325,365 50.2 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 59,275 09.2 Liberal Democratic Party 263,067 40.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 647,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIMANE PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 23,704 05.5 Liberal Democratic Party 186,622 43.6 People's New Party 217,707 50.9 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 428,033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 823,184 47.1 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 137,627 07.9 Liberal Democratic Party 549,375 31.4 ELECTED Other 150,306 08.6 Other 86,354 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,746,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOCHIGI PREFECTURE (2 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 484,900 53.9 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 42,335 04.7 Liberal Democratic Party 372,930 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 900,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 206,457 54.0 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 25,727 06.7 Liberal Democratic Party 150,306 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 382,490 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKYO PREFECTURE (5 members) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government Party 794,936 13.5 ELECTED Democratic Party 1,087,743 18.4 ELECTED Democratic Party 780,662 13.2 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 554,104 09.4 Liberal Democratic Party 691,367 11.7 ELECTED Liberal Democratic Party 651,484 11.0 People's New Party 151,715 02.6 Social Democratic Party 209,053 03.5 Other 683,629 11.6 ELECTED Other 92,512 01.6 Other 70,275 01.2 Other 59,607 01.0 Other 21,548 00.4 Other 18,448 00.3 Other 11,222 00.2 Other 8,409 00.1 Other 7,682 00.1 Other 6,408 00.1 Other 5,289 00.1 Other 3,420 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,909,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTTORI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 168,380 51.5 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 23,380 07.1 Liberal Democratic Party 135,233 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 326,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOYAMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan Communist Party 24,240 04.2 Liberal Democratic Party 265,882 45.7 Other 291,714 50.1 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 581,836 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKAYAMA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 187,545 38.2 Japan Communist Party 46,706 09.5 Liberal Democratic Party 256,577 52.3 ELECTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 490,828 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMAGATA PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 371,071 57.3 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 38,008 05.9 Liberal Democratic Party 238,515 36.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 647,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 419,947 56.7 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 52,587 07.1 Liberal Democratic Party 267,670 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 740,204 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMANASHI PREFECTURE (1 member) ================================================================================ Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party 242,586 55.3 ELECTED Japan Communist Party 32,994 07.5 Other 162,746 37.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 438,326 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
