2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

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121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Shinzō Abe | Banri Kaieda | Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party  | LDP | Democratic | Komeito
Leader since  | 26 September 2012  | 25 December 2012  | 8 September 2009
Last election  | 84 seats, 24.07%  | 106 seats, 31.56%  | 19 seats, 13.07%
Seats after  | 115 | 59  | 20
Seat change  |  31  |  47  |  1
Popular vote  | 18,460,335 | 7,134,215  | 7,568,082
Percentage  | 34.68% | 13.40%  | 14.22%
Swing  |  10.61pp  |  18.16pp  |  1.15pp

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party

Leader  | Yoshimi Watanabe | Kazuo Shii | Toru Hashimoto
Party  | Your | JCP | Restoration
Leader since  | 8 August 2009  | 24 November 2000  | 19 January 2013
Last election  | 11 seats, 13.59%  | 6 seats, 6.10%  | –
Seats after  | 18  | 11  | 9
Seat change  |  7  |  5  | New
Popular vote  | 4,755,161  | 5,154,055  | 6,355,300
Percentage  | 8.93%  | 9.68%  | 11.94%
Swing  |  4.66pp  |  3.58pp  | New

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Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result

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| President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenji Hirata
Democratic

| Elected President of the House of Councillors

Masaaki Yamazaki
LDP

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections 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.

## Background

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Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" (ねじれ国会, nejire kokkai) situation since 2007, in which opposite parties/coalitions control the houses of the Diet of Japan[1] (government lower house majority, opposition upper house majority), 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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

## Opinion polling

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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[5] | 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[6] | 45%  | 7%  | 5%  | 5%  | 6%  | \-  | 4%  | 28%
8–10 June  | Yomiuri Shimbun[7] | 44%  | 7%  | 5%  | 5%  | 4%  | \-  | 3%  | 32%
29–30 June  | Mainichi Shimbun[8] | 45%  | 8%  | 5%  | 6%  | 7%  | \-  | 4%  | 25%
29–30 June  | Asahi Shimbun[9] | 44%  | 7%  | 7%  | 4%  | 7%  | \-  | 5%  | 26%
2 July  | Yomiuri Shimbun[7] | 42%  | 9%  | 5%  | 6%  | 5%  | \-  | 4%  | 29%
13–14 July  | Asahi Shimbun[10] | 43%  | 6%  | 6%  | 8%  | 6%  | \-  | 6%  | 25%
13–14 July  | Kyodo News[11] | 30.6%  | 7.4%  | 4.9%  | 7.0%  | 3.3%  | \-  | 3.8%  | 43%
13–14 July  | Mainichi Shimbun[12] | 37%  | 7%  | 8%  | 8%  | 8%  | \-  | 4%  | 28%
17 July  | The Nikkei[13] | 39%  | 10%  | 8%  | 8%  | 7%  | \-  | 6%  | 22%

Note: U/O - Undecided or other

Cabinet approval and disapproval ratings
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet

## Pre-election composition

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Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013.[14]

62  | 44  | 28  | 5  | 10  | 34  | 59
Opposition seats not up  | DPJ seats up  | O | V | NK | LDP seats up  | Coalition seats not up

## Results

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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.

Party| National| Constituency| Seats
Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats| Not up| Won| Total
after| +/–
| Liberal Democratic Party| 18,460,335| 34.68| 18| 22,681,192| 42.74| 47| 50| 65| 115| +31
| New Komeito Party| 7,568,082| 14.22| 7| 2,724,447| 5.13| 4| 9| 11| 20| +1
| Democratic Party of Japan| 7,134,215| 13.40| 7| 8,646,372| 16.29| 10| 42| 17| 59| –47
| Japan Restoration Party| 6,355,300| 11.94| 6| 3,846,649| 7.25| 2| 1| 8| 9| +6
| Japanese Communist Party| 5,154,055| 9.68| 5| 5,645,937| 10.64| 3| 3| 8| 11| +5
| Your Party| 4,755,161| 8.93| 4| 4,159,961| 7.84| 4| 10| 8| 18| +7
| Social Democratic Party| 1,255,235| 2.36| 1| 271,547| 0.51| 0| 2| 1| 3| –1
| People's Life Party| 943,837| 1.77| 0| 618,355| 1.17| 0| 2| 0| 2| New
| New Party Daichi| 523,146| 0.98| 0| 409,007| 0.77| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Greens Japan| 457,862| 0.86| 0| 58,032| 0.11| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Green Wind| 430,743| 0.81| 0| 620,272| 1.17| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Happiness Realization Party| 191,644| 0.36| 0| 606,692| 1.14| 0| 0| 0| 0| –1
| Okinawa Social Mass Party| | 294,420| 0.55| 1| 0| 1| 1| New
| Ishin Seito Shimpu| | 157,971| 0.30| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Genzei Nippon| | 152,038| 0.29| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Assembly for the Future of Saitama| | 21,358| 0.04| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| 21st Century Nippon Ishin no Kai| | 20,155| 0.04| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Smile Party of Japan| | 12,228| 0.02| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Mitamayama Policy Study Group| | 11,277| 0.02| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Fiscal Consolidation Party| | 7,425| 0.01| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| World Economic Community Party| | 5,633| 0.01| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| Launch Party| | 2,906| 0.01| 0| 0| 0| 0| New
| New Renaissance Party| | | 1| 0| 1| –1
| Independents| | 2,098,603| 3.95| 2| 1| 2| 3| 0
Total| 53,229,615| 100.00| 48| 53,072,477| 100.00| 73| 121| 121| 242| 0
Valid votes| 53,229,823| 97.15| | 53,072,477| 96.85| |
Invalid/blank votes| 1,563,233| 2.85| | 1,725,121| 3.15| |
Total votes| 54,793,056| 100.00| | 54,797,598| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 104,152,590| 52.61| | 104,152,590| 52.61| |
Source: MIC

### Summary

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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 | 3SPJ | 4 | — | 2  | 1 | — | —  | 1HRP | 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
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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.

### Results by electoral district

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Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:

* L – Liberal Democratic Party
* D – Democratic Party
* K – Kōmeitō
* C - Japanese Communist Party
* S – Social Democratic Party
* I – Independent
* Ishin – Japan Restoration Association (Nippon Ishin no Kai)
* Minna – Your Party (Minna no Tō)
* PLP – People's Life Party
* Daichi – New Party Daichi
* Mikaze – Green Wind (Midori no kaze)
* Midori – Greens Japan (Midori no tō gurīnzu japan)
* OS – Okinawa Socialist Mass Party
* NRP – New Renaissance Party
* HRP – Happiness Realization Party
* LF/TPJ (in reference to vacant seats) – People's Life First (LF) members of the House of Councillors who resigned from or lost their seats in late 2012 to contest the House of Representatives election as candidates for the Tomorrow Party of Japan (TPJ)

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[15] | 2  | Katsuya Ogawa (D)
Chūichi Date (L) | Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7%
Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4%
Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7%  |
Aomori[16] | 1  | Kōji Hirayama (PLP) | Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3%
Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0%  | PLP -1
L +1
Iwate[17] | 1  | Tatsuo Hirano (I) | Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7%
Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4%  |
Miyagi[18] | 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[19] | 1  | Daigo Matsuura (D) | Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3%
Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0%  | D -1
L +1
Yamagata[20] | 1  | Yasue Funayama (Mikaze) | Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2%
Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6%  | Mikaze -1
L +1
Fukushima[21] | 1 (-1)  | Emi Kaneko (D)
Masako Mori (L) | Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6%
Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2%  | D -1
Ibaraki[22] | 2  | Yukihisa Fujita (D)
Tamon Hasegawa (L) | Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4%
Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6%
Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3%  |
Tochigi[23] | 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[24] | 1  | Ichita Yamamoto (L) | Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9%
Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3%  |
Saitama[25] | 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[26] | 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[27] | 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[28] | 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[29] | 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[30] | 1  | Takashi Morita (I) | Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1%
Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1%  | I (ex-PNP) -1
L +1
Ishikawa[31] | 1  | Yasuo Ichikawa (D) | Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8%
Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0%  | D -1
L +1
Fukui[32] | 1  | Ryūji Matsumura (L) | Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6%
Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8%  |
Yamanashi[33] | 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[34] | 2  | Yūichirō Hata (D)
Hiromi Yoshida (L) | Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2%
Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0%
Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8%  |
Gifu[35] | 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[36] | 2  | Kazuya Shinba (D)
Takao Makino (L) | Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5%
Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0%
Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2%  |
Aichi[37] | 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[38] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1%  | Mikaze -1
Minna +1
Mie[39] | 1  | Chiaki Takahshi (D) | Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2%
Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6%  | D -1
L +1
Shiga[40] | 1  | Hisashi Tokunaga (D) | Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4%
Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2%  | D -1
L +1
Kyoto[41] | 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[42] | 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[43] | 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[44] | 1  | vacant
(last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ) | Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6%
Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1%  | L +1
Wakayama[45] | 1  | Hiroshige Sekō (L) | Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3%
Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0%  |
Tottori[46] | 1  | Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) | Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2%
Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0%  | D -1
L +1
Shimane[47] | 1  | Akiko Kamei (Mikaze) | Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8%
Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9%  | Mikaze -1
L +1
Okayama[48] | 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[49] | 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[50] | 1  | Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) | Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4%
Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6%  |
Tokushima[51] | 1  | Tomoji Nakatani (D) | Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5%
Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1%  | D -1
L +1
Kagawa[52] | 1  | Emiko Uematsu (I) | Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0%
Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2%  | I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Ehime[53] | 1  | vacant
(last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ) | Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6%
Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4%  | L +1
Kōchi[54] | 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[55] | 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[56] | 1  | Minoru Kawasaki (I) | Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6%
Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1%  | I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Nagasaki[57] | 1  | Yukishige Ōkubo (D) | Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2%
Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7%  | D -1
L +1
Kumamoto[58] | 1  | Nobuo Matsuno (D) | Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6%
Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8%  | D -1
L +1
Ōita[59] | 1  | Yōsuke Isozaki (L) | Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0%
Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3%  |
Miyazaki[60] | 1  | vacant
(last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ) | Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3%
Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6%  | L +1
Kagoshima[61] | 1  | Hidehisa Otsuji (L) | Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0%
Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7%  |
Okinawa[62] | 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:[63]
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:[64]
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:[65]
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:[66]
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:[67]
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:[68]
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:[69]
Seiji Mataichi 156,1555
Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641
Incumbents on other party lists without seat:
PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu Fujiwara[70]
Daichi (1.0%): none[71]
Midori (0.9%): none[72]
Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka[73]
HRP (0.4%): none[74]

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* realpolitics.jp: Long-term monthly cabinet and party approval rates, overview of polls from various news organizations (in Japanese)
* Yomiuri Shimbun: Results (in Japanese)
* Asahi Shimbun: Results (in Japanese)
* Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Full results (pdf, 88 pages) (in Japanese)

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