2010 Japanese House of Councillors election
Introduction '''House of Councillors elections''' were held in Japan on July 11, 2010.In the previous elections in 2007 the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had lost its majority to the Democratic Party (DPJ), which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996.The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six-year terms. The seats up for election in 2010 were last contested in the 2004 election.
Background On 11 June 2008, a non-binding censure motion was passed by parliament's opposition-controlled House of Councillors against then Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Filed by the DPJ and two other parties, it was the first censure motion against a prime minister under Japan's post-war constitution. Ahead of the G8 summit, it attacked his handling of domestic issues including an unpopular medical plan and called for a snap election or his resignation. On 12 June a motion of confidence was passed by the lower house's ruling coalition to counter the censure. Fukuda abruptly announced he was retiring as leader. Taro Aso won the subsequent election, which was held on 22 September 2008.In the 2009 lower house election, the DPJ gained an historic majority, being the first non-LDP party to hold a majority in that house since the LDP's formation and is scheduled to lead the second non-LDP government in the aforementioned time period (with upper house allies the Social Democratic Party of Japan and the People's New Party). Following the election, Aso resigned as LDP president. Sadakazu Tanigaki was elected the leader of LDP on September 28, 2009.The House of Councillors election in 2010 was viewed as potentially leading to the extinction of the LDP. Some of the LDP's most popular councillors, such as Yoichi Masuzoe and Kaoru Yosano, left the party prior to the election. However, the DPJ's popularity had been negatively impacted by fundraising scandals surrounding its president Yukio Hatoyama and secretary general Ichiro Ozawa, both of whom resigned on June 2, 2010.Naoto Kan became prime minister after Hatoyama's resignation and proposed a controversial increase in the consumption tax to shore up Japanese public finances. The campaign season was only three weeks long, which frustrated efforts to have policy debates between the two major parties and the numerous third parties in the election.=== Pre-election composition ===↓ 66 44 7 9 10 51 55 Coalition seats not up  seats up     seats up Opposition seats not up}
Results The result of the election was declared on July 12, 2010.The ruling DPJ lost many of its seats and the opposition LDP gained more seats in comparison to the last election, held in 2007.Your Party performed well in this election, while the DPJ's junior coalition partner, the People's New Party, performed poorly.===DPJ nomination strategy in multi-member districts===DPJ secretary-general Ichirō Ozawa had decided on an offensive strategy for nominating candidates in multi-member districts (MMDs): The DPJ was to nominate two candidates in all MMDs with the exceptions of Niigata where an SDP-affiliated independent incumbent was in the race and Fukuoka where a PNP incumbent sought reelection. This strategy was reaffirmed after Ozawa's resignation in June 2010 even though the DPJ's support rate had significantly fallen by then and winning both seats in a SNTV two-member district requires a very high margin in terms of party votes and an equal distribution of votes on the two candidates.The strategy failed: all two-member districts split seats evenly between DPJ and LDP in 2010.In some districts the party even risked losing both seats due to vote splitting, a danger that did not materialize in the election result.The LDP on the other hand nominated only one candidate per MMD – exceptions being Miyagi, Chiba and Tokyo –, thus concentrating all LDP votes on one candidate.The election results in MMDs gave 20 seats to the DPJ, 18 to the LDP, three to the Kōmeitō and three to Your Party. The only districts where the DPJ won two seats and an advantage in seats over the LDP were Tokyo (5 seats) where administrative reform minister Renhō received a record 1.7 million votes and Toshio Ogawa ranked fourth and DPJ stronghold Aichi (3 seats) where DPJ candidates only finished second and third behind LDP newcomer Masahito Fujikawa.===LDP gains===Part of the LDP victory were the results in the 29 single-member districts where the DPJ received roughly 7 million votes winning eight districts while the LDP received 8.25 million votes and 21 seats, among them seven pickups compared to the pre-election composition of the chamber:* Aomori, Akita, Tottori and Nagasaki from the DPJ*Kagawa and Tokushima from the NRP, both from former LDP members, and* Tochigi which had been a two-member district until 2010 with seats held by DPJ and NRP.The LDP also gained seven additional seats in two-member districts, but exclusively seats it had previously lost by party switchovers or resignations:* in Hokkaidō from the Sunrise Party,* in Niigata where Naoki Tanaka had switched parties together with his wife Makiko from an SDP-affiliated independent,* in Gifu from an ex-LDP independent,* in Nagano a vacant seat previously held by the LDP,* in Hiroshima and Fukuoka from the PNP and* only in Shizuoka directly from the DPJ where the Democrats had held both seats up because of the resignation of Yukiko Sakamoto in 2009 and the DPJ's victory in the resulting by-election.The vote in the districts with three (Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Ōsaka) or five (Tōkyō) seats up went clearly to the DPJ with a 3.5 million vote edge over the LDP, but produced only a two-seat difference in the House of Councillors: the LDP won six, the DPJ eight seats.If compared to the 2004 election when the same class of Councillors was last elected, the LDP only gained five prefectural district seats and lost three seats in the nationwide proportional representation.===By prefecture==='''Elected candidates in bold'''''Notes:''* ''All incumbents not running for re-election in their prefectural electoral district are counted as retirements even if they ran in the nationwide proportional representation''* ''Miyagi is counted as an LDP hold because Ichikawa was an LDP member and remained with the LDP parliamentary group up to the election. He ran as an independent after failing to gain the party's official nomination in Miyagi.'' Northern Japan Prefecture Seats up Incumbents Party Result Candidates(Party – endorsements)Vote share Hokkaidō 2 Yoshio Nakagawa Sunrise Incumbents retiredDemocratic holdLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Gaku Hasegawa (LDP) 34.3%''''''Eri Tokunaga (DPJ – PNP, NPD) 25.6%'''Masahi Fujikawa (DPJ) 20.5%Ken'ichi Nakagawa (YP) 11.6%Kazuya Hatayama (JCP) 7.2%Makoto Ōbayashi (HRP) 0.8% Naoki Minezaki Democratic Aomori 1 Masami Tanabu Democratic Incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) 46.8%'''Rina Hatano (DPJ – PNP) 36.3%Sekio Masuta (SPJ) 8.0%Yō Yoshimata (JCP) 5.1%Kiyohiko Yamada (SDP) 3.9% Iwate 1 Ryō Shuhama Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Ryō Shuhama (DPJ – PNP) 54.2%'''Yukifumi Takahashi (LDP) 30.4%Masahiro Isawa (SDP) 8.5%Sadakiyo Segawa (JCP) 6.9% Miyagi 2 Ichirō Ichikawa Liberal Democratic(see note) Liberal Democratic incumbent lost re-electionDemocratic incumbent re-electedLiberal Democratic hold '''Yutaka Kumagai (LDP) 26.8%''''''Mitsuru Sakurai (DPJ – PNP) 24.4%'''Hiromi Itō (DPJ – PNP) 16.5%Ichirō Ichikawa (I) 11.0%Fumihiro Kikuchi (YP) 10.8%Tetsuo Kanno (SDP) 5.2%Mikio Katō (JCP) 4.5%Yoshiaki Murakami (HRP) 0.7% Mitsuru Sakurai Democratic Akita 1 Yōetsu Suzuki Democratic Incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Hiroo Ishii (LDP) 55.6%'''Yōetsu Suzuki (DPJ) 38.3%Kazuhisa Fujita (JCP) 6.1% Yamagata 1 Kōichi Kishi Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Kōichi Kishi (LDP) 43.6%'''Yōsei Umetsu (DPJ) 36.8%Hiroaki Kawano (YP) 14.6%Toshio Ōta (JCP) 5.0% Fukushima 2 Teruhiko Mashiko Democratic Incumbents re-elected '''Teruhiko Mashiko (DPJ) 34.4%''''''Mitsuhide Iwaki (LDP) 34.1%'''Mitsunori Okabe (DPJ) 15.6%Kazumasa Sugamoto (YP) 9.4%Tomo Iwabuchi (JCP) 6.5% Mitsuhide Iwaki Liberal Democratic Eastern and Central Japan Prefecture Seats up Incumbents Party Result Candidates(Party – endorsements)Vote share Ibaraki 2 Hiroshi Okada Liberal Democratic Incumbents re-elected '''Hiroshi Okada (LDP) 38.7%''''''Akira Gunji (DPJ) 23.8%'''Tomohiro Nagatsuka (DPJ) 15.9%Shigenori Ōkawa (YP) 11.7%Rie Yoshida (SPJ) 5.1%Nobutoshi Inaba (JCP) 3.9%Kōki Nakamura (HRP) 0.9% Akira Gunji Democratic Tochigi 1 Susumu Yanase Democratic 1 seat lost by reapportionmentNew Renaissance incumbent retiredDemocratic incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Michiko Ueno (LDP) 36.2%'''Susumu Yanase (DPJ – PNP) 35.6%Daiju Araki (YP) 25.0%Kazunori Koike (JCP) 3.2% Tetsurō Yano New Renaissance Gunma 1 Yukio Tomioka Democratic 1 seat lost by reapportionmentDemocratic incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic incumbent re-elected '''Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) 60.6%'''Yukio Tomioka (DPJ) 31.2%Setsuko Takahashi (JCP) 8.2% Hirofumi Nakasone Liberal Democratic Saitama 3 Chiyako Shimada Democratic Liberal Democratic and Justice incumbents re-electedDemocratic incumbent lost re-electionDemocratic hold '''Masukazu Sekiguchi (LDP) 20.6%''''''Makoto Nishida (Kōmei) 18.7%''''''Motohiro Ōno (DPJ) 17.5%'''Chiyako Shimada (DPJ) 17.1%Tsukasa Kobayashi (YP) 13.1%Gaku Itō (JCP) 6.5%Kōji Nakagawa (NRP) 2.7%Fumihiro Himori (SDP) 2.3%Kōsei Hasegawa (I) 1.2%Hirotoshi Inda (HRP) 0.3% Masakazu Sekiguchi Liberal Democratic Makoto Nishida Justice Chiba 3 Wakako Hironaka Democratic 1 seat gained by reapportionmentDemocratic incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic incumbent lost re-electionDemocratic and Liberal Democratic holdYour '''pickup''' '''Hiroyuki Konishi (LDP) 20.2%''''''Kuniko Inoguchi (DPJ) 19.3%''''''Ken'ichi Mizuno (YP) 17.9%'''Ayumi Michi (DPJ) 17.4%Kazuyasu Shiina (LDP) 14.9%Kazuko Saitō (JCP) 6.2%Hisashi Koga (NRP) 2.5%Satoshi Shimizu (JIP) 1.1%Masahiko Makino (HRP) 0.5% Kazuyasu Shiina Liberal Democratic Tokyo 5 Masaharu Nakagawa Liberal Democratic 1 seat gained by reapportionmentDemocratic and Liberal Democratic incumbents re-electedJustice incumbent retiredJustice holdYour '''pickup''' '''Renhō (DPJ) 28.1%''''''Toshiko Takeya (Kōmei) 13.2%''''''Masaharu Nakagawa (LDP) 11.7%''''''Toshio Ogawa (DPJ) 11.4%''''''Kōta Matsuda (YP) 10.8%'''Akira Koike (JCP) 9.1%Yukiko Tōkai (LDP) 4.9%Hiroshi Yamada (JIP) 3.3%Asako Ogura (SPJ) 2.0%Hideo Morihara (SDP) 1.6%Kōtarō Umiji (NRP) 1.3%Saori Egi (PNP) 0.9%Yūmi Ishihara (I) 0.7%Hiroko Tanaka (I) 0.3 %Hisshō Yanai (HRP) 0.2%9 other candidates 0.7% Toshio Ogawa Democratic Renhō Murata Democratic Makoto Nishida Justice Kanagawa 3 Akio Koizumi Liberal Democratic Democratic (1 of 2) and Liberal Democratic incumbents re-electedDemocratic (1 of 2) incumbent lost re-electionYour '''pickup''' '''Akio Koizumi (LDP) 25.2%''''''Kenji Nakanishi (YP) 20.2%''''''Yōichi Kaneko (DPJ) 19.2%'''Keiko Chiba (DPJ) 17.9%Kimie Hatano (JCP) 7.8%Eiko Kimura (SDP) 2.9%Takahiro Kai (NRP) 2.9%Manabu Matsuda (JSP) 2.4%Seiichi Yamamoto (I) 1.2%Bunkō Katō (HRP) 0.3% Yōichi Kaneko Democratic Keiko Chiba Democratic Niigata 2 Masamichi Kondō Independent Democratic incumbent re-electedIndependent incumbent (SDP parliamentary group) lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Naoki Tanaka (DPJ) 37.9%''''''Yaichi Nakahara (LDP) 35.5%'''Masamichi Kondō (I – SDP) 17.2%Katsutoshi Takeda (JCP) 6.3%Satoshi Annaka (I) 2.1%Ken'ya Kasamaki (HRP) 0.9% Naoki Tanaka Democratic Toyama 1 Tsunenori Kawai Liberal Democratic Incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic hold '''Kōtarō Nogami (LDP) 56.2%'''Yoshihiro Aimoto (DPJ) 39.0%Wataru Takahashi (JCP) 4.8% Ishikawa 1 Naoki Okada Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Naoki Okada (LDP) 55.5%'''Akira Nishihara (DPJ) 38.5%Mikiko Chikamatsu (JCP) 6.0% Fukui 1 Masaaki Yamazaki Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) 51.2%'''Kōta Inobe (DPJ) 42.3%Kazuo Yamada (JCP) 6.5% Yamanashi 1 Azuma Koshiishi Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ) 43.0%'''Noriko Miyagawa (LDP) 42.2%Hitoshi Hanada (JCP) 7.4%Naoyuki Nemoto (I) 4.5%Takashi Kigawa (I) 2.9% Nagano 2 Toshimi Kitazawa Democratic Democratic incumbent re-electedLiberal Democratic '''pickup'''successful "inheritance" '''Kenta Wakabayashi (LDP) 26.4%''''''Toshimi Kitazawa (DPJ) 26.1%'''Yōko Takashima (DPJ) 19.6%Yōsei Ide (YP) 16.6%Sanae Nakano (JCP) 10.5%Hiroaki Usuda (HRP) 0.8% vacant(last held by Liberal Democrat Masatoshi Wakabayashi) Gifu 2 Iwao Matsuda Independent Independent incumbent retiredDemocratic incumbent lost re-electionDemocratic holdLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Takeyuki Watanabe (LDP) 44.0%''''''Yoshiharu Komiyama (DPJ) 23.7%'''Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) 22.9%Masanori Suzuki (JCP) 7.5%Yukihiko Kanō (HRP) 1.9% Yasuo Yamashita Democratic Shizuoka 2 Hirokazu Tsuchida Democratic Democratic incumbent re-electedDemocratic incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Shigeki Iwai (LDP) 32.3%''''''Yūji Fujimoto (DPJ – PNP) 28.3%'''Jun'ichi Kawai (YP) 20.9%Naoko Nakamoto (DPJ – PNP) 12.0%Hiromi Watanabe (JCP) 5.5%Yūta Nakano (HRP) 1.0% Yūji Fujimoto Democratic Aichi 3 Katsuhito Asano Liberal Democratic Incumbents retiredDemocratic and Liberal Democratic hold '''Masahito Fujikawa (LDP) 28.6%''''''Yoshitaka Saitō (DPJ – PNP) 23.4%''''''Misako Yasui (DPJ – PNP) 21.1%'''Michiyao Yakushiji (YP) 16.5%Nobuko Motomura (JCP) 6.0%Mitsuko Aoyama (SDP) 3.2%Hiromi Nakane (HRP) 1.2% Taisuke Satō Democratic Yoshitake Kimata Democratic Mie 1 Hirokazu Shiba Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Hirokazu Shiba (DPJ) 40.6%'''Kōhei Onozaki (LDP) 33.1%Yukako Yahara (YP) 20.1%Takeshi Nakano (JCP) 6.2% Western Japan Prefecture Seats up Incumbents Party Result Candidates(Party – endorsements)Vote share Shiga 1 Kumiko Hayashi Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Kumiko Hayashi (DPJ) 48.6%'''Nobuhide Takemura (LDP) 32.3%Takashi Kawauchi (JCP) 9.9%Osamu Konishi (I) 9.1% Kyōto 2 Tetsurō Fukuyama Democratic Incumbents re-elected '''Tetsurō Fukuyama (DPJ) 34.3%''''''Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) 28.2%'''Mariko Narumiya (JCP) 16.6%Takuya Nakagawa (YP) 11.0%Mitsue Kawakami (DPJ) 8.7%Satoko Kitagawa (HRP) 1.1% Satoshi Ninoyu Liberal Democratic Ōsaka 3 Motoyuki Odachi Democratic Democratic and Liberal Democratic incumbents re-electedJustice incumbent retiredJustice hold '''Hirotaka Ishikawa (Kōmei) 22.1%''''''Issei Kitagawa (LDP) 18.1%''''''Motoyuki Odachi (DPJ) 17.9%'''Mari Okabe (DPJ) 15.8%Taizō Kawahira (YP) 10.0%Tadashi Shimizu (JCP) 9.4%Nelson Yoshioki Yamawake (NRP) 2.7%Akiko Ōkawa (SDP) 2.2%Yukiko Hamano (JIP) 1.3%Toshiko Fukata (HRP) 0.5% Eiichi Yamashita Justice Issei Kitagawa Liberal Democratic Hyōgo 2 Shun'ichi Mizuoka Democratic Incumbents re-elected '''Shinsuke Suematsu (LDP) 29.4%''''''Shun'ichi Mizuoka (DPJ) 21.8%'''Nobuhiko Isaka (YP) 17.6%Maki Mihashi (DPJ) 17.3%Terufumi Horiuchi (JCP) 8.4%Aimi Yoshida (NRP) 4.5%Yoshiaki Takagi (HRP) 0.9% Shinsuke Suematsu Liberal Democratic Nara 1 Kiyoshige Maekawa Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Kiyoshige Maekawa (DPJ) 47.6%'''Shūzō Yamada (LDP) 39.3%Atsushi Ōta (JCP) 13.1% Wakayama 1 Yōsuke Tsuruho Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Yōsuke Tsuruho (LDP) 56.8%'''Kumiko Shima (DPJ) 32.7%Masaya Yoshida (JCP) 10.5% Tottori 1 Kōtarō Tamura Democratic Incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Kazuyuki Hamada (LDP) 50.8%'''Mari Sakano (DPJ) 42.6%Naoyuki Iwanaga (JCP) 6.6% Shimane 1 Mikio Aoki Liberal Democratic Incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic holdsuccessful "inheritance" '''Kazuhiko Aoki (LDP) 52.9%'''Hirotaka Iwata (DPJ) 36.0%Tomoo Sakurauchi (YP) 6.7%Ikuhisa Ishitobi (JCP) 4.4% Okayama 1 Satsuki Eda Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Satsuki Eda (DPJ) 54.8%'''Mika Yamada (LDP) 37.6%Yūichi Kawauchi (JCP) 7.6% Hiroshima 2 Minoru Yanagida Democratic Democratic incumbent re-electedPeople's New incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic '''pickup'''successful indirect "inheritance" from Hiroshi Miyazawa '''Yōichi Miyazawa (LDP) 45.5%''''''Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) 24.5%'''Kei Nakagawa (DPJ) 21.7%Osamu Ōnishi (JCP) 6.8%Mitsuo Uematsu (HRP) 1.5% Ikuo Kamei People's New Yamaguchi 1 Nobuo Kishi Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Nobuo Kishi (LDP) 57.8%'''Daijirō Harada (DPJ) 35.2%Daisuke Kisaki (JCP) 7.0% Tokushima 1 Masakatsu Koike New Renaissance incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Yūsuke Nakanishi (LDP) 38.3%'''Masuko Yoshida (DPJ) 36.7%Masakatsu Koike (NRP) 18.2%Motonoru Furuta (JCP) 4.8%Akemi Takeo (HRP) 1.0%Takashi Toyokawa (I) 0.9% Kagawa 1 Toshio Yamauchi New Renaissance incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Yoshihiro Isozaki (LDP) 51.4%'''Sumiko Okauchi (I – DPJ, SDP) 41.2%Hitoshi Fujita (JCP) 7.4% Ehime 1 Junzō Yamamoto Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Junzō Yamamoto (LDP) 52.7%'''Tomoko Okahiro (DPJ) 37.8%Katsuhiko Tanaka (JCP) 7.7%Akihiro Kōri (I) 1.8% Kōchi 1 Hajime Hirota Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Satsuki Eda (DPJ) 37.5%'''Kōjirō Takano (LDP) 33.8%Kōhei Tamura (I) 15.6%Naoaki Haruna (JCP) 10.7%Toshihisa Fujishima (I) 2.4% Southern Japan Prefecture Seats up Incumbents Party Result Candidates(Party – endorsements)Vote share Fukuoka 2 Tsutomu Ōkubo Democratic Democratic incumbent re-electedPeople's New incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Satoshi Ōie (LDP) 35.3%''''''Tsutomu Ōkubo (DPJ) 30.7%'''Masao Satō (YP) 13.1%Kaname Tsutsumi (I – DPJ, SDP) 8.0%Kiyoshi Shinoda (JCP) 6.6%Gōtarō Yoshimura (PNP) 5.2%Kazue Yoshitmi (HRP) 1.2% Gōtarō Yoshimura People's New Saga 1 Hiromi Iwanaga Liberal Democratic Incumbent retiredLiberal Democratic hold '''Takamaro Fukuoka (LDP) 60.5%'''Michiko Katsuki (DPJ) 33.8%Katsuhiro Yamaguchi (JCP) 5.7% Nagasaki 1 Tadashi Inuzuka Democratic incumbent lost re-electionLiberal Democratic '''pickup''' '''Genjirō Kaneko (LDP) 48.8%'''Tadashi Inuzuka (DPJ) 38.6%Norihiko Nakashima (YP) 8.6%Eiko Fuchise (JCP) 4.1% Kumamoto 1 Yoshifumi Matsumura Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Yoshifumi Matsumura (LDP) 44.2%'''Kōichi Honda (DPJ) 39.3%Akiko Honda (YP) 11.4%Yasuto Adachi (JCP) 3.4%Takeo Maeda (JIP) 1.6% Ōita 1 Shin'ya Adachi Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Shin'ya Adachi (DPJ) 48.7%'''Kiyoshi Odawara (LDP) 42.6%Kai Yamashita (JCP) 8.7% Miyazaki 1 Shinpei Matsushita Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Shinpei Matsushita (LDP) 58.6%'''Sō Watanabe (DPJ) 34.5%Hiromitsu Baba (JCP) 6.9% Kagoshima 1 Tetsurō Nomura Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Tetsurō Nomura (LDP) 55.0%'''Kōichirō Kakiuchi (DPJ) 38.4%Haruki Yamaguchi (JCP) 6.6% Okinawa 1 Aiko Shimajiri Liberal Democratic Incumbent re-elected '''Aiko Shimajiri (LDP) 47.6%'''Hiroji Yamashiro (I – SDP) 39.7%Tadayuki Iju (I – JCP) 10.7%Tatsurō Kinjō (HRP) 2.0%=== Proportional preference vote === Party Party list votes PR votes total PR seats won Top elected PR candidates with preference votes Democratic Party 14,433,171  18,450,139.059 16 Yoshifu Arita  373,834  Ryōko Tani  352,594.303  Masayuki Naoshima  207,821 Liberal Democratic Party 10,657,166  14,071,671.422 12 Satsuki Katayama  299,036.267  Yukari Satō  278,312.851  Eriko Yamatani  254,469 Your Party 7,229,391  7,943,649.369 7 Takumi Shibata  87,863  Katsuhiko Eguchi 86,299  Hiroshi Ueno 52,051.578 New Komeito Party 3,555,970  7,639,432.739 6 Kōzō Akino  836,120  Hiroaki Nagasawa  630,775.977  Shin'ichi Yokoyama  579,793 Japanese Communist Party 3,256,068  3,563,556.590 3 Tadayoshi Ichida  83,806  Tomoko Tamura  45,668.540  Mikishi Daimon  43,897 Social Democratic Party 1,614,821  2,242,735.155 2 Mizuho Fukushima  381,554  Tadatomo Yoshida  130,745.822  Sunrise Party 757,939  1,232,207.336 1 Toranosuke Katayama  117,636.923  New Renaissance Party 1,050,977  1,172,395.190 1 Hiroyuki Arai  65,250.743 People's New Party 481,892  1,000,036.492 0  Others 823,766  1,137,609.086 0Notable defeated PR candidates included former Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman Tarō Hatoyama (NRP, 23,944 votes, rank 2), former Olympic gymnast Yukio Iketani (DPJ, 54,155 votes, rank 27), former Giants manager Tsuneo Horiuchi (LDP, 101,840 votes, rank 13), former Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata (SPJ, 111,597 votes, rank 2) and pro wrestler Osamu Nishimura (PNP, 34,561 votes, rank 3).
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