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Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1998.
Note that because of the dissolution of the Socialist Party in 1996 (→Social Democratic Party, New Socialist Party, Democratic Party), the Democratic Socialist Party and the Kōmeitō in 1994, the creation and subsequent dissolution of the New Frontier Party, the (re-)establishment of the two "New" Kōmeitō predecessors and several other party mergers, creations and dissolutions in the 1990s, many of the incumbent Councilors in 1998 belonged to a different party than the ones they were elected for in 1992.
| Party | Held Over | Newly Elected | Total Seats |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 54 | 44 | 102 |
| Democratic Party | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| Kōmei | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Communist Party | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Social Democratic Party of Japan | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| New Party Harbinger | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Reformers Network Party | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Second Chamber Club | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independents | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Total | 252 |
Elected candidates in bold
Compiled from JANJAN's "The Senkyo"[1] and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications official results[2].
Notes:
Party abbreviations used:
| Northern Japan | ||||||
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| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Candidates (Party) Vote share |
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| Hokkaidō | 2 (-2) | Hisashi Kazama | Kōmei | 2 seats lost by reapportionment LDP, DPJ and Kōmei incumbents retired LDP hold DPJ incumbent re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen |
Naoki 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% |
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| Noriyuki Nakao | DPJ | |||||
| Naoki Minezaki | DPJ | |||||
| Masaaki Takagi | LDP | |||||
| Aomori | 1 | Kanpei Matsuo | Independent (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% |
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| Iwate | 1 | Motoo Shiina | Independent | Incumbent 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% |
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| Miyagi | 2 (+1) | Kaname Endō | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen |
Mitsuru 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% |
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| 1 seat gained by reapportionment LDP hold |
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| Akita | 1 | Man Sasaki | LDP | Incumbent retired LDP hold |
Shigenobu 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% |
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| Yamagata | 1 | Teibin Suzuki | LDP | Incumbent retired LDP hold |
Kōichi Kishi (LDP) 49.3% Toshiko Muraki (DPJ) 17.8% Shōji Tanabe (SDP) 16.1% Masaru Aoki (JCP) 10.1% Eiko Gotō (LL) 6.6% |
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| Fukushima | 2 | Seigo Suzuki | LDP | Incumbent retired LDP hold Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen |
Yūhei 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% |
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| Shizuo Satō | LDP | |||||
| Eastern and Central Japan | ||||||
| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsments) Vote share |
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| Ibaraki | 2 | Itsuo Nomura | LDP | NSP incumbent retired LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gained top tōsen |
Akira 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% |
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| Osamu Yatabe | NSP | |||||
| Tochigi | 2 | Itten Kamiyoshihara | LDP | Incumbent re-elected Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gained top tōsen |
Susumu 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% |
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| Tetsurō Yano | LDP | |||||
| Gunma | 2 | Hirofumi Nakasone | LDP | Incumbents re-elected | Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) 33.7% Kōsei Ueno (LDP) 25.4% Shio Yamazaki (I) 19.3% Yoshikazu Arima (JCP) 15.2% Yurika Kiya (LL) 6.3% |
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| Kōsei Ueno | LDP | |||||
| Saitama | 3 (+1) | Noriyuki Sekine | LDP | LDP incumbent lost re-election Kōmei pickup Kōmei gained top tōsen |
Takuichirō 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% |
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| Hideyuki Seya | SDP | SDP incumbent retired JCP pickup |
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| 1 seat gained by reapportionment DPJ pickup |
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| Chiba | 2 | Wakako Hironaka | Independent | Incumbents re-elected | Wakako 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% |
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| Yutaka Inoue | LDP | |||||
| Tokyo | 4 | Toshiko Hamayotsu | Kōmei | Kōmei incumbent re-elected DPJ pickup DPJ gained top tōsen |
Toshio Ogawa (DPJ) 19.2% Toshiko Hamayotsu (Kōmei) 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% |
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| Kōichirō Ueda | JCP | |||||
| vacant (last held by Kensaku Morita, LDP) |
LDP incumbent lost re-election JCP incumbent retired JCP hold NPH pickup |
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| Kiyoko Ono | LDP | |||||
| Kanagawa | 3 (+1) | Fumio Saitō | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen |
Keiichirō 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% |
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| Keiko Chiba | DPJ | |||||
| 1 seat gained by reapportionment JCP pickup |
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| Niigata | 2 | Kazuo Majima | LDP | SDP 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% |
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| Kinuko Ōbuchi | SDP | |||||
| Toyama | 1 | Yoshio Nagata | LDP | Incumbent re-elected post-election: incumbent died within 3 months, DPJ pickup by kuriage-tōsen |
Yoshio Nagata (LDP) 47.7% Masaaki Tanibayashi (DPJ) 21.1% Shigeru Tajiri (SDP) 17.3% Kazuyuki Izumino (JCP) 11.0% Hisayoshi Nakada (LL) 2.9% |
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| Ishikawa | 1 | Tetsuo Kutsukake | LDP | Incumbent 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% |
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| Fukui | 1 | Masaaki Yamazaki | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) 52.3% Keimin Kyōtō (DPJ) 28.6% Kunihiro Uno (JCP) 10.5% Kyōko Murata (LL) 8.6% |
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| Yamanashi | 1 | Tetsurō Shimura | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup |
Azuma Koshiishi (I) 43.3% Tsukasa Hosaka (LDP) 39.9% Akiko Endō (JCP) 10.8% Yūko Kamata (LP) 7.8% Masako Fukasawa (LL) 1.5% |
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| Nagano | 2 | Toshimi Kitazawa | DPJ | Incumbent re-elected Incumbent retired LDP pickup |
Toshimi 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% |
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| Kiyoshi Imai | DPJ | |||||
| Gifu | 2 (+1) | Jun'ichi Kasahara | LDP | Incumbent 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% |
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| 1 seat gained by reapportionment DPJ pickup |
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| Shizuoka | 2 | Kazuhiko Kimiya | LDP | SDP incumbent retired LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold Indpendent pickup (joined DPJ in '99) Independent gains top tōsen |
Tōru Unno (I – DPJ, Kōmei, 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% |
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| Aoki Shinji | SDP | |||||
| Aichi | 3 | Hiroshi Ōki | LDP | LDP incumbent retired LDP incumbent lost re-election 2 DPJ pickups DPJ gains top tōsen |
Yoshitake 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% |
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| Kiyohiro Araki | LDP | |||||
| Yuzuru Tsuzuki | Independent (later LP) |
Independent incumbent lost re-election JCP pickup |
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| Mie | 1 | Jūrō Saitō | Independent | Incumbent re-elected | Jūrō Saitō (I) 45.8% Chiaki Takahashi (I) 34.1% Kazuhisa Imai (JCP) 15.5% Noriyasu Sakamoto (LL) 4.6% |
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| Western Japan | ||||||
| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsments) Vote share |
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| Shiga | 1 | Eisuke Kawamoto | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Eisuke Kawamoto (LDP) 46.1% Takashi Ōkubo (I) 28.2% Toshirō Hayashi (JCP) 20.9% Seiichi Katō (LL) 4.8% |
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| Kyōto | 2 | Yukio Hayashida | LDP | JCP 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% |
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| Tokiko Nishiyama | JCP | |||||
| Ōsaka | 3 | Kiyoshi Nishikawa | Independent (joined IA) |
Independent and Kōmei incumbents re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election JCP pickup |
Kiyoshi Nishikawa (I) 26.4% Eiichi Yamashita (Kōmei) 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% |
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| Eiichi Yamashita | Kōmei | |||||
| Kazutaka Tsuboi | LDP | |||||
| Hyōgo | 2 (-1) | Chōji Ashio | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen |
Shōji 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% |
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| Shōji Motooka | DPJ | LDP incumbent lost re-election JCP pickup |
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| Kōjin Katakami | Independent (Ex-Kōmeitō) |
1 seat lost by reapportionment Independent incumbent retired |
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| Nara | 1 | Minao Hattori | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Minao Hattori (LDP) 38.3% Kazuyasu Hamaue (I) 31.7% Sachiho Yamamura (JCP) 23.2% Hiroshi Mukai (LL) 6.7% |
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| Wakayama | 1 | Yōsuke Tsuruho | LP | Incumbent re-elected | Yōsuke Tsuruho (LP) 42.7% Isao Maeda (LDP) 37.9% Yasuhisa Hara (JCP) 17.1% Motonori Kishi (LL) 2.3% |
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| Tottori | 1 | Shigenobu Sakano | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Shigenobu Sakano (LDP) 39.9% Kōtarō Tamura (I) 31.6% Tadamiki Matsunaga (SDP) 14.3% Tomoko Ichitani (JCP) 12.8% Yutaka Okino (LL) 1.5% |
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| Shimane | 1 | Mikio Aoki | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Mikio Aoki (LDP) 49.9% Setsumi Tamura (DPJ) 27.9% Yōko Sasaki (JCP) 13.0% Katsumi Kanō (SDP) 6.5% Masashi Yamaguchi (LL) 2.8% |
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| Okayama | 2 | Norifumi Katō | LDP | LDP incumbent re-elected DPJ incumbent lost re-election DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen |
Satsuki 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% |
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| Junji Ichii | DPJ | |||||
| Hiroshima | 2 | Hiroshi Miyazawa | LDP | LDP incumbent retired NSP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup |
Ikuo 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% |
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| Kimiko Kurihara | NSP | |||||
| Yamaguchi | 1 | Hideo Futatsugi | LDP | Incumbent 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% |
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| Tokushima | 1 | Kōji Matsuura | LDP | Incumbent 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% |
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| Kagawa | 1 | Takushi Hirai | LP | Incumbent retired LDP pickup |
Toshio Yamauchi (LDP) 43.5% Shigeaki Katō (SDP) 28.1% Yōko Shirakawa (JCP) 22.4% Kiyotaka Maeda (LL) 5.9% |
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| Ehime | 1 | Takeshi Noma | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Takeshi Noma (LDP) 46.9% Mutsumi Hayashi (I) 29.4% Keiko Tanida (JCP) 14.3% Keisuke Hino (LP) 7.4% Makoto Utsunomiya (LL) 2.0% |
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| Kōchi | 1 | Sadao Hirano | LP | Incumbent retired LDP pickup |
Hiroyuki 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% |
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| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsments) Vote share |
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| Fukuoka | 2 (-1) | vacant (last held by Kazunobu Yokoo, Kōmei) |
SDP incumbent retired LDP incumbent re-elected Kōmei hold (independent joined Kōmeitō) |
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% |
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| Shirō Watanabe | SDP | |||||
| Gōtarō Yoshimura | LDP | 1 seat lost by reapportionment | ||||
| Saga | 1 | Hiromi Iwanaga | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Hiromi Iwanaga (LDP) 47.5% Yōko Kōmoto (I) 34.6% Hideko Tanaka (JCP) 11.8% Yasuhiro Fukagawa (LL) 6.1% |
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| Nagasaki | 1 | Sōichirō Matsutani | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Sōichirō Matsutani (LDP) 42.1% Yūji Mitsuno (I) 37.9% Kieko Nishimura (JCP) 13.1% Kazuko Teraoka (LL) 6.9% |
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| Kumamoto | 2 | Yūshin Morizumi | LDP | Incumbent retired Incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen |
Ryōichi Honda (DPJ) 34.2% Hitoshi Kimura (LDP) 28.7% Masaru Urata (LDP) 24.8% Etsuko Nishikawa (JCP) 10.0% Kayoko Annaka (LL) 2.3% |
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| Masaru Urata | LDP | |||||
| Ōita | 1 | Ban Kugimiya | DPJ | Incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup |
Toshiya Nakamichi (LDP) 35.4% Ban Kugimiya (DPJ) 34.3% Fujisaki (SDP) 21.8% Masami Doi (JCP) 7.6% Hideyuki Ozaki (LL) 0.9% |
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| Miyazaki | 1 | Mitsuhiro Uesugi | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | Mitsuhiro Uesugi (LDP) 66.2% Chika Nagatomo (JCP) 23.4% Kōsaburō Haruta (LL) 10.4% |
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| Kagoshima | 2 | Kichio Inoue | LDP | LDP incumbent re-elected Independent incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup |
Hiroshi Moriyama (LDP) 27.9% Kichio Inoue (LDP) 27.0% Kazuto Kamiyama (I) 26.1% Yūichi Yasuda (LL) 12.2% Mitsuharu Iwaizako (JCP) 6.8% |
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| Kazuto Kamiyama | Independent (ex-JSP) | |||||
| Okinawa | 1 | Sōkō Shimabuku | Independent | Incumbent 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% |
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