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2004 Japanese House of Councillors election

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FieldValue
countryJapan
typeparliamentary
previous_election2001 Japanese House of Councillors election
previous_year2001
next_election2007 Japanese House of Councillors election
next_year2007
seats_for_election121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
majority_seats122
image_size150x150px
election_date11 July 2004
1blankConstituency vote
2blank% and swing
3blankNational vote
4blank% and swing
image1Koizumi Junichiro 200104.jpg
leader1Junichiro Koizumi
party1Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election1110 seats
seats149
seats_after1**115**
seat_change15
1data119,687,954
2data135.09% (5.95pp)
3data116,797,686
4data130.03% (8.54pp)
image2Katsuya Okada-Public speaking-2-20050409.jpg
leader2Katsuya Okada
party2Democratic Party of Japan
last_election267 seats
seats2**50**
seats_after282
seat_change215
1data2**21,931,985**
2data2**39.09%** (15.02pp)
3data2**21,137,457**
4data2**37.79%** (13.65pp)
image3Takenori_Kanzaki_20060926_(cropped).jpg
leader3Takenori Kanzaki
party3Komeito
last_election323 seats
seats311
seats_after324
seat_change31
1data32,161,764
2data33.85% (2.53pp)
3data38,621,265
4data315.41% (0.45pp)
image4File:Fuwa Tetsuzo.png
leader4Tetsuzo Fuwa
party4Japanese Communist Party
last_election420 seats
seats44
seats_after49
seat_change411
1data45,520,141
2data49.84% (0.03pp)
3data44,362,574
4data47.80% (0.11pp)
image5Mizuho Fukushima cropped.jpg
leader5Mizuho Fukushima
party5Social Democratic Party (Japan)
last_election58 seats
seats52
seats_after55
seat_change53
1data5984,340
2data51.75% (1.70pp)
3data52,990,666
4data55.35% (1.28pp)
map_image2004 Japanese House of Councillors election.svg
map_size400px
map_captionConstituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
titlePresident of the House of Councillors
before_electionHiroyuki Kurata
before_partyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)
after_electionChikage Oogi
after_partyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 11 July 2004. The House of Councillors consisted of 242 members who served six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. At these elections 121 members were elected. Of these 73 were elected from the 47 prefectural districts and 48 were elected from a nationwide list by proportional representation.

Contesting parties

; Government

  • Liberal Democratic Party (conservative)
  • New Komeito (theocratic Buddhist, conservative)

; Opposition

  • Democratic Party (social-democratic/liberal)
  • Japanese Communist Party (communist)
  • Social Democratic Party (social-democratic)

Results

The opposition Democratic Party won a plurality of the popular vote and seats contested in the election, sweeping the liberal urban areas. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to win in its strongholds but once more received most of its support from the agrarian areas. New Komeito did well, reaching its goals, as did the Social Democratic Party. The Japanese Communist Party did not reach its goals, while independents won the rest of the seats. The Liberal League and Green Political Assembly failed to win any seats.

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By prefecture

Elected candidates in bold

Compiled from JANJAN's "The Senkyo" and MIC official results.

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.
  • In a multi-member district, there is no difference between Councillors elected with the highest and lower vote shares. Yet, "top tōsen", i.e. being elected with the highest vote, is considered a special achievement and thus noted where changed from the previous election for the same class of Councillors (1998).
  • Niigata is counted as an SDP hold because the elected Councillor joined the SDP parliamentary group.
Northern JapanPrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party)
Vote shareEastern and Central JapanPrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote shareWestern JapanPrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote shareSouthern JapanPrefectureSeats upIncumbentsPartyResultCandidates
(Party – endorsements)
Vote share
Hokkaido2Naoki MinezakiDPJIncumbents re-elected
LDP gains *top tōsen***Yoshio Nakagawa (LDP) 26.7%**
**Naoki Minezaki (DPJ) 22.3%**
Masahito Nishikawa (DPJ) 19.9%
Muneo Suzuki (I) 17.5%
Chiharu Oka (JCP) 9.2%
Keiko Yamauchi (SDP) 3.8%
Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin) 0.7%
Yoshio NakagawaLDP
Aomori1Masami TanabuDPJIncumbent re-elected**Masami Tanabu (DPJ) 47.5%**
Hidenori Nara (LDP – Komeito) 40.4%
Hiroaki Takayanagi (JCP) 6.2%
Hiroshi Inoue (SDP) 5.9%
Iwate1Motoo Shiina"Independent Assembly"Incumbent retired
DPJ **pickup****Ryo Shuhama (DPJ) 48.5%**
Yosuke Takahashi (I – LDP, Ind. Ass.) 39.6%
Kunihiko Takehana (SDP) 6.7%
Akio Wakayama (JCP) 5.2%
Miyagi2Mitsuru SakuraiDPJIncumbents re-elected
LDP gains *top tōsen***Ichiro Ichikawa (LDP) 38.4%**
**Mitsuru Sakurai (DPJ) 37.8%**
Ikuko Endo (JCP) 9.8%
Toshiaki Sugawara (I) 8.6%
Katsuo Okita (SDP) 5.4%
Ichiro IchikawaLDP
Akita1Shigenobu SaitoLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent **pickup****Yoetsu Suzuki (I) 50.2%**
Shigenobu Saito (LDP) 42.9%
Kazunobu Imagawa (JCP) 7.0%
Yamagata1Koichi KishiLDPIncumbent re-elected**Koichi Kishi (LDP) 46.8%**
Yasue Funayama (DPJ) 36.8%
Masahiro Kimura (SDP) 7.1%
Masayuki Sato (JCP) 5.4%
Fukushima2Yūhei SatōDPJIncumbents re-elected**Yūhei Satō (DPJ) 45.4%**
**Mitsuhide Iwaki (LDP) 41.5%**
Yumiko Abe (JCP) 13.1%
Mitsuhide IwakiLDP
Ibaraki2Akira GunjiDPJIncumbents re-elected
LDP gains *top tōsen***Hiroshi Okada (LDP) 50.5%**
**Akira Gunji (LDP) 41.3%**
Takeo Taya (JCP) 8.2%
Hiroshi OkadaLDP
Tochigi2Susumu YanaseDPJIncumbents re-elected**Susumu Yanase (DPJ) 49.2%**
**Tetsuro Yano (LDP) 42.1%**
Setsuko Nomura (JCP) 8.7%
Tetsuro YanoLDP
Gunma2Hirofumi NakasoneLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election
DPJ **pickup**
DPJ gains *top tōsen***Yukio Tomioka (DPJ) 34.5%**
**Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) 30.3%**
Kosei Ueno (LDP) 29.4%
Shinmei Ogasawara (JCP) 5.8%
Kosei UenoLDP
Saitama3Masakazu SekiguchiLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ and JCP incumbents retired
DPJ hold
Komeito **pickup**
DPJ gains *top tōsen***Chiyako Shimada (DPJ) 28.4%**
**Masakazu Sekiguchi (LDP) 24.8%**
**Makoto Nishida (Komeito) 18.6%**
Hayato Yuge (DPJ) 12.8%
Sachiyo Abe (JCP) 11.9%
Fumihiro Himori (SDP) 3.4%
Renzō TogashiJCP
Toshio FujiiDPJ
Chiba2Wakako HironakaDPJIncumbents re-elected**Wakako Hironaka (DPJ) 49.1%**
**Kazuyasu Shiina (LDP) 39.0%**
Fumiko Asano (JCP) 11.9%
Kazuyasu ShiinaLDP
Tokyo4Toshio OgawaDPJKomeito, JCP and Green incumbents retired
LDP **pickup**
LDP gains *top tōsen***Masaharu Nakagawa (LDP) 18.3%**
**Toshio Ogawa (DPJ) 17.9%**
**Renhō (DPJ) 16.7%**
**Yūji Sawa (Komeito) 14.9%**
Yukio Aoshima (I) 10.7%
Junichiro Imamura (JCP) 8.2%
Teruaki Masumoto (I) 6.9%
Naoto Nakagawa (SDP) 3.2%
Tetsu Ueda (I) 3.0%
Hisayoshi Matsumura (Ishin) 0.2%
Mitsuo Matayoshi (WECP) 0.2%
Toshiko HamayotsuKomeito
Miyo InoueJCPDPJ incumbent re-elected
Komeito hold
DPJ **pickup**
Atsuo Nakamura"Green Conference"
Kanagawa3Keiichirō AsaoDPJDPJ incumbents re-elected
JCP incumbent lost re-election
LDP **pickup**
LDP gains *top tōsen***Akio Koizumi (LDP) 33.2%**
**Keiichirō Asao (DPJ) 23.4%**
**Keiko Chiba (DPJ) 23.0%**
Kimie Hatano (JCP) 10.9%
Keiko Ueda (SDP) 7.0%
Hajime Manabe (I) 1.9%
Isao Kawakubo (Ishin) 0.6%
Kimie HatanoJCP
Keiko ChibaDPJ
Niigata2Naoki TanakaLDPLDP incumbent re-elected
SDP incumbent retired
SDP hold
SDP gains *top tōsen***Masamichi Kondō (I – DPJ, SDP) 34.9%**
**Naoki Tanaka (LDP) 29.9%**
Ichirō Tsukada (LDP) 26.1%
Kayoko Kuwahara (JCP) 9.1%
Kinuko ŌbuchiSDP
Toyama1Masaaki TanibayashiDPJIncumbent lost re-election
LDP **pickup****Tsunenori Kawai (LDP) 46.3%**
Masaaki Tanibayashi (DPJ) 37.2%
Akira Ogawa (SDP) 11.3%
Toshihiko Ueda (JCP) 5.2%
Ishikawa1Sōta Iwamoto"Independent Assembly"Incumbent retired
LDP **pickup****Naoki Okada (LDP) 56.1%**
Takashi Katō (DPJ) 36.6%
Masayuki Satō (JCP) 7.3%
Fukui1Masaaki YamazakiLDPIncumbent re-elected**Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) 56.0%**
Makiko Isokawa (DPJ) 37.7%
Kunihiro Uno (JCP) 6.2%
Yamanashi1Azuma KoshiishiDPJIncumbent re-elected**Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ) 55.1%**
Kenshi Ōshiba (I) 37.1%
Hitoshi Hanada (JCP) 7.8%
Nagano2Toshimi KitazawaDPJIncumbents re-elected**Toshimi Kitazawa (DPJ) 40.9%**
**Masatoshi Wakabayashi (LDP) 27.2%**
Norihisa Yamaguchi (JCP) 11.5%
Wakako Yamaguchi (SDP) 10.4%
Roppei Hori (I) 9.9%
Masatoshi WakabayashiLDP
Gifu2Iwao MatsudaLDPIncumbents re-elected**Iwao Matsuda (LDP) 44.5%**
**Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) 43.8%**
Takao Katō (JCP) 11.7%
Yasuo YamashitaDPJ
Shizuoka2Tōru UenoDPJIncumbents lost re-election
LDP and DPJ hold
LDP gains *top tōsen***Yukiko Sakamoto (LDP) 29.3%**
**Yūji Fujimoto (DPJ) 21.6%**
Tōru Ueno (DPJ) 21.2%
Yoshihiko Yamashita (LDP) 20.1%
Yukihiro Shimazu (JCP) 7.8%
Yoshihiko YamashitaLDP
Aichi3Yoshitake KimataDPJDPJ incumbents re-elected
JCP incumbent lost re-election
LDP **pickup**
LDP gains *top tōsen***Katsuhito Asano (LDP) 28.2%**
**Taisuke Satō (DPJ) 25.4%**
**Yoshitake Kimata (DPJ) 23.0%**
Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 14.3%
Yasuo Koida (I) 6.1%
Kenji Sasaki (I) 2.4%
Yoshifumi Hayashida (Ishin) 0.7%
Taisuke SatōDPJ
Hiroko HattaJCP
Mie1Jūrō SaitōLDPIncumbent retired
DPJ **pickup****Hirokazu Shiba (DPJ) 52.1%**
Kenji Tsuda (LDP) 41.0%
Takeshi Nakano (JCP) 6.8%
Shiga1Eisuke KawamotoLDPIncumbent retired
DPJ **pickup****Kumiko Hayashi (DPJ) 48.0%**
Kenichiro Ueno (LDP) 41.5%
Toshirō Hayashi (JCP) 10.5%
Kyoto2Tetsurō FukuyamaDPJDPJ incumbent re-elected
JCP incumbent lost re-election
LDP **pickup****Tetsurō Fukuyama (DPJ) 43.8%**
**Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) 32.4%**
Tokiko Nishiyama (JCP) 23.8%
Tokiko NishiyamaJCP
Ōsaka3Kiyoshi NishikawaDainiin ClubKomeito incumbent re-elected
Dainiin incumbent retired
JCP incumbent lost reelection
DPJ **pickup****Motoyuki Odachi (DPJ) 24.9%**
**Eiichi Yamashita (Komeito) 21.8%**
**Issei Kitagawa (LDP) 20.1%**
Kiyomi Tsujimoto (I) 19.7%
Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 12.1%
Yoshio Masuda (I) 1.0%
Toyokazu Ōkido (Ishin) 0.4%
Eiichi YamashitaKomeito
Takeshi MiyamotoJCPLDP **pickup**
DPJ gains *top tōsen*
Hyogo2Shōji MotookaDPJDPJ incumbent retired
JCP incumbent lost re-election
DPJ hold
LDP **pickup****Shunichi Mizuoka (DPJ) 38.6%**
**Shinsuke Suematsu (LDP) 33.5%**
Tatsumi Ōsawa (JCP) 14.0%
Kazumi Hara (I) 7.3%
Ichizō Miyamoto (I) 4.7%
Kōjin Katakami (I) 1.9%
Tatsumi ŌsawaJCP
Nara1Minao HattoriLDPIncumbent lost re-election
DPJ **pickup****Kiyoshige Maekawa (DPJ) 48.9%**
Minao Hattori (LDP) 41.1%
Yoshinori Mameda (JCP) 10.0%
Wakayama1Yōsuke TsuruhoLDPIncumbent re-elected**Yōsuke Tsuruho (LDP) 53.8%**
Shika Kawajō (DPJ) 35.1%
Hideaki Kunishige (JCP) 9.9%
Yoshiya Seki (Ishin) 1.2%
Tottori1Kōtarō TamuraLDPIncumbent re-elected**Kōtarō Tamura (LDP) 49.7%**
Masahide Tsuchiya (DPJ) 37.6%
Tomoko Ichitani (JCP) 12.7%
Shimane1Mikio AokiLDPIncumbent re-elected**Mikio Aoki (LDP) 62.1%**
Itaru Gōdo (DPJ) 30.3%
Katsuhiko Gotō (JCP) 7.5%
Okayama1Satsuki EdaDPJ1 seat lost by reapportionment
DPJ incumbent re-elected
LDP incumbent lost re-election**Satsuki Eda (DPJ) 55.7%**
Norifumi Katō (LDP) 39.0%
Kanji Uemoto (JCP) 5.3%
Norifumi KatōLDP
Hiroshima2Ikuo KameiLDPIncumbents re-elected
DPJ gains *top tōsen***Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) 42.6%**
**Ikuo Kamei (LDP) 41.3%**
Mitsuo Okamoto (I) 9.1%
Satoshi Fujimoto (JCP) 7.1%
Minoru YanagidaDPJ
Yamaguchi1Masuo MatsuokaDPJIncumbent retired
LDP **pickup****Nobuo Kishi (LDP) 49.1%**
Hiroko Ōizumi (DPJ) 41.9%
Sadayoshi Yoshida (JCP) 6.0%
Shigeo Hiramatsu (I) 1.8%
Seiichirō Hirata (Ishin) 1.1%
Tokushima1Sekiko Takahashi"Green Conference"Incumbent retired
LDP **pickup****Masakatsu Koike (LDP) 47.1%**
Kyōko Tōjō (DPJ) 43.3%
Takayuki Kubo (JCP) 9.6%
Kagawa1Toshio YamauchiLDPIncumbent re-elected**Toshio Yamauchi (LDP) 46.6%**
Emiko Uematsu (DPJ) 45.0%
Michiko Chikaishi (JCP) 8.3%
Ehime1Takeshi NomaLDPIncumbent retired
LDP hold**Junzō Yamamoto (LDP) 49.4%**
Masamitsu Saitō (DPJ) 42.0%
Masahiro Sakane (JCP) 8.6%
Kōchi1Hiroyuki MorishitaLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent **pickup****Hajime Hirota (I) 43.6%**
Hiroyuki Morishita (LDP) 35.7%
Sachi Nakane (JCP) 14.3%
Yumiko Matsuoka (I) 6.4%
Fukuoka2Kazuo HirotomoKomeitoKomeito incumbent retired
LDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ **pickup**
DPJ gains *top tōsen***Tsutomu Ōkubo (DPJ) 40.6%**
**Gōtarō Yoshimura (LDP) 30.7%**
Chū Furukawa (I) 12.5%
Toyoomi Tsuno (JCP) 8.8%
Kunihiro Etō (I) 4.7%
Yutaka Fujimoto (I) 1.8%
Tomotada Ishihara (Ishin) 0.9%
Gōtarō YoshimuraLDP
Saga1Hiromi IwanagaLDPIncumbent re-elected**Hiromi Iwanaga (LDP) 47.7%**
Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ) 42.9%
Akemi Mutō (JCP) 9.5%
Nagasaki1Sōichirō MatsutaniLDPIncumbent lost re-election
DPJ **pickup****Tadashi Inuzuka (DPJ) 49.5%**
Sōichirō Matsutani (LDP) 43.6%
Toshihiro Haraguchi (JCP) 6.8%
Kumamoto1Ryōichi HondaDPJ1 seat lost by reapportionment
LDP incumbent re-elected
DPJ incumbent lost re-election**Hitoshi Kimura (LDP) 48.9%**
Ryōichi Honda (DPJ) 44.3%
Nobuhiro Yamamoto (JCP) 6.8%
Hitoshi KimuraLDP
Oita1Toshiya NakamichiLDPIncumbent lost re-election
DPJ **pickup****Shinya Adachi (DPJ) 54.8%**
Toshiya Nakamichi (LDP) 38.7%
Masaru Ono (JCP) 4.6%
Kunio Fujiki 1.9%
Miyazaki1Mitsuhiro UesugiLDPIncumbent lost re-election
Independent **pickup****Shinpei Matsushita (I) 48.5%**
Mitsuhiro Uesugi (LDP) 45.6%
Hiromitsu Baba (JCP) 5.9%
Kagoshima1Hiroshi MoriyamaLDP1 seat lost by reapportionment
Incumbent retired
LDP hold**Tetsurō Nomura (LDP) 53.2%**
Inao Minayoshi (DPJ) 36.9%
Katsuko Iwaizako (JCP) 9.9%
vacant
(last held by Kichio Inoue, LDP)
Okinawa1Sōkō Shimabuku"Independent Assembly"Incumbent retired
Independent (OSMP) **pickup****Keiko Itokazu (I) 58.9%**
Masatoshi Onaga (LDP) 41.1%

Notes

References

References

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  2. "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications".
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