2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

none Japan parliamentary 2010 Japanese House of Councillors election 2010 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election 2016 121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors 122 21 July 2013 Constituency vote % and swing National vote % and swing Shinzō Abe 20120501.jpg 192 120 160 36 17 Shinzō Abe Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 84 seats 65 115 31 22,681,192 42.74% (9.36pp) 18,460,335 34.68% (10.61pp) Banri_Kaieda_201106.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Banri Kaieda Democratic Party of Japan 106 seats 17 59 47 8,646,372 16.29% (22.68pp) 7,134,215 13.40% (18.16pp) Natsuo_Yamaguchi_2014.jpg 140 120 160 0 8 Natsuo Yamaguchi Komeito 19 seats 11 20 1 2,724,447 5.13% (1.25pp) 7,568,082 14.22% (1.15pp) Yoshimi Watanabe cropped 2 YoshimiWatanabeJI1.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Yoshimi Watanabe Your Party (Japan) 11 seats 8 18 7 4,159,961 7.84% (2.40pp) 4,755,161 8.93% (4.66pp) Kazuo_Shii_cropped.jpg 140 120 160 0 8 Kazuo Shii Japanese Communist Party 6 seats 8 11 5 5,645,937 10.64% (3.35pp) 5,154,055 9.68% (3.58pp) Toru_Hashimoto_Ishin_IMG_5731_20130713_(cropped).JPG 155 120 160 0 12 Toru Hashimoto Japan Restoration Party Did not exist 8 9 New 3,846,649 7.25% (New) 6,355,300 11.94% (New) 2013 Japanese House of Councillors election.svg 400px Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result President of the House of Councillors Kenji Hirata Democratic Party of Japan Masaaki Yamazaki Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) 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 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 JapanMartin Alex K. T. 2010-10-13 No easy way out of 'twisted' Diet https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/13/reference/no-easy-way-out-of-twisted-diet/ 2021-11-04 The Japan Times en-US (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.Fackler Martin Election Win by Ruling Party Signals Change in Japan https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/world/asia/governing-party-appears-headed-to-lead-japanese-parliament.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all 13 January 2014 New York Times 21 July 2013 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.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-forex/yen-claws-higher-on-buybacks-focus-on-japan-election-idUSBRE96D0FO20130719 Yen rises ahead of Japan vote 19 July 2013 19 January 2018 Reuters 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.https://www.cnbc.com/2013/07/18/what-sundays-japan-election-means-for-abenomics.html What Sunday’s Japan election means for Abenomics Dhara Ranasinghe 18 July 2013 CNBC 19 January 2018 Opinion polling 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 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 FNNhttp://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130225/plc13022511530006-n2.htm 【産経・ＦＮＮ合同世論調査】安倍内閣支持６９・６％に上昇　鳩山内閣発足時を超える＋（2/2ページ） - MSN産経ニュース 2013-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20130228131946/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/130225/plc13022511530006-n2.htm 2013-02-28 dead 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 Shimbunhttp://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201306100070 59% oppose Abe's nuclear power policy Asahi Shimbun 10 June 2013 2 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130615042606/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201306100070 15 June 2013 45% 7% 5% 5% 6% - 4% 28% 8–10 June Yomiuri Shimbunhttp://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000349244 42% favor LDP in upper house vote Yomiuri Shimbun 2 July 2013 2 July 2013 44% 7% 5% 5% 4% - 3% 32% 29–30 June Mainichi Shimbunhttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130701p2a00m0na016000c.html 45% will vote for LDP in upper house's proportional segment Mainichi Shimbun 1 July 2013 7 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130713004438/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130701p2a00m0na016000c.html 13 July 2013 45% 8% 5% 6% 7% - 4% 25% 29–30 June Asahi Shimbunhttp://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201307010063 Support for Abenomics wanes; LDP maintains lead Asahi Shimbun 1 July 2013 2 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130703071821/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201307010063 3 July 2013 44% 7% 7% 4% 7% - 5% 26% 2 July Yomiuri Shimbun 42% 9% 5% 6% 5% - 4% 29% 13–14 July Asahi Shimbunhttp://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201307140440.html?ref=com_top_pickup https://archive.today/20130717085246/http://digital.asahi.com/articles/TKY201307140440.html?ref=com_top_pickup dead 17 July 2013 36% want LDP to gain majority Asahi Shimbun 15 July 2013 16 July 2013 43% 6% 6% 8% 6% - 6% 25% 13–14 July Kyodo Newshttp://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/07/236011.html Ruiling bloc likely to achieve majority in upper house election Kyodo News 17 July 2013 16 July 2013 30.6% 7.4% 4.9% 7.0% 3.3% - 3.8% 43% 13–14 July Mainichi Shimbunhttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130715p2a00m0na009000c.html Proportional representation block support for LDP drops 8 points Mainichi Shimbun 15 July 2013 18 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130719233243/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130715p2a00m0na009000c.html 19 July 2013 37% 7% 8% 8% 8% - 4% 28% 17 July The Nikkeihttp://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20130716D1607F02.htm Ruiling Bloc Cruising To Majority Nihon Keizai Shimbun 17 July 2013 16 July 2013 39% 10% 8% 8% 7% - 6% 22% Note: U/O - Undecided or other Cabinet approval and disapproval ratings thumb|none|800px|Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet Pre-election composition Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013.http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/strength/index.htm Strength of the Political Groups：House of Councillors www.Sangiin.go.jp 19 January 2018 ↓ 62 44 28 5 10 34 59 Opposition seats not up DPJ seats up O Other opposition seats up V Vacant seats NK New Kōmeitō seats up LDP seats up Coalition seats not up Results 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. File:Japan_House_of_Councillors_2013.svg National Constituency Not up Won Totalafter +/– Liberal Democratic Party 18460335 18 22681192 47 50 65 115 +31 New Komeito Party 7568082 7 2724447 4 9 11 20 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 7134215 7 8646372 10 42 17 59 –47 Japan Restoration Party 6355300 6 3846649 2 1 8 9 +6 Japanese Communist Party 5154055 5 5645937 3 3 8 11 +5 Your Party 4755161 4 4159961 4 10 8 18 +7 Social Democratic Party 1255235 1 271547 0 2 1 3 –1 People's Life Party 943837 0 618355 0 2 0 2 New New Party Daichi 523146 0 409007 0 0 0 0 New Greens Japan 457862 0 58032 0 0 0 0 New Green Wind 430743 0 620272 0 0 0 0 New Happiness Realization Party 191644 0 606692 0 0 0 0 –1 Okinawa Social Mass Party 294420 1 0 1 1 New Ishin Seito Shimpu 157971 0 0 0 0 New Genzei Nippon 152038 0 0 0 0 New Assembly for the Future of Saitama 21358 0 0 0 0 New 21st Century Nippon Ishin no Kai 20155 0 0 0 0 New Smile Party of Japan 12228 0 0 0 0 New Mitamayama Policy Study Group 11277 0 0 0 0 New Fiscal Consolidation Party 7425 0 0 0 0 New World Economic Community Party 5633 0 0 0 0 New Launch Party 2906 0 0 0 0 New New Renaissance Party 1 0 1 –1 Independents 2098603 2 1 2 3 0 121 121 242 0 53229823 1563233 1725121 104152590 104152590 MIC Summary Parties LDP NK DPJ PNP YP JCP JRP SDP PLP NRP OSMP GW NPD Others Indep. Subtotal Subtotal Vacant Total 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 electionOpening 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 electionClosing 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 districtsreapportioned to one seat 1 — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 2 1 4 10 two-member districts 10 — 8 — — — — — 2 — — — — — — 10 10 — 20 Three- and five-member districtsTwo 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  107  1  242  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 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 HokkaidōYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Hokkaidō 2 Katsuya Ogawa (D)Chūichi Date (L) Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7%Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4%Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7% AomoriYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Aomori 1 Kōji Hirayama (PLP) Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3%Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0% PLP -1L +1 IwateYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Iwate 1 Tatsuo Hirano (I) Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7%Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4% MiyagiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Miyagi 2 Tomiko Okazaki (D)Jirō Aichi (L) Jirō Aichi (L - K) 44.7%Masamune Wada (Minna) 23.3%Tomiko Okazaki (D) 22.8% D -1Minna +1 AkitaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Akita 1 Daigo Matsuura (D) Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3%Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0% D -1L +1 YamagataYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Yamagata 1 Yasue Funayama (Mikaze) Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2%Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6% Mikaze -1L +1 FukushimaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Fukushima 1 (-1) Emi Kaneko (D)Masako Mori (L) Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6%Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2% D -1 IbarakiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ibaraki 2 Yukihisa Fujita (D)Tamon Hasegawa (L) Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4%Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6%Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3% TochigiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Tochigi https://web.archive.org/web/20170621184706/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye09.htm 2017-06-21 1 Hiroyuki Tani (D) Katsunori Takahashi (L - K) 48.1%Tomomi Oki (Minna) 25.8%Hiroyuki Tani (D) 20.3% D -1L +1 GunmaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Gunma https://web.archive.org/web/20170624101510/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye10.htm 2017-06-24 1 Ichita Yamamoto (L) Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9%Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3% SaitamaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Saitama https://web.archive.org/web/20170621220756/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye11.htm 2017-06-21 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 -1K +1 ChibaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Chiba 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 -1L +1 TokyoYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Tōkyō https://web.archive.org/web/20170611224622/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye13.htm 2017-06-11 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) -1L +1, C +1, I (PLP-aligned) +1 KanagawaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kanagawa 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 -1L +1, Minna +1 NiigataYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Niigata 2 Ichirō Tsukada (L)Yūko Mori (PLP) Ichirō Tsukada (L – K) 43.3%Naoki Kazama (D) 19.3%Yūko Mori (PLP) 15.6% PLP -1D +1 ToyamaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Toyama 1 Takashi Morita (I) Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1%Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1% I (ex-PNP) -1L +1 IshikawaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ishikawa https://web.archive.org/web/20170624170538/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye17.htm 2017-06-24 1 Yasuo Ichikawa (D) Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8%Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0% D -1L +1 FukuiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Fukui 1 Ryūji Matsumura (L) Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6%Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8% YamanashiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Yamanashi 1 Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) Hiroshi Moriya (L – K) 37.3%Takahiro Sakaguchi (I – D, S) 19.8%...Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) 15.4% Minna -1L +1 NaganoYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Nagano https://web.archive.org/web/20170619201154/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye20.htm 2017-06-19 2 Yūichirō Hata (D)Hiromi Yoshida (L) Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2%Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0%Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8% GifuYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Gifu 1 (-1) vacant(last held by Takao Fujii, Ishin)Kenji Hirata (D) Yasutada Ōno (L – K) 58.8%Rie Yoshida (D) 25.6% D -1L +1 ShizuokaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Shizuoka 2 Kazuya Shinba (D)Takao Makino (L) Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5%Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0%Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2% AichiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Aichi 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 HirayamaIncumbent from the proportional district (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1% Mikaze -1Minna +1 MieYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Mie https://web.archive.org/web/20130726193152/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye24.htm 2013-07-26 1 Chiaki Takahshi (D) Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2%Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6% D -1L +1 ShigaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Shiga https://web.archive.org/web/20170623040908/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye25.htm 2017-06-23 1 Hisashi Tokunaga (D) Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4%Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2% D -1L +1 KyotoYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kyōto 2 Kōji Matsui (D)Shōji Nishida (L) Shōji Nishida (L – K) 37.0%Akiko Kurabayashi (C) 20.7%Keirō Kitagami (D) 19.0% D -1C +1 OsakaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ōsaka https://web.archive.org/web/20170620014917/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye27.htm 2017-06-20 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 -1C +1, Ishin +1 HyōgoYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Hyōgo 2 Yasuhiro Tsuji (D)Yoshitada Kōnoike (L) Yoshitada Kōnoike (L – K) 37.8%Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1%Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) 15.0% D -1Ishin +1 NaraYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Nara https://web.archive.org/web/20170619183959/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye29.htm 2017-06-19 1 vacant(last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ) Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6%Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1% L +1 WakayamaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Wakayama https://web.archive.org/web/20170611230154/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye30.htm 2017-06-11 1 Hiroshige Sekō (L) Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3%Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0% TottoriYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Tottori https://web.archive.org/web/20170614163534/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye31.htm 2017-06-14 1 Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2%Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0% D -1L +1 ShimaneYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Shimane 1 Akiko Kamei (Mikaze) Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8%Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9% Mikaze -1L +1 OkayamaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Okayama https://web.archive.org/web/20141207025611/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye33.htm 2014-12-07 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 HiroshimaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Hiroshima https://web.archive.org/web/20170624182137/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye34.htm 2017-06-24 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 -1D +1 YamaguchiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Yamaguchi https://web.archive.org/web/20130726022054/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye35.htm 2013-07-26 1 Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4%Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6% TokushimaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Tokushima https://web.archive.org/web/20170614035107/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye36.htm 2017-06-14 1 Tomoji Nakatani (D) Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5%Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1% D -1L +1 KagawaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kagawa https://web.archive.org/web/20170611202559/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye37.htm 2017-06-11 1 Emiko Uematsu (I) Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0%Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2% I (ex-D) -1L +1 EhimeYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ehime 1 vacant(last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ) Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6%Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4% L +1 KōchiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kōchi https://web.archive.org/web/20170612082130/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye39.htm 2017-06-12 1 Norio Takeuchi (D) Kōjirō Takano (L – K) 52.9%Yuriko Hamakawa (C) 24.1%Norio Takeuchi (D) 21.6% D -1L +1 FukuokaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Fukuoka https://web.archive.org/web/20141207035032/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye40.htm 2014-12-07 2 Tsukasa Iwamoto (D)Masaji Matsuyama (L) Masaji Matsuyama (L – K) 49.2%Kuniyoshi Noda (D – PLP) 17.9%Toshiyuki Yoshida (Ishin) 11.4% SagaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Saga 1 Minoru Kawasaki (I) Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6%Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1% I (ex-D) -1L +1 NagasakiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Nagasaki 1 Yukishige Ōkubo (D) Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2%Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7% D -1L +1 KumamotoYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kumamoto https://web.archive.org/web/20170613004145/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye43.htm 2017-06-13 1 Nobuo Matsuno (D) Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6%Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8% D -1L +1 ŌitaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ōita https://web.archive.org/web/20170612192009/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye44.htm 2017-06-12 1 Yōsuke Isozaki (L) Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0%Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3% MiyazakiYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Miyazaki https://web.archive.org/web/20170619201210/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye45.htm 2017-06-19 1 vacant(last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ) Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3%Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6% L +1 KagoshimaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kagoshima https://web.archive.org/web/20170621085442/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye46.htm 2017-06-21 1 Hidehisa Otsuji (L) Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0%Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7% OkinawaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Okinawa https://web.archive.org/web/20170624004827/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye47.htm 2017-06-24 1 Keiko Itokazu (OS) Keiko Itokazu (OS – C, S, PLP, Mikaze) 51.1%Masaaki Asato (L – K) 45.4% National 48 D 16L 12K 7C 3PLP 3S 2Ishin 1Mikaze 1Daichi 1NRP 1I 1 L 34.7% of proportional votes→18 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Jiyūminshutō https://web.archive.org/web/20130922081947/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb001.htm 2013-09-22 Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002Toshio Yamada 338,485Masahisa Satō 326,541Midori Ishii 294,148Seiko Hashimoto 279,952Takashi Hanyūda 249,818Nobuaki Satō 215,506Masaaki Akaike 208,319Akiko Santō 205,779Seiichi Etō 204,404Masahiro Ishida 201,109Haruko Arimura 191,343Shūji Miyamoto 178,480Kazuya Maruyama 153,303Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613Miki Watanabe 104,176Yoshio Kimura 98,979Fusae Ōta 77,173Masaru Wakasa 76,829 D -9, PLP -3, S -1, Daichi -1, Mikaze -1NRP -1, I -1L +6, C +2, Ishin +5, Minna +4 K 14.2% of proportional votes→7 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Kōmeitō https://web.archive.org/web/20170614211100/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb003.htm 2017-06-14 Kanae Yamamoto 996,959Daisaku Hiraki 770,682Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817Hideki Niizuma 26,044Nobuo Kawashima 7,737 D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Minshutō https://web.archive.org/web/20130724020428/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb018.htm 2013-07-24 Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917Kumiko Aihara 235,636Kusuo Ōshima 191,167Mieko Kamimoto 176,248Saori Yoshikawa 167,437Toshio Ishigami 152,121Takanori Kawai 138,830Hajime Ishii 123,355...Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996Marutei Tsurunen 82,858...Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178 Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Nippon Ishin no Kai https://web.archive.org/web/20130922075613/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb004.htm 2013-09-22 Antonio Inoki 356,605Kyōko Nakayama 306,341Mitsuo Gima 40,484Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237Masashi Nakano 32,926Kunihiko Muroi 32,107Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616 C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Nihon Kyōsantō https://web.archive.org/web/20130724020422/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb005.htm 2013-07-24 Akira Koike 134,325Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149Tomoko Kami 68,729Satoshi Inoue 50,874Kōhei Nihi 39,768Yūko Yamamoto 36,580 Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Minna no Tō https://web.archive.org/web/20130724022443/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb069.htm 2013-07-24 Ryūhei Kawada 117,389Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000Michitarō Watanabe 50,253Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425 S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat:Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Shakaiminshutō https://web.archive.org/web/20170613022906/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb002.htm 2017-06-13 Seiji Mataichi 156,1555Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641 Incumbents on other party lists without seat:PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu FujiwaraYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Seikatsu no Tō https://web.archive.org/web/20170621223831/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb059.htm 2017-06-21 Daichi (1.0%): noneYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Shintō Daichi https://web.archive.org/web/20130724020433/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb064.htm 2013-07-24 Midori (0.9%): noneYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Midori no Tō Greens Japan https://web.archive.org/web/20170612164504/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb076.htm 2017-06-12 Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko TaniokaYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Midori no Kaze https://web.archive.org/web/20170622083343/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb074.htm 2017-06-22 HRP (0.4%): noneYomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Kōfukujitsugentō https://web.archive.org/web/20160818182921/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/yb068.htm 2016-08-18 References External links realpolitics.jp: Long-term monthly cabinet and party approval rates, overview of polls from various news organizations ja Yomiuri Shimbun: Results ja Asahi Shimbun: Results ja Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Full results (pdf, 88 pages) ja Japan House Category:House of Councillors (Japan) elections House