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Results of the 2007 Japanese House of Councillors election

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This article presents detail of the results in the 2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, breaking down results by prefectures of Japan.

Hokkaidō

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The prefecture of Hokkaidō have two councillors in the Upper House. Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party each won one seat.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Katsuya OgawaDemocratic Party of Japan1,018,59736.03
Chuichi DateLiberal Democratic PartyKomeito757,46326.79
Kaori TaharaIndependent (DPJPNPNPN)621,49721.98
Kazuya HatayamaJapanese Communist Party206,4637.30
Hideyoshi HashibaIndependent103,2823.65
Takao AsanoSocial Democratic Party79,4742.81
Masayuki ArakawaIndependent22,1540.78
Nobuhito SendaiIshin Seito Shimpu18,2340.64
Total2,827,164100.00
Valid votes2,827,16497.25
Invalid/blank votes79,8372.75
Total votes2,907,001100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,658,64962.40
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

Aomori

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The prefecture of Aomori have one councillor in the Upper House. Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kōji HirayamaDemocratic Party of JapanPeople's New Party305,64249.00
Tsutomu YamazakiLiberal Democratic PartyKomeito248,78239.88
Hidehiko WatanabeSocial Democratic Party37,3705.99
Hiroaki TakayagiJapanese Communist Party32,0145.13
Total623,808100.00
Valid votes623,80898.07
Invalid/blank votes12,2481.93
Total votes636,056100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,180,50053.88
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

Akita

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The prefecture of Akita has one councillor in the Upper House. An independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party won the seat.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Daigo MatsuuraIndependent (DPJSDP)319,63150.36
Katsutoshi KanedaLiberal Democratic Party276,69443.59
Satoshi SuzukiJapanese Communist Party38,3946.05
Total634,719100.00
Valid votes634,71998.73
Invalid/blank votes8,1421.27
Total votes642,861100.00
Registered voters/turnout949,60267.70
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

Iwate

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The prefecture of Iwate has one councillor in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan scored a major victory.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Tatsuo HiranoDemocratic Party of JapanPeople's New Party437,81462.60
Shōichirō ChidaLiberal Democratic PartyKomeito176,09625.18
Masahiro IsawaSocial Democratic Party47,4256.78
Akio WakayamaJapanese Communist Party38,0895.45
Total699,424100.00
Valid votes699,42497.88
Invalid/blank votes15,1222.12
Total votes714,546100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,127,12063.40
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

Miyagi

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The prefecture of Miyagi have two councillors in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Tomiko OkazakiDemocratic Party of Japan549,18352.74
Jirō AichiLiberal Democratic PartyKomeito359,09934.48
Mikio KatōJapanese Communist Party71,6896.88
Kiyomi KishidaSocial Democratic Party61,3495.89
Total1,041,320100.00
Valid votes1,041,32097.82
Invalid/blank votes23,2082.18
Total votes1,064,528100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,908,28655.78
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

Yamagata

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The prefecture of Yamagata has one councillor in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yasue FunayamaDemocratic Party of JapanPeople's New Party371,07157.30
Mieko ShinoharaLiberal Democratic PartyKomeito238,51536.83
Masayuki SatōJapanese Communist Party38,0085.87
Total647,594100.00
Valid votes647,59498.27
Invalid/blank votes11,4131.73
Total votes659,007100.00
Registered voters/turnout979,38967.29
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "第21回参議院議員通常選挙結果調" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.