Japanese House of Councillors - Elections 1998

Election of half of Japanese House of Councillors 12 Jul 1998

System: 126 members elected for 6 years (half the house).

Constituency section (76 members):
24 prefectures each elect 1 member by FPTP (the population range max:min is about 2.5)
18 prefectures each elect 2 members, 4 elect 3 and Tokyo elects 4, by Single Non-Transferable Vote

Proportional section (50 members):
Elected in a single block by Party PR (D'Hondt with 3% cut-off).

The losers:
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party fell from 61 seats to 44
The Social Democratic Party (recently broke calaition with LDP) fell from 12 seats to 5

The winners:
The Democratic Party (2 years old, principal opposition party) rose from 18 seats to 27
The Japanese Communist Party rose from 6 seats to 15
Independents rose from 13 seats to 20

Results:

Constituency section:

Hokkaido (2 seats)
Minezaki, NaokiDPJ80461131.2%Elected
Nakagawa, YoshioLDP72378628.1%Elected
 JCP60511923.5% 
 Liberal161505 6.3% 
 SDP146159 5.7% 
 SDP34374 1.3% 
 Unknown33390 1.3% 
 Lib League32557 1.3% 
 Ind28480 1.1% 
 Unknown7249 0.3% 
1992 (4 seats): LDP, SDP, Komei, Ind

Aomori
Tanabu, MasamiInd34051546.7%Elected
 LDP26263136.0% 
 JCP67992 9.3% 
 Ind51845 7.1% 
 Lib League6512 0.9% 
1992: LDP

Iwate
Shiina, MotooInd27171538.5%Elected
 Ind24412034.6% 
 SDP9698413.7% 
 JCP67082 9.5% 
 Lib League26312 3.7% 
1992: LDP

Miyagi (2 seats)
Sakurai, MitsuruDPJ24527326.0%Elected
Ichikawa, IchiroInd21847823.2%Elected
 LDP13207014.0% 
 Ind10607011.2% 
 JCP10021410.6% 
 SDP66810 7.1% 
 Ind32477 3.4% 
 Unknown21330 2.3% 
 Lib League20413 2.2% 
1992 (1 seat): LDP

Akita
Saito, ShigenobuLDP23764039.9%Elected
 DPJ16139227.1% 
 JCP8479414.3% 
 SDP8088513.6% 
 SDP18830 3.2% 
 Lib League11404 1.9% 
1992: LDP

Yamagata
Kishi, KoichiLDP29909849.3%Elected
 DPJ10760717.8% 
 SDP9786516.1% 
 JCP6140410.1% 
 Lib League40212 6.6% 
1992: LDP

Fukushima (2 seats)
Sato, YuheiInd33867132.6%Elected
Iwaki, MitsuhideLDP25844824.9%Elected
 LDP24507923.6% 
 JCP10984310.6% 
 Ind32817 3.2% 
 SDP20820 2.0% 
 Unknown20267 2.0% 
 Lib League12169 1.2% 
1992: LDP(2)

Ibaraki (2 seats)
Gunji, AkiraDPJ31000227.9%Elected
Kuno, KoichiLDP25694823.1%Elected
 LDP21291219.2% 
 JCP11256810.1% 
 Liberal77762 7.0% 
 Unknown62220 5.6% 
 SDP37452 3.4% 
 Lib League29677 2.7% 
 Unknown11170 1.0% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Tochigi (2 seats)
Yanase, SusumuDPJ33383439.7%Elected
Yano, TetsuroLDP20810524.7%Elected
 LDP16030819.0% 
 JCP69813 8.3% 
 SDP34364 4.1% 
 Ind16297 1.9% 
 Unknown13959 1.7% 
 Lib League4942 0.6% 
1992: LDP(2)

Gunma (2 seats)
Ueno, KoseiLDP30303233.7%Elected
Nakasone, HirofumiLDP22828825.4%Elected
 Ind17367219.3% 
 JCP13695715.2% 
 Lib League56595 6.3% 

Saitama (3 seats)
Hamada, TakujiroInd63704122.6%Elected
Togashi, RenzoJCP56152819.9%Elected
Fujii, ToshioDPJ53566019.0%Elected
 LDP40284914.3% 
 LDP33806612.0% 
 SDP151363 5.4% 
 Lib League89480 3.2% 
 SDP44924 1.6% 
 Unknown31606 1.1% 
 Ind20397 0.7% 
 Unknown6422 0.2% 
1992 (2 seats): LDP, SDP

Chiba (2 seats)
Hironaka, WakakoInd75184332.3%Elected
Inoue, YutakaLDP73064331.4%Elected
 JCP49374421.2% 
 Unknown117169 5.0% 
 SDP106268 4.6% 
 Lib League78812 3.4% 
 Unknown47982 2.1% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Tokyo (4 seats)
Ogawa, ToshioDPJ102679719.2%Elected
Hamayotsu, ToshikoKomei97118518.1%Elected
Inoue, MiyoJCP89689016.8%Elected
Nakamura, AtsuoInd71920313.4%Elected
 LDP62348311.6% 
 LDP451016 8.4% 
 Ind227790 4.3% 
 SDP204479 3.8% 
 Unknown43325 0.8% 
 Lib League41182 0.8% 
 Heiwa37649 0.7% 
 SDP35860 0.7% 
 Unknown34118 0.6% 
 Unknown5991 0.1% 
 Ind5478 0.1% 
 Heiwa5445 0.1% 
 Ind4714 0.1% 
 Unknown4108 0.1% 
 Unknown3286 0.1% 
 Ind3220 0.1% 
 Heiwa3056 0.1% 
 Heiwa1965 0.0% 
 Unknown1682 0.0% 
1992: LDP, SDP, Komei, Ind

Kanagawa (3 seats)
Asao, KeiichiroDPJ64046318.0%Elected
Hatano, KimieJCP52779914.8%Elected
Chiba, KeikoDPJ51037114.3%Elected
 Ind50271214.1% 
 LDP46319313.0% 
 SDP298244 8.4% 
 LDP286604 8.0% 
 Liberal241189 6.8% 
 SDP27335 0.8% 
 Unknown19567 0.5% 
 Unknown14842 0.4% 
 Heiwa12350 0.3% 
 Heiwa10272 0.3% 
 Unknown8686 0.2% 
 Heiwa2149 0.1% 
1992 (2 seats): LDP, SDP

Niigata (2 seats)
Tanaka, NaokiInd31322624.6%Elected
Ofuchi, KinukoSDP28203422.1%Elected
 LDP25810220.2% 
 Ind23831618.7% 
 JCP105111 8.2% 
 Liberal48768 3.8% 
 Lib League30083 2.4% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Toyama
Nagata, YoshioLDP24555847.7%Elected
 DPJ10839021.1% 
 SDP8879517.3% 
 JCP5679111.0% 
 Lib League14972 2.9% 
1992: LDP

Ishikawa
Iwamoto, SotaInd25413245.1%Elected
 LDP23906742.4% 
 JCP53258 9.4% 
 Lib League17247 3.1% 
1992: LDP

Fukui
Yamazaki, MasaakiLDP20556952.3%Elected
 DPJ11247228.6% 
 JCP4142610.5% 
 Lib League33930 8.6% 
1992: LDP

Yamanashi
Koshiishi, AzumaInd18372143.3%Elected
 LDP16963339.9% 
 JCP4594610.8% 
 Liberal19122 4.5% 
 Lib League6205 1.5% 
1992: LDP

Nagano (2 seats)
Kitazawa, ToshimiDPJ41850438.6%Elected
Wakabayashi, MasatoshiLDP25243923.3%Elected
 JCP19693918.2% 
 SDP11265610.4% 
 Ind73339 6.8% 
 Ind12974 1.2% 
 Lib League12779 1.2% 
 Ind3607 0.3% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Gifu (2 seats)
Matsuda, IwaoInd25541625.0%Elected
Yamashita, YasuoDPJ23421822.9%Elected
 Ind20068919.6% 
 LDP19066818.6% 
 JCP11958411.7% 
 Lib League23035 2.3% 
1992 (1 seat): LDP

Shizuoka (2 seats)
Unno, ToruInd52727732.6%Elected
Yamashita, YoshihikoLDP33886320.9%Elected
 LDP27912417.2% 
 JCP24378515.1% 
 Liberal132328 8.2% 
 Lib League97236 6.0% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Aichi (3 seats)
Kimata, YoshitakeDPJ50048317.4%Elected
Sato, TaisukeDPJ45723615.9%Elected
Hatta, HirokoJCP45329815.8%Elected
 LDP44390415.5% 
 LDP41135714.3% 
 Ind218403 7.6% 
 SDP158998 5.5% 
 Liberal91467 3.2% 
 Unknown45018 1.6% 
 Lib League31899 1.1% 
 Unknown22784 0.8% 
 Ind10042 0.4% 
 Ind9103 0.3% 
 Unknown5745 0.2% 
 Unknown5076 0.2% 
 Unknown3385 0.1% 
1992: LDP, SDP, DSP

Mie
Saito, JuroInd38940045.8%Elected
 Ind28995334.1% 
 JCP13194815.5% 
 Lib League39445 4.6% 
1992: LDP

Shiga
Kawamoto, EisukeLDP28636946.1%Elected
 Ind17478928.2% 
 JCP12966420.9% 
 Lib League29755 4.8% 
1992: LDP

Kyoto (2 seats)
Fukuyama, TetsuroInd39619235.5%Elected
Nishiyama, TokikoJCP37814233.9%Elected
 LDP31040727.8% 
 Lib League31778 2.8% 
1992: LDP, JCP

Osaka (3 seats)
Nishikawa, KiyoshiInd105739326.4%Elected
Yamashita, EiichiKomei87229421.8%Elected
Miyamoto, TakeshiJCP72538518.1%Elected
 LDP57361014.3% 
 DPJ54258113.6% 
 SDP116552 2.9% 
 Unknown29521 0.7% 
 Lib League28340 0.7% 
 SDP20326 0.5% 
 Unknown12560 0.3% 
 Ind7598 0.2% 
 Ind7337 0.2% 
 Unknown5720 0.1% 
1992: LDP, Komei, Ind

Hyogo (2 seats)
Motooka, ShojiDPJ90233839.0%Elected
Osawa, TatsumiJCP58224425.2%Elected
 LDP53105322.9% 
 SDP116349 5.0% 
 Lib League58730 2.5% 
 Ind52518 2.3% 
 Unknown38825 1.7% 
 Ind31907 1.4% 
1992 (3 seats): LDP, SDP, Komei

Nara
Hattori, MinaoLDP24502938.3%Elected
 Ind20292831.7% 
 JCP14840023.2% 
 Lib League43107 6.7% 
1992: LDP

Wakayama
Tsuruho, YosukeLiberal22159242.7%Elected
 LDP19693637.9% 
 JCP8877817.1% 
 Lib League11723 2.3% 
1992: LDP

Tottori
Sakano, ShigenobuLDP12808539.9%Elected
 Ind10140331.6% 
 SDP4592014.3% 
 JCP4096512.8% 
 Lib League4919 1.5% 
1992: LDP

Shimane
Aoki, MikioLDP21249849.9%Elected
 DPJ11871827.9% 
 JCP5547413.0% 
 SDP27591 6.5% 
 Lib League11808 2.8% 
1992: LDP

Okayama (2 seats)
Eda, SatsukiDPJ36369739.3%Elected
Kato, NorifumiLDP27728529.9%Elected
 DPJ11575112.5% 
 Ind73508 7.9% 
 JCP69881 7.5% 
 SDP20142 2.2% 
 Lib League3556 0.4% 
 Unknown2357 0.3% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Hiroshima (2 seats)
Kamei, IkuoLDP34437727.0%Elected
Yanagida, MinoruInd28792322.6%Elected
 LDP27892721.9% 
 SDP120455 9.4% 
 JCP115647 9.1% 
 SDP98795 7.7% 
 Lib League29711 2.3% 
1992: LDP, Ind

Yamaguchi
Matsuoka, MasuoInd34021445.7%Elected
 LDP25164633.8% 
 JCP11029814.8% 
 Lib League23443 3.2% 
 Unknown18587 2.5% 
1992: LDP

Tokushima
Takahashi, KisekoInd16454445.7%Elected
 LDP13240836.8% 
 JCP4252011.8% 
 SDP16125 4.5% 
 Lib League4693 1.3% 
1992: LDP

Kagawa
Yamauchi, ToshioLDP17898743.5%Elected
 SDP11554128.1% 
 JCP9220522.4% 
 Lib League24440 5.9% 
1992: LDP

Ehime
Noma, TakeshiLDP30676246.9%Elected
 Ind19245629.4% 
 JCP9332514.3% 
 Liberal48752 7.4% 
 Lib League13196 2.0% 
1992: LDP

Kochi
Morishita, HiroyukiLDP14481341.5%Elected
 Ind11294332.4% 
 Ind5561115.9% 
 Liberal29231 8.4% 
 Lib League6253 1.8% 
1992: Ind

Fukuoka
Hirotomo, KazuoInd62843830.3%Elected
Yoshimura, GotaroLDP57543927.7%Elected
 Ind41442120.0% 
 JCP29786114.4% 
 Unknown60349 2.9% 
 Unknown45852 2.2% 
 Lib League38115 1.8% 
 Ind14979 0.7% 
1992 (3 seats): LDP, SDP, Komei

Saga
Iwanaga, HiromiLDP18899547.5%Elected
 Ind13759734.6% 
 JCP4691411.8% 
 Lib League24304 6.1% 
1992: LDP

Nagasaki
Matsutani, SoichiroLDP27160742.1%Elected
 Ind24473337.9% 
 JCP8464613.1% 
 Lib League44807 6.9% 
1992: LDP

Kumamoto (2 seats)
Honda, RyoichiDPJ29638934.2%Elected
Kimura, HitoshiLDP24861228.7%Elected
 LDP21482924.8% 
 JCP8638010.0% 
 Lib League20128 2.3% 
1992: LDP, Ind

Oita
Nakamichi, ToshiyaLDP22440935.4%Elected
 DPJ21715234.3% 
 SDP13781221.8% 
 JCP48366 7.6% 
 Lib League5632 0.9% 
1992: LDP

Miyazaki
Uesugi, MitsuhiroLDP33561166.2%Elected
 JCP11875123.4% 
 Lib League5291010.4% 
1992: LDP

Kagoshima (2 seats)
Inoue, KichioLDP24331827.9%Elected
Moriyama, HiroshiLDP23502627.0%Elected
 Ind22741426.1% 
 Lib League10643512.2% 
 JCP59080 6.8% 
1992: LDP, SDP

Okinawa
Shimabukuro, SokoInd24348845.5%Elected
 LDP23833044.5% 
 Lib League42706 8.0% 
 Ind7091 1.3% 
 Unknown4007 0.7% 
1992: Ind

Proportional section:

PartyVotesSeats
Jiyuu Minshu-to (Liberal Democratic Party)14,128,71925.17%14
Minshu-to (Democratic Party)12,209,68521.75%12
Nihon Kyohsan-to (Communist Party of Japan)8,195,07814.60%8
Komei (Clean Government Party)7,748,30113.80%7
Jiyuu-to (Liberal Party)5,207,8139.28%5
Shakai Minshu-to (Social Democratic Party)4,370,7617.79%4
Shin Shakai-to (New Socialist Party)925,6611.65%
Shinto Sakigake (New Party "Initiatives")784,5911.40%
Jyosei-to (Women's Party)690,5061.23%
Niin Club579,7141.03%
Jiyuu Rengo (Liberal League)514,5890.92%
Sports Heiwa-to (Sports Peace Party)477,2840.85%
Seinen Jiyuu-to (Youth Liberal Party)247,3550.44%
Ishin-Seito Sinpu(Restorative Party "New Wind")56,9660.10%
Unrepresented Parties Total7.62%

The information summarised here has been drawn from:
Behind The Screen
Ken Watanabe's Japanese Politics
Japan Times
Tokyo Broadcasting Systems
Fuji Television News Network

Collated by Keith Edkins