Claim: NPH candidate Masayoshi Takemura garnered the most number of votes in the 1996 Shiga 2nd district elections for the House of Representatives, the lower house o the National Diet of Japan.
Evidence: It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (参議院, Sangiin). Masayoshi Takemura 107,053 79,136 35,192 27,595 254,262 Shiga 2nd district (Shiga[-ken dai-]ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.