# 2007 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 29, 2007. The date was originally to be July 22, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) decided in mid-June to extend the session of the House for a week to finish up legislative business; this step was criticised due to the short-term delay.
The House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. The previous elections took place in 2004 when Junichiro Koizumi, Abe's predecessor, was in office.
The house ended its 166th session on July 5, 2007, marking the unofficial beginning of campaign. The official campaign began on July 12.
The ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito lost control, creating the first divided Diet (opposition control of the House of Councillors) since 1999. The LDP became the second party for the first time, while the DPJ became first party for the first time.

## Background

The DPJ had 79 seats (82 including shin-ryokufukai) after the 2004 Upper House elections, winning 50 out of the 121 up for election, gaining 12, compared to the LDP's 49. As of February 17, 2007, the DPJ held 82 seats to the LDP's 111.
Ichirō Ozawa, the leader of the DPJ, addressed a workers' May Day rally in Yoyogi Park on April 28, 2007, setting out the party's agenda for the election. He pledged that the key policy areas would be an end to 'self-righteous' government, pension and medical reforms, and that the DPJ would 'stand in the shoes of workers, residents, and taxpayers'.
Reports throughout 2007 showed Shinzō Abe's approval ratings falling, and public support for the DPJ's position on the recent pension scandal. Several other scandals right up until the start of official campaigning did not improve the outlook for the LDP.

### Political issues

* Loss of records for millions of payments in the national pension system.
* Series of gaffes by cabinet members, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Hakuo Yanagisawa and the Minister of Defense Fumio Kyuma, who later resigned.
* Financial scandals of two Ministers of Agriculture, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who later committed suicide, and his successor Norihiko Akagi, who resigned after the election.

## Results

According to results by NHK, the LDP lost its majority in the Upper House. Meanwhile, the DPJ managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. LDP's coalition partner New Komeito lost 3 of its twelve seats. Although the opposition made it clear that they intended to officially ask for Abe's resignation, he vowed to "continue pitching" for leadership.
Most of the candidates who received international coverage were defeated in the elections - including Alberto Fujimori, Kaori Tahara, Kanako Otsuji, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Yuko Tojo. Notable candidates who were elected included iconoclastic former Nagano governor Yasuo Tanaka, who achieved one seat for his own New Party Nippon, and ethnic Finn Marutei Tsurunen, who was re-elected with the sixth-highest vote count on the DPJ party list.
The election resulted in the removal of numerous LDP councillors representing doctors, dentists, the construction industry and other special interest groups. Historically, such individuals had been elected solely by the votes of members of their own industries.
Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total after | +/– |
| | Democratic Party of Japan | 23,256,247 | 39.48 | 20 | 24,006,818 | 40.45 | 40 | 49 | 60 | 109 | +27 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 16,544,761 | 28.08 | 14 | 18,606,193 | 31.35 | 23 | 46 | 37 | 83 | –32 |
| | New Komeito Party | 7,765,329 | 13.18 | 7 | 3,534,672 | 5.96 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | –4 |
| | Japanese Communist Party | 4,407,933 | 7.48 | 3 | 5,164,572 | 8.70 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –2 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 2,634,714 | 4.47 | 2 | 1,352,018 | 2.28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | New Party Nippon | 1,770,707 | 3.01 | 1 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | New |
| | People's New Party | 1,269,209 | 2.15 | 1 | 1,111,005 | 1.87 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | New |
| | Women's Party | 673,560 | 1.14 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Article 9 Net | 273,745 | 0.46 | 0 | 185,773 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Ishin Seito Shimpu | 170,510 | 0.29 | 0 | 129,222 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Kyōsei Shintō | 146,985 | 0.25 | 0 | 128,622 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Other parties | | | | 33,565 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| | Independents | | | | 5,095,168 | 8.59 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | +5 |
| Total | Total | 58,913,700 | 100.00 | 48 | 59,347,628 | 100.00 | 73 | 121 | 121 | 242 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 58,914,134 | 96.89 | | 59,347,629 | 97.59 | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,889,101 | 3.11 | | 1,464,700 | 2.41 | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 60,803,235 | 100.00 | | 60,812,329 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 103,710,035 | 58.63 | | 103,710,035 | 58.64 | | | | | |
| Source: MIC, National Diet ||||||||||||

### By prefecture

Elected candidates in bold
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 (2001).
* Akita, Toyama, Ehime and Miyazaki are counted as a DPJ/PNP pickups because the elected Councillors joined the DPJ/PNP parliamentary group shortly after the election.
* Gifu is counted as a LDP hold because the elected Councillor re-joined the LDP shortly after the election.
* In Kanagawa, the LDP's Yutaka Kobayashi was disqualified for violating the law on elections for public office. Because the seat fell vacant within three months of the regular election fourth ranking Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) was elected without vote (kuriage-tōsen).
Source:
Northern Japan :
| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsements) Vote share |
| Hokkaidō | 2 | Chūichi Date | LDP | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) 36.0% Chūichi Date (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8% Kaori Tahara (I – DPJ, PNP, NPD) 22.0% Kazuya Hatayama (JCP) 7.3% Hideyoshi Hashiba (I) 3.7% Takao Asano (SDP) 2.8% Masayuki Arakawa (I) 0.8% Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin Seito Shimpū) 0.6% |
| Hokkaidō | 2 | Katsuya Ogawa | DPJ | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) 36.0% Chūichi Date (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8% Kaori Tahara (I – DPJ, PNP, NPD) 22.0% Kazuya Hatayama (JCP) 7.3% Hideyoshi Hashiba (I) 3.7% Takao Asano (SDP) 2.8% Masayuki Arakawa (I) 0.8% Nobuhito Sendai (Ishin Seito Shimpū) 0.6% |
| Aomori | 1 | Tsutomu Yamazaki | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Kōji Hirayama (DPJ – PNP) 49.0% Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.9% Hidehiko Watanabe (SDP) 6.0% Hiroaki Takayanagi (JCP) 5.1% |
| Iwate | 1 | Tatsuo Hirano | DPJ | Incumbent re-elected | | Tatsuo Hirano (DPJ – PNP) 62.6% Shōichirō Chida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 25.2% Masahiro Isawa (SDP) 6.8% Akio Wakayama (JCP) 5.4% |
| Miyagi | 2 | Tomiko Okazaki | DPJ | Incumbents re-elected | | Tomiko Okazaki (DPJ) 52.7% Jirō Aichi (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.5% Mikio Katō (JCP) 6.9% Kiyomi Kishida (SDP) 5.9% |
| Miyagi | 2 | Jirō Aichi | LDP | Incumbents re-elected | | Tomiko Okazaki (DPJ) 52.7% Jirō Aichi (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.5% Mikio Katō (JCP) 6.9% Kiyomi Kishida (SDP) 5.9% |
| Akita | 1 | Katsutoshi Kaneda | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Daigo Matsuura (I – DPJ, SDP) 50.4% Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) 43.6% Satoshi Suzuki (JCP) 6.0% |
| Yamagata | 1 | Masatoshi Abe | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Yasue Funayama (DPJ – PNP) 57.3% Mieko Shinohara (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.8% Masayuki Satō (JCP) 5.9% |
| Fukushima | 2 | Toyoaki Ōta | LDP | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Emi Kaneko (DPJ) 49.9% Masako Mori (LDP – Kōmeitō) 37.0% Shizue Miyamoto (JCP) 7.8% Uzen Ogawa (SDP) 5.4% |
| Fukushima | 2 | Hiroko Wada | DPJ | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Emi Kaneko (DPJ) 49.9% Masako Mori (LDP – Kōmeitō) 37.0% Shizue Miyamoto (JCP) 7.8% Uzen Ogawa (SDP) 5.4% |
| Eastern and Central Japan |||||||
| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsements) Vote share |
| Ibaraki | 2 | Yasu Kanō | LDP | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) 43.4% Tamon Hasegawa (LDP) 34.3% Masao Ishizu (I) 9.2% Takeo Taya (JCP) 6.9% Toshitaka Kudō (PNP) 4.2% Hiromitsu Mutō (Kyōsei) 1.9% |
| Ibaraki | 2 | Moto Kobayashi | DPJ | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) 43.4% Tamon Hasegawa (LDP) 34.3% Masao Ishizu (I) 9.2% Takeo Taya (JCP) 6.9% Toshitaka Kudō (PNP) 4.2% Hiromitsu Mutō (Kyōsei) 1.9% |
| Tochigi | 1 | Masayuki Kunii | LDP | 1 seat lost by reapportionment LDP incumbent lost re-election DPJ incumbent re-elected | | Hiroyuki Tani (DPJ – PNP) 53.9% Masayuki Kunii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4% Kazunori Koike (JCP) 4.7% |
| Tochigi | 1 | Hiroyuki Tani | DPJ | 1 seat lost by reapportionment LDP incumbent lost re-election DPJ incumbent re-elected | | Hiroyuki Tani (DPJ – PNP) 53.9% Masayuki Kunii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4% Kazunori Koike (JCP) 4.7% |
| Gunma | 1 | Ichita Yamamoto | LDP | 1 seat lost by reapportionment DPJ incumbent retired LDP incumbent re-elected | | Ichita Yamamoto (LDP – Kōmeitō) 62.0% Kōji Fukuda (PNP – DPJ) 27.0% Hiroaki Sakai (JCP) 11.1% |
| Gunma | 1 | Giichi Tsunoda | DPJ | 1 seat lost by reapportionment DPJ incumbent retired LDP incumbent re-elected | | Ichita Yamamoto (LDP – Kōmeitō) 62.0% Kōji Fukuda (PNP – DPJ) 27.0% Hiroaki Sakai (JCP) 11.1% |
| Saitama | 3 | Taizō Satō | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kuniko Kōda (DPJ) 23.5% Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP) 21.6% Ryūji Yamane (DPJ) 21.0% Hiroshi Takano (Kōmeitō) 19.7% Sumiko Ayabe (JCP) 8.7% Etsuko Matsuzawa (SDP) 3.3% Tetsuo Sawada (PNP) 2.3% |
| Saitama | 3 | Hiroshi Takano | Kōmeitō | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kuniko Kōda (DPJ) 23.5% Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP) 21.6% Ryūji Yamane (DPJ) 21.0% Hiroshi Takano (Kōmeitō) 19.7% Sumiko Ayabe (JCP) 8.7% Etsuko Matsuzawa (SDP) 3.3% Tetsuo Sawada (PNP) 2.3% |
| Saitama | 3 | Ryūji Yamane | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kuniko Kōda (DPJ) 23.5% Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP) 21.6% Ryūji Yamane (DPJ) 21.0% Hiroshi Takano (Kōmeitō) 19.7% Sumiko Ayabe (JCP) 8.7% Etsuko Matsuzawa (SDP) 3.3% Tetsuo Sawada (PNP) 2.3% |
| Chiba | 3 | Hiroyuki Kurata | LDP | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Hiroyuki Nagahama (DPJ) 25.2% Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 20.5% Ken Kagaya (DPJ) 18.1% Takaki Shirasuka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 14.7% Fumiko Asano (JCP) 8.1% Susumu Honma (I) 4.9% Kazumi Aoki (SDP) 4.7% Michiko Iwabuchi (PNP) 3.8% |
| Chiba | 3 | Akira Imaizumi | DPJ | Incumbents retired LDP and DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Hiroyuki Nagahama (DPJ) 25.2% Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 20.5% Ken Kagaya (DPJ) 18.1% Takaki Shirasuka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 14.7% Fumiko Asano (JCP) 8.1% Susumu Honma (I) 4.9% Kazumi Aoki (SDP) 4.7% Michiko Iwabuchi (PNP) 3.8% |
| Chiba | 3 | | | 1 seat gained by reapportionment DPJ pickup | 1 seat gained by reapportionment DPJ pickup | | Hiroyuki Nagahama (DPJ) 25.2% Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP – Kōmeitō) 20.5% Ken Kagaya (DPJ) 18.1% Takaki Shirasuka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 14.7% Fumiko Asano (JCP) 8.1% Susumu Honma (I) 4.9% Kazumi Aoki (SDP) 4.7% Michiko Iwabuchi (PNP) 3.8% |
| Tokyo | 5 | Sanzō Hosaka | LDP | JCP incumbent retired DPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4% Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5% Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2% Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7% Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6% Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0% Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4% Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5% Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6% Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6% Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2% Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0% Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4% Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 % Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2% 5 other candidates 0.5% |
| Tokyo | 5 | Natsuo Yamaguchi | Kōmeitō | JCP incumbent retired DPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4% Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5% Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2% Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7% Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6% Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0% Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4% Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5% Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6% Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6% Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2% Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0% Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4% Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 % Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2% 5 other candidates 0.5% |
| Tokyo | 5 | Kan Suzuki | DPJ | JCP incumbent retired DPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4% Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5% Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2% Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7% Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6% Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0% Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4% Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5% Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6% Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6% Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2% Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0% Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4% Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 % Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2% 5 other candidates 0.5% |
| Tokyo | 5 | Yasuo Ogata | JCP | JCP incumbent retired DPJ and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected LDP incumbent lost re-election LDP hold DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4% Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5% Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2% Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7% Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6% Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0% Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4% Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5% Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6% Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6% Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2% Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0% Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4% Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 % Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2% 5 other candidates 0.5% |
| Tokyo | 5 | | | 1 seat gained by reapportionment Independent pickup | 1 seat gained by reapportionment Independent pickup | | Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) 18.4% Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 13.5% Kan Suzuki (DPJ) 13.2% Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 11.7% Ryūhei Kawada (I) 11.6% Sanzō Hosaka (LDP) 11.0% Tomoko Tamura (JCP) 9.4% Hitomi Sugiura (SDP) 3.5% Keiichirō Nakamura (PNP) 2.6% Dr. NakaMats (I) 1.6% Kishō Kurokawa (Kyōsei) 1.2% Yūko Tōjō (I) 1.0% Nobuyuki Suzuki (Ishin) 0.4% Kikuo Suda (Halve Parliament) 0.3 % Toshiaki Kanda (I) 0.2% 5 other candidates 0.5% |
| Kanagawa | 3 | Yutaka Kobayashi | LDP | LDP incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retires Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election 2 DPJ pickups DPJ gains top tōsen post-election: LDP incumbent disqualified → Kōmeitō hold (see note) | | Hiroe Makiyama (DPJ) 25.4% Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) 22.5% Masahi Mito (DPJ) 19.7% Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) 17.4% Kimie Hatano (JCP) 9.7% Shigeru Wada (SDP) 3.2% Sachiko Saitō (PNP) 1.5% Toshimori Mizoguchi (Ishin) 0.5% |
| Kanagawa | 3 | Akira Matsu | Kōmeitō | LDP incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retires Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election 2 DPJ pickups DPJ gains top tōsen post-election: LDP incumbent disqualified → Kōmeitō hold (see note) | | Hiroe Makiyama (DPJ) 25.4% Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) 22.5% Masahi Mito (DPJ) 19.7% Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) 17.4% Kimie Hatano (JCP) 9.7% Shigeru Wada (SDP) 3.2% Sachiko Saitō (PNP) 1.5% Toshimori Mizoguchi (Ishin) 0.5% |
| Kanagawa | 3 | Yoriko Kawaguchi | LDP | LDP incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retires Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election 2 DPJ pickups DPJ gains top tōsen post-election: LDP incumbent disqualified → Kōmeitō hold (see note) | | Hiroe Makiyama (DPJ) 25.4% Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) 22.5% Masahi Mito (DPJ) 19.7% Akira Matsu (Kōmeitō) 17.4% Kimie Hatano (JCP) 9.7% Shigeru Wada (SDP) 3.2% Sachiko Saitō (PNP) 1.5% Toshimori Mizoguchi (Ishin) 0.5% |
| Niigata | 2 | Takahiro Kuroiwa | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected DPJ incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup | | Ichirō Tsukada (LDP – Kōmeitō) 32.1% Yūko Mori (DPJ – PNP) 28.3% Takahiro Kuroiwa (DPJ) 27.4% Akiko Yamamoto (SDP) 7.2% Katsutoshi Takeda (JCP) 4.3% Mitsumasa Kusuhara (I) 0.6% |
| Niigata | 2 | Yūko Mori | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected DPJ incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup | | Ichirō Tsukada (LDP – Kōmeitō) 32.1% Yūko Mori (DPJ – PNP) 28.3% Takahiro Kuroiwa (DPJ) 27.4% Akiko Yamamoto (SDP) 7.2% Katsutoshi Takeda (JCP) 4.3% Mitsumasa Kusuhara (I) 0.6% |
| Toyama | 1 | Kōtarō Nogami | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election PNP pickup | Incumbent lost re-election PNP pickup | Takashi Morita (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 50.1% Kōtarō Nogami (LDP) 45.7% Kazuyuki Izumino (JCP) 4.2% |
| Ishikawa | 1 | Tetsuo Kutsukake | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Yasuo Ichikawa (DPJ – PNP) 46.9% Tomirō Yata (LDP – Kōmeitō) 46.2% Mikiko Chikamatsu (JCP) 4.9% Shigeru Hamasaki (I) 2.0% |
| Fukui | 1 | Ryūji Matsumura | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | | Ryūji Matsumura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.5% Seizō Wakaizumi (DPJ – PNP) 46.8% Kazuo Yamada (JCP) 5.7% |
| Yamanashi | 1 | Mahito Nakajima | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Harunobu Yonenaga (DPJ – PNP) 55.3% Kaname Irikuri (LDP – Kōmeitō) 37.1% Hitoshi Hanada (JCP) 7.5% |
| Nagano | 2 | Hiromi Yoshida | LDP | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yūichirō Hata (DPJ) 47.9% Hiromi Yoshida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8% Sanae Nakano (JCP) 17.3% Hiroji Nakagawa (SDP) 8.0% |
| Nagano | 2 | Yūichirō Hata | DPJ | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yūichirō Hata (DPJ) 47.9% Hiromi Yoshida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 26.8% Sanae Nakano (JCP) 17.3% Hiroji Nakagawa (SDP) 8.0% |
| Gifu | 2 | Tsuyako Ōno | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold | | Takao Fujii (I – LDP, Kōmeitō) 46.1% Kenji Hirata (DPJ) 44.1% Takao Katō (JCP) 9.8% |
| Gifu | 2 | Kenji Hirata | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold | | Takao Fujii (I – LDP, Kōmeitō) 46.1% Kenji Hirata (DPJ) 44.1% Takao Katō (JCP) 9.8% |
| Shizuoka | 2 | Yutaka Takeyama | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kazuya Shinba (DPJ) 47.1% Takao Makino (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4% Ichi Kibe (I) 8.6% Takashige Hiraga (JCP) 7.9% Hirokazu Tsuchida (I) 4.9% |
| Shizuoka | 2 | Kazuya Shinba | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kazuya Shinba (DPJ) 47.1% Takao Makino (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4% Ichi Kibe (I) 8.6% Takashige Hiraga (JCP) 7.9% Hirokazu Tsuchida (I) 4.9% |
| Aichi | 3 | Seiji Suzuki | LDP | LDP and DPJ incumbents re-elected Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ) 26.4% Seiji Suzuki (LDP) 22.0% Kuniko Tanioka (DPJ – PNP) 21.6% Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) 17.6% Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 8.8% Ryōhei Hirayama (SDP) 2.1% Takashi Hyōdō (I) 0.7% Masaji Tsuge (Ishin) 0.4% Arakawa Kōtarō (Kyōsei) 0.4% |
| Aichi | 3 | Kōhei Ōtsuka | DPJ | LDP and DPJ incumbents re-elected Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ) 26.4% Seiji Suzuki (LDP) 22.0% Kuniko Tanioka (DPJ – PNP) 21.6% Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) 17.6% Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 8.8% Ryōhei Hirayama (SDP) 2.1% Takashi Hyōdō (I) 0.7% Masaji Tsuge (Ishin) 0.4% Arakawa Kōtarō (Kyōsei) 0.4% |
| Aichi | 3 | Tamotsu Yamamoto | Kōmeitō | LDP and DPJ incumbents re-elected Kōmeitō incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ) 26.4% Seiji Suzuki (LDP) 22.0% Kuniko Tanioka (DPJ – PNP) 21.6% Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) 17.6% Hiroko Hatta (JCP) 8.8% Ryōhei Hirayama (SDP) 2.1% Takashi Hyōdō (I) 0.7% Masaji Tsuge (Ishin) 0.4% Arakawa Kōtarō (Kyōsei) 0.4% |
| Mie | 1 | Chiaki Takahashi | DPJ | Incumbent re-elected | | Chiaki Takahashi (DPJ – PNP) 59.4% Kōhei Onozaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 33.0% Takeshi Nakano (JCP) 7.7% |
| Western Japan |||||||
| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsements) Vote share |
| Shiga | 1 | Hidetoshi Yamashita | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Hisashi Tokunaga (DPJ – PNP) 50.2% Hidetoshi Yamashita (LDP – Kōmeitō) 40.6% Ikuo Tsubota (JCP) 9.2% |
| Kyōto | 2 | Yoshihiro Nishida | LDP | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōji Matsui (DPJ) 43.6% Shōji Nishida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4% Mariko Narumiya (JCP) 23.9% Toyokazu Ōkida (Ishin) 1.1% |
| Kyōto | 2 | Kōji Matsui | DPJ | DPJ incumbent re-elected LDP incumbent retired LDP hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōji Matsui (DPJ) 43.6% Shōji Nishida (LDP – Kōmeitō) 31.4% Mariko Narumiya (JCP) 23.9% Toyokazu Ōkida (Ishin) 1.1% |
| Ōsaka | 3 | Shūzen Tanigawa | LDP | LDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected DPJ incumbent retired DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Satoshi Umemura (DPJ) 33.2% Kazuyoshi Shirahama (Kōmeitō) 21.7% Shūzen Tanigawa (LDP) 18.9% Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 15.2% Junko Shiraishi (PNP) 4.2% Ryōichi Hattori (SDP – 9-jō Net) 3.7% Takeshi Ueda (I) 1.4% Shōnosuke Hayashi (I) 1.3% Yoshio Ōtani (I) 0.5% |
| Ōsaka | 3 | Kazuyoshi Shirahama | Kōmeitō | LDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected DPJ incumbent retired DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Satoshi Umemura (DPJ) 33.2% Kazuyoshi Shirahama (Kōmeitō) 21.7% Shūzen Tanigawa (LDP) 18.9% Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 15.2% Junko Shiraishi (PNP) 4.2% Ryōichi Hattori (SDP – 9-jō Net) 3.7% Takeshi Ueda (I) 1.4% Shōnosuke Hayashi (I) 1.3% Yoshio Ōtani (I) 0.5% |
| Ōsaka | 3 | Takashi Yamamoto | DPJ | LDP and Kōmeitō incumbents re-elected DPJ incumbent retired DPJ hold DPJ gains top tōsen | | Satoshi Umemura (DPJ) 33.2% Kazuyoshi Shirahama (Kōmeitō) 21.7% Shūzen Tanigawa (LDP) 18.9% Takeshi Miyamoto (JCP) 15.2% Junko Shiraishi (PNP) 4.2% Ryōichi Hattori (SDP – 9-jō Net) 3.7% Takeshi Ueda (I) 1.4% Shōnosuke Hayashi (I) 1.3% Yoshio Ōtani (I) 0.5% |
| Hyōgo | 2 | Yoshitada Kōnoike | LDP | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yasuhiro Tsuji (DPJ) 44.1% Yoshitada Kōnoike (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.9% Terufumi Horiuchi (JCP) 10.9% Kazumi Hara (9-jō Net) 7.5% Yukimitsu Nishida (I) 2.6% |
| Hyōgo | 2 | Yasuhiro Tsuji | DPJ | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Yasuhiro Tsuji (DPJ) 44.1% Yoshitada Kōnoike (LDP – Kōmeitō) 34.9% Terufumi Horiuchi (JCP) 10.9% Kazumi Hara (9-jō Net) 7.5% Yukimitsu Nishida (I) 2.6% |
| Nara | 1 | vacant (last held by Shōgo Arai, LDP) | vacant (last held by Shōgo Arai, LDP) | DPJ pickup | DPJ pickup | Tetsuji Nakamura (DPJ – PNP) 52.5% Masatake Matsui (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.9% Atsuko Nakamura (JCP) 10.6% |
| Wakayama | 1 | Hiroshige Sekō | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | | Hiroshige Sekō (LDP – Kōmeitō) 52.3% Naoto Sakaguchi (DPJ – PNP) 38.2% Hideaki Kunishige (JCP) 9.5% |
| Tottori | 1 | Takayoshi Tsuneda | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Yoshihiro Kawakami (DPJ – PNP) 51.5% Takayoshi Tsuneda (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4% Shōzō Ichitani (JCP) 7.2% |
| Shimane | 1 | Shuntarō Kageyama | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election PNP pickup | Incumbent lost re-election PNP pickup | Akiko Kamei (PNP – DPJ) 50.9% Shuntarō Kageyama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 43.6% Kazuhiko Gotō (JCP) 5.5% |
| Okayama | 1 | Toranosuke Katayama | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Yumiko Himei (DPJ – PNP) 49.4% Toranosuke Katayama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 44.2% Kanji Uemoto (JCP) 4.7% Fukuji Hayashi (I) 1.0% Makoto Kitagawa (Ishin) 0.6% |
| Hiroshima | 2 | vacant (last held by Takeaki Kashimura, LDP) | vacant (last held by Takeaki Kashimura, LDP) | Incumbent re-elected DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōji Satō (DPJ – PNP) 43.9% Kensei Mizote (LDP – Kōmeitō) 30.0% Miyoko Kōno (I) 15.3% Satoshi Fujimoto (JCP) 4.9% Yui Yoshinaga (I) 4.2% Jun'ichi Fukumoto (I) 1.7% |
| Hiroshima | 2 | Kensei Mizote | LDP | Incumbent re-elected DPJ pickup DPJ gains top tōsen | | Kōji Satō (DPJ – PNP) 43.9% Kensei Mizote (LDP – Kōmeitō) 30.0% Miyoko Kōno (I) 15.3% Satoshi Fujimoto (JCP) 4.9% Yui Yoshinaga (I) 4.2% Jun'ichi Fukumoto (I) 1.7% |
| Yamaguchi | 1 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | | Yoshimasa Hayashi (LDP – Kōmeitō) 56.7% Takako Tokura (DPJ – PNP) 36.2% Sadayoshi Yoshida (JCP) 7.1% |
| Tokushima | 1 | Shūji Kitaoka | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Tomoji Nakatani (DPJ) 54.0% Shūji Kitaoka (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.3% Atsushi Hanaoka (JCP) 6.7% |
| Kagawa | 1 | Kenji Manabe | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Emiko Uematsu (DPJ) 53.6% Kenji Manabe (LDP – Kōmeitō) 40.6% Michiko Chikaishi (JCP) 5.8% |
| Ehime | 1 | Katsutsugu Sekiya | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Toshirō Tomochika (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 51.3% Katsutsugu Sekiya (LDP – Kōmeitō) 43.1% Katsuhiko Tanaka (JCP) 5.5% |
| Kōchi | 1 | Kōhei Tamura | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Norio Takeuchi (DPJ) 44.7% Kōhei Tamura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 41.4% Nobuo Murakami (JCP) 13.9% |
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| Prefecture | Seats up | Incumbents | Party | Result | Result | Candidates (Party – endorsements) Vote share |
| Fukuoka | 2 | Masaji Matsuyama | LDP | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Tsukasa Iwamoto (DPJ) 46.8% Masaji Matsuyama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.9% Miyuki Tanaka (JCP) 8.7% Hideo Kanaiwa (SDP) 5.3% Yoshihisa Baba (Ishin) 1.7% Takayuki Shūnan (Kyōsei) 0.7% |
| Fukuoka | 2 | Tsukasa Iwamoto | DPJ | Incumbents re-elected DPJ gains top tōsen | | Tsukasa Iwamoto (DPJ) 46.8% Masaji Matsuyama (LDP – Kōmeitō) 36.9% Miyuki Tanaka (JCP) 8.7% Hideo Kanaiwa (SDP) 5.3% Yoshihisa Baba (Ishin) 1.7% Takayuki Shūnan (Kyōsei) 0.7% |
| Saga | 1 | Takao Jinnouchi | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ – SDP, PNP) 49.6% Yoshiyuki Kawakami (LDP – Kōmeitō) 44.6% Junko Nakao (JCP) 5.9% |
| Nagasaki | 1 | Tadashi Taura | LDP | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Incumbent retired DPJ pickup | Yukishige Ōkubo (DPJ – PNP) 49.0% Tadatoshi Komine (LDP – Kōmeitō) 46.0% Eiko Fuchise (JCP) 5.0% |
| Kumamoto | 1 | Issei Miura | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Nobuo Matsuno (DPJ – PNP) 48.4% Issei Miura (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.5% Yoshiaki Hashida (JCP) 4.1% |
| Ōita | 1 | Hiroko Gotō | PNP | Incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup | Incumbent lost re-election LDP pickup | Yōsuke Isozaki (LDP – Kōmeitō) 32.6% Taiwa Yano (I – DPJ) 27.9% Bunroku Matsumoto (I – SDP) 22.9% Hiroko Gotō (PNP) 10.3% Kai Yamashita (JCP) 6.2% |
| Miyazaki | 1 | Toshifumi Kosehira | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Incumbent lost re-election DPJ pickup | Itsuki Toyama (I – DPJ, SDP, PNP) 37.6% Toshifumi Kosehira (LDP) 28.0% Haruo Higashi (I) 14.3% Motoi Nagamine (I) 14.0% Hiromitsu Baba (JCP) 4.9% Motohiro Ino (Kyōsei) 1.3% |
| Kagoshima | 1 | Yoshito Kajiya | LDP | Incumbent re-elected | | Yoshito Kajiya (LDP – Kōmeitō) 47.6% Inao Minayoshi (DPJ – PNP) 47.3% Haruki Yamaguchi (JCP) 5.0% |
| Okinawa | 1 | Junshirō Nishime | LDP | Incumbent lost re-election Independent (OSMP) pickup | Incumbent lost re-election Independent (OSMP) pickup | Keiko Itokazu (I – DPJ, JCP, SDP, PNP) 60.2% Junshirō Nishime (LDP – Kōmeitō) 39.8% |