国民新党
Five parties qualified to submit lists in each of the block districts. These were the New Kōmeitō Party, the Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Party. In addition, the People's New Party, the New Party Japan, and Shintō Daichi submitted lists in some blocks but not others, while many independents competed in the single member districts with members of all eight of these parties.