Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| party | pr seats | district seats | total elected 2001 | total seats |
| liberal democratic party | 20 | 45 | 65 | 111 |
| democratic party | 8 | 18 | 26 | 59 |
| new komeito party | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| liberal party | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| communist party | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| social democratic party | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| new conservative party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| others | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| total | 48 | 73 | 121 | 247 |
Title:
japanese house of councillors election , 2001
Statement:
the liberal party had a district seat less than the communist party
Answer:
refuted