Sangiin election 2019

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Share of votes in%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
39.8
15.8
7.8
7.4
7.3
6.5
3.0
2.0
10.6
KDP
DVP
Otherwise.
Independent
Gains and losses
compared to 2016
 % p
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.1
+15.8
+0.3
+0.1
+1.5
+6.5
+3.0
-0.7
+0.5
KDP
DVP
Otherwise.
Independent
Proportional election 2019 (50 seats)
Share of votes in%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
35.4
15.8
13.1
9.8
9.0
7.0
4.6
2.1
2.0
1.4
Gains and losses
compared to 2016
 % p
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.5
+15.8
-0.4
+0.6
-1.7
+7.0
+4.6
-0.6
+2.0
-1.2
Composition according to the choice
          
A total of 245 seats
  • KPJ : 13
  • SDP : 2
  • KDP : 32
  • Reiwa shinsengumi : 2
  • DVP : 21
  • Ishin : 16
  • NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō : 1
  • Independent: 17
  • Kōmeitō : 28
  • LDP : 113

The Sangiin election 2019 , formally the 25th ordinary election of members of the Sangiin ( Japanese 第 25 回 参議院 議員 通常 選 挙 dai-nijūgo-kai Sangiin giin tsūjōotenyo ), for the election of the half of the Sangiin ("council house") last elected in 2013 , the Upper House of Japan's Kokkai ("National Assembly"), took place on July 21, 2019. The legal election campaign began on July 4th. On the same day the gubernatorial election took place in Gunma .

Changes to the electoral law and constituency

In 2018, it was decided to change the constituencies and the preferential election system . From now on there are 124 seats to choose from, so the total size of the Sangiin will be 248 from the election in 2022. In the majority election, Saitama Prefecture won one seat and became a four-seat constituency instead of the previous three; the size of the majority electoral segment increased from 73 to 74 seats. The electoral constituency was enlarged from 48 to 50 seats. In addition, the preferential voting system there has been weakened: So far, the order of all proportional representation candidates has strictly followed the preferential votes ( most open list ). From 2019, however, parties can put protected candidates at the top of their list in a so-called tokutei-waku ( 特定 枠 , for example “special framework ”); Votes for such candidates only count as party votes; they always come first automatically when the proportional representation is distributed. The opposition criticized the reform, mainly because the Sangiin was enlarged instead of reduced in size for the first time since the 20th century. In addition, the redistribution of mandates decided in 2015 came into effect for the first time in the half now up for election, including the new combined constituencies from two prefectures each.

In 2019, under the new tokutei-waku system, three parties / political groups excluded a total of five candidates from voting preferences in proportional representation: the Liberal Democratic Party and the Reiwa Shinsengumi two each and the Rōdō no kaihō o mezasu rodōshatō (for example, "Labor Party for the Liberation of Labor “) A. Most parties therefore continued to use fully open lists for proportional representation.

Traditional format of a seiken hōsō

In addition, the regulations for television election advertising ( 政見 放送 , seiken hōsō , literally "broadcasting political views") were relaxed in the Sangiin majority election, so that candidates can also use pre-produced videos instead of the previous studio recordings.

Starting position

Sangiin faction composition according to "camp"
(as of June 29, 2019)
      
A total of 238 seats
  • Center-left opposition ( KDP , DVP , KPJ , SDP , Okinawa no Kaze, Vice President), MPs until 2022: 42
  • Center-left opposition: May 30
  • Otherwise. Opposition ( Ishin , Kibō , Mushozoku Club, Independent), until 2022: 8
  • Otherwise. Opposition, for election: 10
  • Government (LDP, Kōmeitō, President), for election: 77
  • Government until 2022: 71

The governing coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō , which has been in office since 2012 , has held a majority in the Sangiin since 2013. In the half elected in 2013 and up for re-election, she held 77 out of 117 seats (as of June 29, 2019). In order to expand its majority overall, it would have had to clearly surpass the very good election result of 2013 (at that time before the party was converted, 76 out of 121 seats). In the non-eligible half, it is slightly weaker with 71 out of 121 seats. Shortly after the 2016 election , the LDP gained a single absolute majority by joining for the first time since 1989, but the coalition has continued to govern unchanged. The LDP devoted 16 single- mandate constituencies as "battlegrounds" ( 激 戦 区 gekisen-ku ) special attention and campaign resources . As an election target, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe gave the defense of the LDP-Kōmeitō government majority. He ruled out a “double election” with simultaneous elections to the House of Representatives , which the media and some politicians have long speculated about. LDP General Secretary Toshihiro Nikai declared a coalition majority among the seats available for election as the goal.

The two main successor parties of the Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party (KDP) and the Democratic People's Party (DVP), have not reunited. The tiny Social Democratic Party (SDP) has formed a parliamentary group with the KDP since early 2019. The Liberal Party (LP) joined the DVP in April 2019. The controversial electoral cooperation with the Communist Party of Japan (KPJ), which was concluded in the 2016 election, was continued in 2019: five groups of the center-left opposition (KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP and the House of Representatives Shakaihoshō o tatenaosu kokumin kaigi from ex-democrats) nominated in the majority election in all 32 single-mandate constituencies, mainly non-party or democratic candidates, candidates of the CPY in three constituencies (in 2016 there was only one).

The economically liberal right-wing populist “3. Pillar “has shrunk sharply due to the party reshuffle in recent years, provided that parts of the democratic parties that have resigned are not included. Only the Nippon Ishin no Kai is still strong in Osaka and some other prefectures, especially in the Kinki region. In the double elections in Osaka in April 2019 she was able to confidently defend the governor's post, parliamentary majority and the mayor's office of the city of Osaka and can now pursue her goal of a second referendum to convert the city of Osaka into "special districts" of Osaka. It forms in the Sangiin a factional community with the Kibō no Tō ("Party of Hope"), which only consists of a few MPs after the main part of the party was united with the Democratic Progressive Party.

A total of 370 candidates applied in 2019: 215 for the 74 majority electoral seats and 13 lists with a total of 155 candidates for the 50 proportional representation. Of the seven parties with legal party status, the LDP had 82 candidates (49 + 33), the Kōmeitō 24 (7 + 17), the KDP 42 (20 + 22), the KPJ 40 (14 + 26), the DVP 28 ( 14 + 14), the Ishin no Kai 22 (8 + 14) and the SDP 7 (3 + 4). A total of 31 candidates were without a formal party nomination, some of them the candidates jointly supported by the opposition parties. In addition there were 94 candidates (69 + 25) from other parties / political groups, including candidates from the Reiwa Shinsengumi from Taro Yamamoto , none from the Kibo no Tō , in both electoral segments . A total of 104 women ran (28% of all candidates), more than ever before. The majority stood for the opposition: The proportion of women among the Kōmeitō candidates was only 8% in 2019, 15% in the LDP, 32% in the Ishin no Kai, 36% in the DVP, 45% in the KDP, and the KPJ 55%, 71% in the SDP and 61% among the center-left united front candidates without party nomination.

Election campaign

subjects

The participating parties gradually presented their election programs at the end of June. The main topics of the election campaign were the VAT increase from 8% to 10% planned for October, which was rejected in this form by all opposition parties, as well as the so-called "pension problem" ( 年金 問題 , nenkin mondai ): at the beginning of June the financial supervisory authority ( 金融庁 , kinyūchō ; Eng. "Financial Services Agency") warned in a report that the average retired couple for safe living conditions up to the age of 95 years in addition to the state-subsidized old-age provision about 20 million ¥ (about 164,000 €, rate from July 2019) must save. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized the report as "wrong" and Finance Minister Taro Aso declined to accept the report. The government assured that the planned pensions under the 2004 introduced under Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi “ macroeconomic slide” ( マ ク ロ 経 済 ス ラ イ ド , makuro keizai suraido ) would be sufficient. This system consists of pension payments that are always to be adjusted to the macroeconomic conditions. Due to the demographic development , this actually means a continuous reduction in payouts. On the basis of the report, the opposition accused the government of having lied to the population about the allegedly secure pensions and of failing to do justice to the problem by ignoring the report. In this regard, the KDP planned a “general combination system” ( 総 合 s 制度 , sōgō gassan seido ), which should include an upper limit for their expenditure on medical and care costs for all households according to their income. In addition, she called for the introduction of a basic pension, but did not present any financing plans in her election manifesto. The DVP saw, among other things, an additional benefit of at least ¥ 5000 per month (about € 41, price from July 2019) for households with a pension income close to the poverty line as well as the Establishment of a "state revenue authority" ( 歳 入 庁 , sainyūchō ), which should manage the insurance contributions and tax revenue more clearly. The JCP called for the abolition of the “macroeconomic slide” and an additional benefit of ¥ 5000. In addition, it guaranteed “stable pensions” that should not decline. They were to be financed through higher pension contributions from households with particularly high incomes, which should generate around ¥ 1 trillion (around € 8.2 billion) in additional contributions, full payments of pension provisions and through the improvement of working conditions (introduction of a national minimum wage, increase wages and shorter working hours), which should increase the number of permanent employees and thus the pension contributions. The Nippon Ishin no Kai, on the other hand, relied on private pension schemes and a gradual increase in the retirement age. Like the CPJ, the SDP demanded the abolition of the “macroeconomic slide” and planned the introduction of a basic pension.

Another focus was the constitutional amendment planned by Prime Minister Abe , in particular Article 9 . The governing coalition already had a two-thirds majority in the Shūgiin , the lower house, as well as in the Sangiin, together with the Nippon Ishin no Kai, which would have to be confirmed by the people with a simple majority. Abe said the election is about whether to vote for a party that is completely opposed to constitutional changes or one that will discuss it properly. He referred to the blocking of the "Constitutional Review Committee" ( 憲法 審査 会 , kenpō shinsa kai ) by the opposition parties (except Ishin), which reject a constitutional amendment under Abe.

Survey

According to media predictions of the number of seats, based on polls at the start of the election campaign and taking into account the constituencies of the constituencies, the governing coalition was on course to defend a clear majority in the half standing for election. The two-thirds majority of supporters of a constitutional change (government + Ishin + pro-government independents) was considered uncertain.

Voter turnout and outcome

Composition according to party before the election
         
A total of 237 seats

Up to and including Friday (July 19) before the actual Sunday of the election, 14.17 million voters or 13.3% of those entitled to vote cast their votes, about 7% more than at the same time in the early voting in the 2016 election as the vote was a day longer. Overall, voter turnout fell to 48.8%; it was only lower in 1995.

The governing parties together won 71 seats and thus a clear majority of 141 seats in the future total composition. According to the NHK count, the proponents of a constitutional amendment hold 160 seats in the new chamber and missed a two-thirds majority (164).

The SDP was able to secure its status as a political party in the legal sense, Reiwa Shinsengumi and NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō won it with a share of> 2% in one of the two electoral segments.

Overall result of the 25th Sangiin election
Political party Seats before the election
(July 4, 2019) 		Majority vote Proportional representation Elected in 2019 Seats
after the election
total until 2022 for optional be right proportion of Seats be right proportion of Seats
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
(Jiyūminshutō) 		122 56 66 20,030,330.963 39.77% 38 17,712,373.119 35.37% 19th 57 113
Constitutional Democratic Party (KDP)
(Rikken Minshutō) 		24 15th 9 7,951,430, 000 15.79% 9 7,917,720.945 15.81% 8th 17th 32
Kōmeitō
(~ "Justice Party") 		25th 14th 11 3,913,359, 000 7.77% 7th 6,536,336,451 13.05% 7th 14th 28
Democratic People's Party (DVP)
(Kokumin Minshutō) 		23 15th 8th 3,256,859, 000 6.47% 3 3,481,078,400 6.95% 3 6th 21st
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Ishin)
(~ "Union of the Reformation / Restoration Japan") 		13 6th 7th 3,664,530, 000 7.28% 5 4,907,844,388 9.80% 5 10 16
Communist Party of Japan (CPJ)
(Nihon Kyōsantō) 		14th 6th 8th 3,710,768, 000 7.37% 3 4,483,411.183 8.95% 4th 7th 13
Reiwa Shinsengumi (ReiShin)
(" Reiwa - Shinsengumi ") 		1 0 1 214,438, 000 0.43% 0 2,280,252.750 4.55% 2 2 2
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
(Shakaiminshutō) 		2 1 1 191,820, 000 0.38% 0 1,046,011.520 2.09% 1 1 2
NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō (NKoku)
(~ "Party for the Protection of Citizens from the NHK") 		0 0 0 1,521,344, 000 3.02% 0 987,885,326 1.97% 1 1 1
Kibō no Tō
(~ "Party of Hope") 		1 0 1 - - 0
Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō (Shadai)
(~ "Okinawa mass socialist party") 		1 0 1 - - 0
Anrakushi seido o kangaeru kai (Anshi)
(~ "Association for rethinking a euthanasia system") 		0 0 0 215.181, 000 0.43% 0 269.052, 000 0.54% 0 0 0
Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō (Kōfuku)
(~ "happiness realization party") 		0 0 0 187.491, 000 0.37% 0 202,278.772 0.40% 0 0 0
Olive no ki (olive)
(~ "olive tree" / "l'Ulivo") 		0 0 0 91,675, 000 0.18% 0 167,897,997 0.34% 0 0 0
Rōdō no kaihō o mezasu rōdōshatō (Rōdō)
(~ "Workers' Party for the Liberation of Labor") 		0 0 0 75,317.841 0.15% 0 80,055.927 0.16% 0 0 0
Nihon / Nippon mutōha-tō (Mutōha) (~ "Party of the non-
party of Japan") 		0 0 0 3,586,029 0.01% 0 - 0 0
Independent
[= without party nomination, not always party or non-attached]
incl. Some common center-left candidates
& non-party members of party-affiliated groups 		11 8th 3 5,335,641.135 10.59% 9 - 9 17th
Total (seats / valid votes) 237
(5 vac.) 		121 116
(5 vac.) 		50,363,770.968 100.00% 74 50,072,189.773 100.00% 50 124 245
Turnout: out of 105,886,064 eligible voters 51,671,922 48.80% 51,666,697 48.79%

For an explanation of the decimal places, see Elections in Japan # Voting .

Single election results

Legend: All election winners in bold , parties in the format (nominating - formally supporting / election recommending parties), changes in constituency magnitude in brackets (compared to the last election of this class in 2013)

The single- mandate constituencies are highlighted in color, in which SNTV = FPTP : Because 100% of the seats (1 of 1) can change sides due to slight shifts in votes, often decisive for voting:

  • Single-mandate constituencies, which the LDP considered safe before the start of the election campaign
  • Single- mandate constituencies which the LDP identified as gekisen-ku / contested constituencies / "battlegrounds" before the start of the election campaign

    • Proportional election results only for winners, best losers and elected MPs, decimal places rounded.

    Individual election results Sangiin 2019
    Constituency Number of mandates Previous MPs
    (as of July 4, 2019)     		Result Income statement
    HokkaidōHokkaidō Hokkaidō 3 (+1) Chūichi Date (LDP)
    Katsuya Ogawa (non-party / KDP parliamentary group)     		Harumi Takahashi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 34.4%
    Kenji Katsube (KDP) 21.7%
    Tsuyohito Iwamoto (LDP - Kōmeitō) 18.8%
    Kazuya Hatayama (KPJ) 11.0%
    Nami Haraya (DVP) 9.4%
    Takahira Yamamoto (NKoku) 2.6%
    Osamu Nakamura (Anshi) 1.0%
    Yoshinori Moriyama (Kōfuku) 0.6%
    Seiji Iwase (Rōdō) 0.4%     		LDP +1
    AomoriAomori Aomori 1 Motome Takisawa (LDP) Motome Takisawa (LDP - Kōmeitō) 51.5%
    Satoru Odagiri (KDP - SDP) 44.5%
    Hinako Koyama (NKoku) 4.1%
    IwateIwate Iwate 1 Tatsuo Hirano (LDP) Takanori Yokosawa ( Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP) 49.0%
    Tatsuo Hirano (LDP - Kōmeitō) 46.3%
    Shūichi Kajitani (NKoku) 4.7%     		Independent (Opposition) +1
    LDP −1
    MiyagiMiyagi Miyagi 1 (−1) Jirō Aichi (LDP)
    Masamune Wada (LDP)     		Noriko Ishigaki (KDP - DVP, SDP) 48.6%
    Jirō Aichi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 47.7%
    Noriaki Miyake (NKoku) 3.7%     		KDP +1
    LDP −2
    AkitaAkita Akita 1 Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP) Shizuka Terata (Independent) 50.5%
    Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 46.1%
    Ryūji Ishioka (NKoku) 3.5%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1
    YamagataYamagata Yamagata 1 Mizuho Ōnuma (LDP) Michiya Haga ( Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP) 50.2%
    Mizuho Ōnuma (LDP - Kōmeitō) 47.3%
    Takeshi Onozawa (NKoku) 2.5%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1
    FukushimaFukushima Fukushima 1 Masako Mori (LDP) Masako Mori (LDP - Kōmeitō) 54.1%
    Sachiko Mizuno (Independent - KDP, DVP, SDP) 41.9%
    Masahito Tayama (NKoku) 4.0%
    IbarakiIbaraki Ibaraki 2 Ryōsuke Kōzuki (LDP)
    Yukihisa Fujita (KDP)     		Ryōsuke Kōzuki (LDP - Kōmeitō) 47.9%
    Takumi Onuma (KDP - SDP) 22.4%
    Kumiko Ōuchi (KPJ) 12.2%
    Tōru Umino (Ishin) 11.9%
    Ken Tanaka (NKoku) 5.6%
    TochigiTochigi Tochigi 1 Katsunori Takahashi (LDP) Katsunori Takahashi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 53.5%
    Chiho Katō (KDP - DVP, SDP) 41.0%
    Toshimitsu Machida (NKoku) 5.5%
    GunmaGunma Gunma 1 vacant (most recently Ichita Yamamoto , LDP) Masato Shimizu (LDP - Kōmeitō) 53.9%
    Atsuko Saitō (KDP - DVP, SDP) 38.6%
    Mikako Maeda (NKoku) 7.4%     		LDP +1
    SaitamaSaitama Saitama 4 (+1) Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP)
    Katsuo Yakura (Kōmeitō)
    Kuniko Kōda (non-party / Ishin Kibō faction)     		Toshiharu Furukawa (LDP) 28.2%
    Hiroto Kumagai (KDP) 19.3%
    Katsuo Yakura (Kōmeitō) 19.1%
    Gaku Itō (KPJ) 12.9%
    Chie Shishido (DVP) 8.8%
    Ryō Sawada (Ishin) 7.3%
    Erii Satō (NKoku) 2.9%
    Ryōji Samejima (Anshi) 0.8%
    Ichirō Kojima (Kōfuku) 0.7%     		KDP +1, KPJ +1
    independent −1
    ChibaChiba Chiba 3 Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP)
    Toshirō Toyoda (LDP)
    Hiroyuki Nagahama (KDP)     		Jun'ichi Ishii (LDP - Kōmeitō) 30.5%
    Hiroyuki Nagahama (KDP - DVP, SDP) 28.9%
    Toshirō Toyoda (LDP - Kōmeitō) 19.1%
    Fumiko Asano (KPJ) 15.7%
    Masayuki Hiratsuka (NKoku ) 3.9%
    Masanori Kadota (Anshi) 1.9%
    TokyoTokyo Tokyo 6 (+1) Tamayo Marukawa (LDP)
    Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō)
    Yoshiko Kira (KPJ)
    Tarō Yamamoto (ReiShin / DVP parliamentary group)
    Keizō Takemi (LDP)     		Tamayo Marukawa (LDP) 19.9%
    Natsuo Yamaguchi (Kōmeitō) 14.2%
    Yoshiko Kira (KPJ) 12.3%
    Ayaka Shiomura (KDP) 12.0%
    Shun Otokita (Ishin) 9.2%
    Keizō Takemi (LDP) 9.1%
    Issei Yamagishi (KDP) 8.6%
    Yoshimasa Nohara (ReiShin) 3.7%
    Motoko Mizuno (DVP) 3.2%
    Masanobu Ōhashi (NKoku) 2.3%
    Chinpei Nozue ( Independent ) 1.6%
    Reiko Asakura (SDP) 1.5%
    Hiroko Nanami (Kōfuku) 0.6%
    Hitoshi Satō (Anshi) 0.5%
    Masahiro Yokoyama (Anshi) 0.4%
    Kōichi Mizoguchi (olive) 0.3%
    Kiyoshi Mori (Independent. ) 0.3%
    Yasuhiro Sekiguchi (
    Independent ) 0.2% Teikichi Nishino (Independent) 0.2%
    Kikuo Ōtsuka (Mutōha) 0.1%     		KDP +1, Ishin +1
    ReiShin −1
    KanagawaKanagawa Kanagawa 4th Dai Shimomura (LDP)
    Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Ishin)
    Sayaka Sasaki (Kōmeitō)
    Hiroe Makiyama (KDP)     		Dai Shimomura (LDP) 25.2%
    Hiroe Makiyama (KDP) 20.4%
    Sayaka Sasaki (Kōmeitō - LDP) 16.9%
    Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Ishin) 15.8%
    Yuka Asaka (KPJ) 11.6%
    Ryōsuke Nogi ( DVP) 3.5%
    Daisuke Hayashi (NKoku) 2.2%
    Rinko Aihara (SDP) 1.7%
    Masakatsu Morishita (Independent) 0.6%
    Aiko Iki (Kōfuku) 0.6%
    Tomoyuki Katō (Anshi) 0, 6%
    Taishi Enomoto (Olive) 0.5%
    Mitsugi Shibuya (Independent) 0.3%
    Takayuki Akutsu (Rōdō) 0.2%
    NiigataNiigata Niigata 1 (−1) Ichirō Tsukada (LDP)
    Naoki Kazama (KDP)     		Sakura Uchikoshi (Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP) 50.5%
    Ichirō Tsukada (LDP - Kōmeitō) 46.4%
    Tadafumi Kojima (NKoku) 3.2%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1, KDP −1
    ToyamaToyama Toyama 1 Shigeru Dōko (LDP) Shigeru Dōko (LDP - Kōmeitō) 66.7%
    Masaei Nishio (DVP - KDP, SDP) 33.3%
    IshikawaIshikawa Ishikawa 1 Shūji Yamada (LDP) Shūji Yamada (LDP - Kōmeitō) 67.2%
    Tōru Tanabe (DVP - KDP, SDP) 32.8%
    FukuiFukui Fukui 1 Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) Hirofumi Takinami (LDP - Kōmeitō) 66.1%
    Kazuo Yamada (KPJ) 26.2%
    Masami Shimatani (NKoku) 7.7%
    YamanashiYamanashi Yamanashi 1 Hiroshi Moriya (LDP) Hiroshi Moriya (LDP - Kōmeitō) 53.0%
    Tomoko Ichiki (Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ) 43.2%
    Keiji Ino (NKoku) 3.8%
    NaganoNagano Nagano 1 (−1) Hiromi Yoshida (LDP)
    Yūichirō Hata (DVP)     		Yūichirō Hata (DVP - KDP, KPJ, SDP) 55.1%
    Yutaka Komatsu (LDP - Kōmeitō) 39.5%
    Takashi Furuya (NKoku) 3.3%
    Yoshiaki Saitō (Rōdō) 2.1%     		LDP −1
    GifuGifu Gifu 1 Yasutada Ōno (LDP) Yasutada Ōno (LDP - Kōmeitō) 56.4%
    Shin'ichi Umemura (KDP - DVP) 36.1%
    Masahiko Sakamoto (NKoku) 7.5%
    ShizuokaShizuoka Shizuoka 2 Takao Makino (LDP)
    Kazuya Shinba (DVP)     		Takao Makino (LDP - Kōmeitō) 38.5%
    Kazuya Shinba (DVP) 29.4%
    Iehiro Tokugawa (KDP) 19.9%
    Chika Suzuki (KPJ) 9.0%
    Kōichi Hatayama (NKoku) 3.2%
    AichiAichi Aichi 4 (+1) Yasuyuki Sakai (LDP)
    Kōhei Ōtsuka (DVP)
    Michiyo Yakushiji (Mushozoku Club → LDP)     		Yasuyuki Sakai (LDP) 25.7%
    Kōhei Ōtsuka (DVP) 17.7%
    Maiko Tajima (KDP) 16.1%
    Nobuo Yasue (Kōmeitō - LDP) 15.8%
    Maki Misaki (Ishin) 9.4%
    Hatsumi Suyama ( KPJ) 7.6%
    Yukari Suenaga (NKoku) 3.0%
    Ryōhei Hirayama (SDP) 1.5%
    Hitoshi Ishii (Independent) 1.1%
    Hiroyuki Ushida (Anshi) 0.9%
    Hitoshi Furukawa (Rōdō) 0, 6%
    Ben Hashimoto (olive) 0.6%     		Kōmeitō +1, KDP +1
    LDP −1
    MieMie Mie 1 Yūmi Yoshikawa (LDP) Yūmi Yoshikawa (LDP - Kōmeitō) 50.3%
    Masahide Yoshino (Independent - KDP, DVP) 44.3%
    Setsuyo Kadota (NKoku) 5.4%
    ShigaShiga Shiga 1 Takeshi Ninoyu (LDP) Yukiko Kada (Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP) 49.4%
    Takeshi Ninoyu (LDP - Kōmeitō) 47.0%
    Osamu Hattori (NKoku) 3.6%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1
    KyotoKyoto Kyoto 2 Shōji Nishida (LDP)
    Akiko Kurabayashi (KPJ)     		Shōji Nishida (LDP - Kōmeitō) 44.2%
    Akiko Kuribayashi (KPJ) 25.8%
    Hiroko Masuhara (KDP - DVP) 24.4%
    Akihisa Yamada (NKoku) 3.9%
    Takashi Mikami (olive) 1.7%
    OsakaOsaka Osaka 4th Tōru Azuma (Ishin)
    Takuji Yanagimoto (LDP)
    Hisatake Sugi (Kōmeitō)
    Kōtarō Tatsumi (KPJ)     		Mizuho Umemura (Ishin) 20.9%
    Tōru Azuma (Ishin) 18.9%
    Hisatake Sugi (Kōmeitō) 16.9%
    Fusae Ōta (LDP) 16.0%
    Kōtarō Tatsumi (KPJ) 10.9%
    Michiko Kameishi (KDP - SDP) 10.2%
    Nishanta (DVP) 3.7%
    Masanori Ozaki (NKoku) 1.2%
    Takeshi Hamada (Anshi) 0.4%
    Keigo Kazumori (Kōfuku) 0.3%
    Mikiyo Adachi (olive) 0.3%
    Ichirō Sasaki (Rōdō) 0.2%     		Ishin +1
    CPY −1
    HyogoHyogo Hyogo 3 (+1) vacant (most recently Yoshitada Kōnoike , LDP)
    Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin)     		Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1%
    Mitsuo Takahashi (Kōmeitō - LDP) 22.9%
    Hiroyuki Kada (LDP) 21.2%
    Mari Yasuda (KDP - SDP) 19.8%
    Mineo Kaneda (KPJ) 7.6%
    Hiroyoshi Hara (NKoku) 2.5%     		Kōmeitō +1, LDP +1
    NaraNara Nara 1 Iwao Horii (LDP) Iwao Horii (LDP - Kōmeitō) 55.3%
    Kazumi Nishida (Independent - KDP, DVP, SDP) 40.2%
    Takako Tanaka (Kōfuku) 4.5%
    WakayamaWakayama Wakayama 1 Hiroshige Sekō (LDP) Hiroshige Sekō (LDP - Kōmeitō) 73.8%
    Mikio Fujii (Independent - KDP, DVP, SDP) 26.2%
    TottoriTottori Tottori - ShimaneShimaneShimane  1 (−1 combi.) Tottori: Shōji Mataichi (LDP)
    Shimane: vacant (most recently Saburō Shimada , LDP)     		Shōji Maitachi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 62.3%
    Yoshiko Nakabayashi (Independent - KPJ) 31.7%
    Nobuaki Kurose (NKoku) 6.0%
    OkayamaOkayama Okayama 1 Masahiro Ishii (LDP) Masahiro Ishii (LDP - Kōmeitō) 59.5%
    Kensuke Harada (KDP - DVP, KPJ, SDP) 35.6%
    Hiroyuki Ochi (NKoku) 4.8%
    HiroshimaHiroshima Hiroshima 2 Kensei Mizote (LDP)
    Shinji Morimoto (DVP)     		Shinji Morimoto (Independent - KDP, DVP, SDP) 32.3%
    Anri Kawai (LDP - Kōmeitō) 29.0%
    Kensei Mizote (LDP - Kōmeitō) 26.5%
    Atsumi Takami (KPJ) 6.9%
    Terumi Kayō ( NKoku) 2.6%
    Noritaka Tamada (Independent) 1.5%
    Yasumasa Izumi (Rōdō) 1.2%     		DVP → Independent (Opp.)
    YamaguchiYamaguchi Yamaguchi 1 Yoshimasa Hayashi (LDP) Yoshimasa Hayashi (LDP - Kōmeitō) 70.0%
    Kazuya Ōuchi (DVP - KDP, KPJ, SDP) 22.1%
    Miwako Kawai (Kōfuku) 4.5%
    Hideyuki Takemoto (independent) 3.4%
    TokushimaTokushima Tokushima - kochiKochiKochi  1 (−1 combi.) Tokushima: Tōru Miki (LDP)
    Kōchi: Kōjirō Takano (LDP)     		Kōjirō Takano (LDP - Kōmeitō) 50.3%
    Kenji Matsumoto (Independent [← KPJ]) 40.0%
    Shin'ichirō Ishikawa (NKoku) 6.7%
    Hidekuni Nomura (Independent) 3.0%     		LDP −1
    KagawaKagawa Kagawa 1 Shingo Miyake (LDP) Shingo Miyake (LDP - Kōmeitō) 54.0%
    Miwako Oda (Independent - KDP, DVP, KPJ, SDP) 41.6%
    Kuniaki Tanaka (NKoku) 4.4%
    EhimeEhime Ehime 1 Takumi Ihara (LDP) Takako Nagae (Independent [← ex-DPJ]) 56.0%
    Rakusaburō (LDP - Kōmeitō) 41.5%
    Kaoru Mukumoto (NKoku) 2.5%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1
    FukuokaFukuoka Fukuoka 3 (+1) Masaji Matsuyama (LDP)
    Kuniyoshi Noda (KDP)     		Masaji Matsuyama (LDP) 33.2%
    Rokuta Shimono (Kōmeitō - LDP) 22.8%
    Kuniyoshi Noda (KDP - SDP) 20.8%
    Shōko Kawano (KPJ) 9.8%
    Kumiko Haruta (DVP) 8.2%
    Naohiro Kawaguchi (NKoku) 2.6%
    Akiko Hondō (Anshi) 0.9%
    Masatoshi Enatsu (Kōfuku) 0.9%
    Shin'ichi Hamatake (olive) 0.8%     		Kōmeitō +1
    sagasaga saga 1 Yūhei Yamashita (LDP) Yūhei Yamashita (LDP - Kōmeitō) 61.6%
    Tadashi Inuzuka (DVP - KDP, SDP) 38.4%
    NagasakiNagasaki Nagasaki 1 Yūichirō Koga (LDP) Yūichirō Koga (LDP - Kōmeitō) 51.5%
    Ayumi Shirakawa (DVP - KDP, SDP) 44.7%
    Kōtarō Kamiya (NKoku) 3.8%
    KumamotoKumamoto Kumamoto 1 Seishi Baba (LDP) Seishi Baba (LDP - Kōmeitō) 56.4%
    Hiromi Abe (Independent - KPJ, SDP) 39.1%
    Shin'ya Saishōji (NKoku) 4.5%
    ŌitaŌita Ōita 1 Yōsuke Isozaki (LDP) Kiyoshi Adachi (Independent - KDP, DVP, SDP) 49.6%
    Yōsuke Isozaki (LDP - Kōmeitō) 46.1%
    Keiichirō Makihara (NKoku) 4.4%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    LDP −1
    MiyazakiMiyazaki Miyazaki 1 Makoto Nagamine (LDP) Makoto Nagamine (LDP - Kōmeitō) 64.4%
    Yūzō Sonou (KDP - DVP, SDP) 29.5%
    Ichirō Kōno (Kōfuku) 6.1%
    KagoshimaKagoshima Kagoshima 1 Hidehisa Otsuji (LDP) Hidehisa Otsuji (LDP - Kōmeitō) 47.4%
    Chihiro Gōhara (Independent - DVP) 34.4%
    Shūji Maeda (Independent) 18.2%
    OkinawaOkinawa Okinawa 1 Keiko Itokazu (Okinawa Shadaitō) Tetsumi Takara ( Independent - Alliance All Okinawa ) 53.6%
    Shigenobu Asato (LDP - Kōmeitō, Ishin) 42.1%
    Tomuteru Tamari (Independent) 2.2%
    Hideo Isoyama (NKoku) 2.1%     		Independent (Opp.) +1
    Shadaitō −1
    Proportional representation 50 (+2) LDP group 19
    Kōmeitō 7
    DVP group 5
    KPJ 5
    KDP group without SDP 4
    Ishin 4
    SDP 1
    Kibō 1
    (vacant 2)     		LDP 35.4% → 19 seats:
    [33 candidates, 2 of them seated in tokutei-waku ]
    Tōru Miki (seated 1st)
    Yasushi Miura (seated 2nd)
    Yoshifumi Tsuge 600,189
    Tarō Yamada 540,077
    Masamune Wada 288,080
    Masahisa Satō 237,432
    Nobuaki Satō 232,548
    Seiko Hashimoto 225,617
    Toshio Yamada 217,619
    Haruko Arimura 206,221
    repaper Miyamoto 202,122
    Masahiro Ishida 189,893
    Tsuneo Kitamura 178,210
    Akiko Honda 159596
    Seiichi Eto 154,578
    Takashi Hanyuda 152,807
    Masao Miyazaki 137,502
    Akiko Santo 133,645
    Masaaki Akaike 131,727
    Natsumi Higa 114596
    ...
    Yoshio Kimura 92419     		KDP +4, ReiShin +2, Ishin +1, NKoku +1,
    DVP −2, KPJ −1, Kibō −1
    KDP 15.8% → 8 seats:
    [22 candidates set 0]
    Makiko Kishi 157,848
    Shun'ichi Mizuoka 148,309
    Masahito Ozawa 144,751
    Saori Yoshikawa 143,472
    Takashi Moriya 104,339
    Ryuhei Kawada 94702
    Taiga Ishikawa 73,799
    Genki Sudo 73,787
    Sayaka Ichii 50,415
    ...
    Yukihisa Fujita 28919
    Kōmeitō 13.1% → 7 seats:
    [17 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Kanae Yamamoto 594,288
    Hiroshi Yamamoto 471,759
    Kaneshige Wakamatsu 342,356
    Yoshihiro Kawano 328,659
    Hideki Niizuma 281,832
    Daisaku Hiraki 183,869
    Hiroaki Shiota 15,178
    Jirō Takahashi 7,577
    Ishin 9.8% → 5 seats:
    [14 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Muneo Suzuki 220,742
    Kunihiko Muroi 87,188
    Satoshi Umemura 58,269
    Takumi Shibata 53,938
    Hirofumi Yanagase 53,086
    Takeshi Fujimaki 51,619
    Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 42,231
    KPJ 9.0% → 4 seats:
    [26 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Akira Koike 158,621
    Yoshiki Yamashita 48,932
    Satoshi Inoue 42,982
    Tomoko Kami 34,696
    Sōhei Nihi 33,360
    DVP 7.0% → 3 seats:
    [14 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Mami Tamura 260,324
    Tetsuji Isozaki 258,507
    Yoshifumi Hamano 256,928
    Toshio Ishigami 192,586
    …
    Kusuo Ōshima 87,740
    ReiShin 4.6% → 2 seats:
    [9 candidates, 2 seated]
    Yasuhiko Funago (seated 1st)
    Eiko Kimura (seated 2nd)
    Tarō Yamamoto 991,756
    SDP 2.1% → 1 seat:
    [4 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Tadatomo Yoshida 149,287
    million Nakamura 98,681
    NKoku 2.0% → 1 seat:
    [4 candidates, 0 seeded ]
    Takashi Tachibana 130,233
    Satoshi Hamada 9,308
    Anshi 0.5% → 0 seats:
    1 candidate (0)
    Kōfuku 0.4% → 0 seats:
    3 candidates (0)
    Olive 0.3% → 0 seats:
    4 candidates (0)
    Rōdō 0.2% → 0 seats :
    4 candidates (1)

    MPs no longer available for election
    • Shadai:
      • Keiko Itokazu (Okinawa)

    Effects

    The center-right ruling coalition of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe maintained their majority with slight losses, thus achieving the sixth victory in a row in national elections under his leadership. After three years in which his party alone controlled majorities in both chambers of parliament, the coalition is now again necessary in purely numerical terms for the government's secure legislative majority. The two-thirds majority of MPs required to amend the pacifist post-war constitution, who had previously been ready for the constitutional change sought by Abe, was just lost.

    Due to the election of the severely disabled Reiwa Shinsengumi MPs Yasuhiko Funago ( amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ) and Eiko Kimura ( infantile cerebral palsy ), the accessibility of the parliament building has been expanded. In Iwate, the paraplegic Takanori Yokosawa also won a seat.

    Emperor Naruhito , who has been in office since May 1, 2019, opened the 199th National Assembly on August 1. Akiko Santō (LDP, Vw.) Was elected President and Toshio Ogawa (KDP, Tokyo) as Vice President of the Sangiin.

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