Ibaraki prefectural parliamentary election 2010

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The prefectural parliamentary elections in Ibaraki 2010 ( Japanese 2010 年 茨城 県 議会 議員 選 挙 , nisenjū-nen Ibaraki-kengikai giin senkyo ) took place on December 12, 2010. All 65 seats in the parliament of the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki were up for election through non-transferable individual votes in 13 multi-mandate and 22 single- mandate constituencies. The number of single-mandate constituencies has thus been increased by three, and the constituency boundaries have been adjusted to the new communal boundaries that have arisen in recent years as a result of congregational amalgamations and incorporations. 2.12 million residents of Ibaraki were eligible to vote.

Since the Ibaraki Prefecture is one of three that its parliament does not vote in uniform regional elections, the elections attract comparatively high national attention. The election was the first prefecture parliamentary election after the Democrats took over the central government in 2009, but the Hatoyama cabinet resigned in 2010 and the successor Kan cabinet achieved approval ratings below 30% after just a few months. The party is still trying to expand its previously weak position in prefectures and municipalities - it has only been able to become the strongest party in the parliaments of Iwate and Tokyo .

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) nominated a total of 36 candidates, the Democratic Party 23, the Communist Party of Japan (KPJ) five, the Kōmeitō 4 and the Minna no Tō three, in addition 35 independents applied for a seat in the parliament in Mito. Eight candidates, all in single-mandate constituencies, were unopposed and were therefore elected without a vote, including six Liberal Democrats and two Independents.

Result

The turnout was 49.0%, an increase of over one percent compared to 2006.

The LDP, which held 45 seats before the election, was able to bring 33 candidates into parliament and thus defended an absolute majority. The Democrats only got six seats, the same number as they did before the election, and that did nothing to improve their weak position. All four Kōmeitō candidates and two of the three Minna-no-Tō candidates were elected, the CPY dropped from two to one seat.

Political party be right proportion of Seats modification
Liberal Democratic Party 399.771 38.98% 33 −12
Democratic Party 174,425 17.01% 6th 0
Kōmeitō 53,216 5.19% 4th 0
Communist Party of Japan 40.211 3.92% 1 −1
Minna no Tō 24,614 2.40% 2 +1
Independent 333.255 32.50% 19th +13
total 1,025,492 100.00% 65 +1 (vacancy)

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