Iwate prefectural parliamentary election in 2011

The 2011 parliamentary election in the Japanese prefecture of Iwate was originally planned for the uniform regional elections on April 10, but was postponed as a result of the Tōhoku earthquake (in government institutions: Great East Japanese Earthquake). Like the postponed gubernatorial election in Iwate , it took place on September 11, 2011. At the same time, several local elections were also held.

Candidate nominations and campaigning

In the last elections in 2007 , the then opposition Democratic Party in Iwate became the country's strongest party in a prefectural parliament for the first time. Since 2009, when it took over the central government, it has suffered considerable losses in surveys. The 2011 election campaign, which officially began on September 2nd, was dominated by the effects of the earthquake and the reconstruction. A total of 72 candidates ran for the 48 seats in Parliament in Morioka, including 32 Democrats, 15 Liberal Democrats and ten Independents.

Result

In the constituencies of Shiwa and Kunohe, the deputies were elected without a vote due to the lack of opposing candidates. The turnout was 60.6%, almost nine points below the 2007 figure.

Although the Democratic Party was unable to achieve an absolute majority, it defended its status as the strongest party with 23 seats (including one of the “independent” candidates it supported). The Liberal Democratic Party won twelve seats. The third strongest force was the Chiiki Seito Iwate ("Regional Party Iwate") with four members.

2011 parliamentary election results by constituency

Hachimantai	Ninohe	Kunohe		Constituency division
Iwate	Morioka	Miyako-Shimohei	Kuji	Constituency:   Morioka parishes : Morioka Ōfunato: Ōfunato Hanamaki: Hanamaki Kitakami: Kitakami , Nishiwaga Kuji: Kuji , Noda Tōno: Tōno Ichinoseki: Ichinoseki , Hiraizumi , Fujisawa Rikuzentakata: Rikuzentakino , Suminoita KamaishiŌ: Kachimantaiishi , Ichinouiant : Nachimantaiishi , Ichinoheinohe : Kamaantaiishi , Kuzumaki , Iwate Ōshū: Ōshū , Kanegasaki Iwate: Shizukuishi , Takizawa Kunohe: Karumai , Kunohe , Hirono Miyako-Shimohei: Miyako , Yamada , Iwaizumi , Tanohata , Fudai
Shiwa	Hanamaki	Tono	Kamaishi
Ōshū	Kitakami	Rikuzentakata	Ōfunato
Ichinoseki	Party affiliation of the election winners (as of election day) Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party Kōmeitō Communist Party of Japan Social Democratic Party Chiiki Seito Iwate Independent

Overall result of the 2011 parliamentary election

Political party		Candidates	Seats	modification
				for the 2007 election	to before the election
	Democratic Party	32	23	+2	−1
	Liberal Democratic Party	15th	12	−1	+1
	Kōmeitō	1	1	0	0
	Communist Party of Japan	3	2	+1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	4th	3	0	0
	Chiiki Seito Iwate	7th	4th	(+4)	−1
	Independent	10	3	−2	+2
total		72	48	0 (other: −4)	+2 (vacancies)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iwate Nippō: election results by constituency  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Senkyo: Parliamentary Election Iwate 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Iwate Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: Governor and Parliamentary Elections ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ 民主 23, 過半数 届 か ず 県 議 選 、 共産 初 の 2 議席 . (No longer available online.) In: Iwate Nippō. September 12, 2011, archived from the original on May 31, 2013 ; Retrieved September 12, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.