Sangiin election 2004

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Share of votes in%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
39.1
35.1
10.2
9.8
3.9
1.8
0.2
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2001
 % p
 25th
 20th
 15th
 10
   5
   0
  -5
-10
-15
+20.6
-5.9
-0.2
-0.1
-2.5
-1.7
-10.1
Independent
Otherwise.
Proportional election 2004 (48 seats)
Share of votes in%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
37.8
30.0
15.4
7.8
5.4
3.6
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2001
 % p
 25th
 20th
 15th
 10
   5
   0
  -5
-10
-15
+21.4
-8.6
+0.4
-0.1
-1.2
-11.9
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats after the election

The 2004 Sangiin election , formally the “20th Ordinary election of Sangiin MPs “( Japanese 第 20 回 参議院 議員 通常 選 挙 , dai-nijū-kai Sangiin giin tsūjōenkenyo ), to the Japanese council house ( Sangiin ) , the upper house (jōin) of the national parliament ( Kokkai ) took place on July 11th In 2004. One of the topics in the election campaign was a scandal involving politicians from both major parties who had failed to pay contributions to the state pension for years, and the associated resignations shortly before the election: that of Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (the only one of the cabinet members concerned) and that of DPJ chairman Naoto Kan . In addition to the pension system, the reform course of Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi and Japan's participation in the Iraq operation were up for debate.

Result

The turnout was 56.57% for direct elections and 56.54% for proportional representation.

Political party Not an option Constituencies Proportional representation Elected in 2004 Composition according to the choice
be right proportion of Seats be right proportion of Seats
Liberal Democratic Party 66 19,687,954 35.09% 34 16,797,686 30.03% 15th 49 115
Kōmeitō 13 2,161,764 3.85% 3 8,621,265 15.41% 8th 11 24
Democratic Party 32 21,931,985 39.09% 31 21.137.457 37.79% 19th 50 82
Communist Party of Japan 5 5,520,141 9.84% 0 4,362,573 7.80% 4th 4th 9
Social Democratic Party 3 984.340 1.75% 0 2,990,665 5.35% 2 2 5
Others 0 126.162 0.22% 0 2,022,135 3.62% 0 0 0
Independent 2 5,696,505 10.15% 5 - 5 7th
total 121 56.108.851 100% 73 55,931,785 100% 48 121 242

Constituencies

The government was only able to win the single-mandate constituencies by just 14 to 13. In the multi-mandate constituencies, the government and the opposition each received 23 seats.

2004 constituency results
Party affiliation of the election winners (status: election day) :
  • Liberal Democratic Party
  • Kōmeitō

  • Democratic Party

  • Independent

    • Candidates in multi-mandate constituencies from left to right, descending according to the percentage of votes     		Hokkaidō
    !!!
    Aomori
    !
    Akita
    !     		Iwate
    !
    Niigata
    !!!     		Yamagata
    !     		Miyagi
    !!!
    Ishikawa
    !     		Toyama
    !     		Tochigi
    !!!     		Fukushima
    !!!
    Fukui
    !     		Nagano
    !!!     		Gunma
    !!!     		Saitama
    !!!!!     		Ibaraki
    !!!
    Shimane
    !     		Tottori
    !     		Hyogo
    !!!     		Kyoto
    !!!     		Shiga
    !     		Gifu
    !!!     		Yamanashi
    !     		Tokyo
    !!!!!!!     		Chiba
    !!!
    Yamaguchi
    !     		Hiroshima
    !!!     		Okayama
    !     		Osaka
    !!!!!     		Nara
    !     		Aichi
    !!!!!     		Shizuoka
    !!!     		Kanagawa
    !!!!!
    saga
    !     		Fukuoka
    !!!     		Wakayama
    !     		Mie
    !
    Nagasaki
    !     		Kumamoto
    !     		Ōita
    !     		Ehime
    !     		Kagawa
    !
    Kagoshima
    !     		Miyazaki
    !     		Kochi
    !     		Tokushima
    !
    Okinawa
    !

    Proportional representation

    The proportional representation decided the election in favor of the opposition, which together won 25 seats, while the governing coalition only won 23.

    Most preferential votes on the list of the Liberal Democratic Party, namely 722,505, Heizō Takenaka , Minister for the Financial Sector and Fiscal and Economic Policy, followed by the first-time candidate Tsukasa Akimoto with 305,613 votes. Most of the votes on the list of Kōmeitō and among all list candidates (1,822,283) received the deputy party leader Toshiko Hamayotsu .

    The list candidates of the Democratic Party led with 301,322 votes Masao Kobayashi , previously Vice-President of the Union of Power Generators ( Denryoku Sōren ), second with 247,917 votes was Toshiyuki Katō , a former senior member of the Rengō Federation . Mizuho Fukushima , who has been chairman of the Social Democratic Party for a year, received 640,832 preferential votes, winning the first of her party's two seats. The highest number of votes among the candidates for the Communist Party of Japan was received by General Secretary Tadayoshi Ichida with 199,930 .

    Effects

    For the first time, the Democratic Party won more seats than the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Because of the non-voting half of the MPs and the coalition with Kōmeitō, the government was able to maintain the majority in the Sangiin. Prime Minister Koizumi rejected isolated requests for resignation.

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