2013 Japanese House of Councillors election
2013 Japanese House of Councillors election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Shinzō Abe
Banri Kaieda
Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party
Liberal Democratic
Democratic
Komeito
Leader since
26 September 2012
25 December 2012
8 September 2009
Last election
84 seats, 24.07%
106 seats, 31.56%
19 seats, 13.07%
Seats after
115
59
20
Seat change
31
47
1
Popular vote
18,460,335
7,134,215
7,568,082
Percentage
34.68%
13.40%
14.22%
Swing
10.61pp
18.16pp
1.15pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Yoshimi Watanabe
Kazuo Shii
Shintaro Ishihara
Party
Your
Communist
Restoration
Leader since
8 August 2009
24 November 2000
17 November 2012
Last election
11 seats, 13.59%
6 seats, 6.10%
–
Seats after
18
11
9
Seat change
7
5
New
Popular vote
4,755,161
5,154,055
6,355,300
Percentage
8.93%
9.68%
11.94%
Swing
4.66pp
3.58pp
New
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Mizuho Fukushima
Ichirō Ozawa
Party
Social Democratic
People's Life
Leader since
15 November 2003
25 January 2013
Last election
5 seats, 3.84%
–
Seats after
3
2
Seat change
2
New
Popular vote
1,255,235
943,836
Percentage
2.36%
1.77%
Swing
1.48pp
New
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet . In the previous elections in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.
Background
Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" (nejire kokkai, ねじれ国会) situation since 2007, in which opposite parties/coalitions control the houses of the Diet of Japan [1] (government lower house majority, opposition upper house majority), leading to political paralysis on a number of issues. Shinzo Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in the December 2012 general election after several years in the opposition. In campaigning to win control of the House of Councillors, Abe sought to resolve the "twisted parliament" problem for the next three years.[2]
Just prior to the election, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen on expectations of more momentum for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's aggressive monetary easing to fight deflation and boost growth for the export-dominant economy of Japan .[3] Abe's LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, were tipped to win a majority and end years of parliamentary stalemate so as to enable economic reforms. However, his critics suggested that a strong mandate could even make Abe complacent.[4]
Opinion polling
In the run-up to the election, various organizations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions for the 48 proportional seats. Polls are listed in chronological order, showing the oldest first.
Note: U/O - Undecided or other
Cabinet approval and disapproval ratings
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet
Pre-election composition
Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013.[14]
↓
62
44
28
5
10
34
59
Opposition seats not up
DPJ seats up
LDP seats up
Coalition seats not up
Results
The ruling coalition won 76 seats and now holds a total of 135 seats in the House of Councillors ending the divided Diet.
Of the 31 single-member districts the LDP won 29; only in Iwate and Okinawa, opposition incumbents could hold their seats. The ten two-member districts elected ten LDP and ten opposition members; in several prefectures the second seat went to parties other than the DPJ: In Hyōgo to the JRP, in Miyagi to YP and in Kyōto to the JCP. Twelve of the 22 seats in three-, four and five-member districts went to LDP and Kōmeitō candidates. In the nationwide proportional race, the coalition parties won 25 seats, the opposition parties 23.
Party National Constituency Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Not up Won Total after +/– Liberal Democratic Party 18,460,335 34.68 18 22,681,192 42.74 47 50 65 115 +31 New Komeito Party 7,568,082 14.22 7 2,724,447 5.13 4 9 11 20 +1 Democratic Party of Japan 7,134,215 13.40 7 8,646,372 16.29 10 42 17 59 –47 Japan Restoration Party 6,355,300 11.94 6 3,846,649 7.25 2 1 8 9 +6 Japanese Communist Party 5,154,055 9.68 5 5,645,937 10.64 3 3 8 11 +5 Your Party 4,755,161 8.93 4 4,159,961 7.84 4 10 8 18 +7 Social Democratic Party 1,255,235 2.36 1 271,547 0.51 0 2 1 3 –1 People's Life Party 943,837 1.77 0 618,355 1.17 0 2 0 2 New New Party Daichi 523,146 0.98 0 409,007 0.77 0 0 0 0 New Greens Japan 457,862 0.86 0 58,032 0.11 0 0 0 0 New Green Wind 430,743 0.81 0 620,272 1.17 0 0 0 0 New Happiness Realization Party 191,644 0.36 0 606,692 1.14 0 0 0 0 –1 Okinawa Social Mass Party 294,420 0.55 1 0 1 1 New Ishin Seito Shimpu 157,971 0.30 0 0 0 0 New Genzei Nippon 152,038 0.29 0 0 0 0 New Assembly for the Future of Saitama 21,358 0.04 0 0 0 0 New 21st Century Nippon Ishin no Kai 20,155 0.04 0 0 0 0 New Smile Party of Japan 12,228 0.02 0 0 0 0 New Mitamayama Policy Study Group 11,277 0.02 0 0 0 0 New Fiscal Consolidation Party 7,425 0.01 0 0 0 0 New World Economic Community Party 5,633 0.01 0 0 0 0 New Launch Party 2,906 0.01 0 0 0 0 New New Renaissance Party 1 0 1 –1 Independents 2,098,603 3.95 2 1 2 3 0 Total 53,229,615 100.00 48 53,072,477 100.00 73 121 121 242 0 Valid votes 53,229,823 97.15 53,072,477 96.85 Invalid/blank votes 1,563,233 2.85 1,725,121 3.15 Total votes 54,793,056 100.00 54,797,598 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 104,152,590 52.61 104,152,590 52.61 Source: MIC
Summary
Parties
LDP
NK
DPJ
PNP
YP
JCP
JRP
SDP
PLP
NRP
OSMP
GW
NPD
Others
Indep.
Subtotal
Subtotal
Vacant
Total
Last election (2010)
Opposition
Government
Opposition
Split
Opposition
Government
84
19
106
3
11
6
3SPJ
4
—
2
1
—
—
1HRP
2
131
110
—
242
After 2012 House of Representatives electionOpening session 182nd Diet
Government
Opposition
Split
Government
Opposition
83
19
88
3
11
6
3
4
8
2
1
4
2
0
2
103
133
6
242
Before this electionClosing session 183rd Diet
Government
Opposition
Government
Opposition
84
19
86
—
13
6
3
4
8
2
1
4
1
—
6
103
134
5
242
Not Up
50
9
42
—
10
3
1
2
2
1
—
—
—
—
1
59
62
—
121
Up
Total
34
10
44
—
3
3
2
2
6
1
1
4
1
—
5
44
72
5
121
29 single-member districts
6
—
10
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
2
—
—
4
6
19
4
29
2 two-member districts reapportioned to one seat
1
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
4
10 two-member districts
10
—
8
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
10
10
—
20
Three- and five-member districtsTwo 3-member districts reapportioned to 4 seats
5
3
8
—
2
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
8
12
—
20
Nationwide proportional
12
7
16
—
—
3
1
2
3
1
—
1
1
—
1
19
29
—
48
Candidates
Total
78
21
55
—
34
63
44
9
11
—
1
8
11
71
27
99
334
—
433
31 single-member districts
31
—
19
—
5
30
2
1
2
—
1
2
—
32
14
31
108
—
139
10 two-member districts
10
—
10
—
8
10
7
1
2
—
—
—
1
12
2
10
53
—
63
Three-, four- and five-member districts
8
4
6
—
6
6
5
3
1
—
—
3
1
15
11
12
57
—
69
Nationwide proportional
29
17
20
—
15
17
30
4
6
—
—
3
9
12
—
46
116
—
162
Elected
Total
65
11
17
—
8
8
8
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
76
45
—
121
31 single-member districts
29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
29
2
—
31
10 two-member districts
10
—
7
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
10
10
—
20
Three-, four- and five-member districts
8
4
3
—
3
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
12
10
—
22
Nationwide proportional
18
7
7
—
4
5
6
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
25
23
—
48
Result
115
20
59
—
18
11
9
3
2
1
1
—
—
—
3
135
107
—
242
Opening session 184th Diet(by parliamentary group)
114 (113)
20(20)
59(58)
—
18(18)
11(11)
9(9)
3(3)
2(2)
1(3)
1(—)
—
—
—
3(4)
134
107
1
242
Differences between party and parliamentary group membership in the post-election opening session: Two independents caucus with the NRP, President Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP – Fukui), Vice-President Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ – Yamanashi) and Keiko Itokazu (OSMP – Okinawa) are independents in terms of parliamentary group.
Results by electoral district
Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:
District
Magnitude
Incumbents
Winners & runner-up [+incumbents if lower] with vote share (/votes for PR members)
Gains & losses by party
Hokkaidō [15]
2
Katsuya Ogawa (D)Chūichi Date (L)
Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7%Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4%Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7%
Aomori [16]
1
Kōji Hirayama (PLP)
Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3% Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0%
PLP -1 L +1
Iwate [17]
1
Tatsuo Hirano (I)
Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7% Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4%
Miyagi [18]
2
Tomiko Okazaki (D)Jirō Aichi (L)
Jirō Aichi (L - K) 44.7%Masamune Wada (Minna) 23.3% Tomiko Okazaki (D) 22.8%
D -1 Minna +1
Akita [19]
1
Daigo Matsuura (D)
Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3% Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0%
D -1 L +1
Yamagata [20]
1
Yasue Funayama (Mikaze)
Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2% Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6%
Mikaze -1 L +1
Fukushima [21]
1 (-1)
Emi Kaneko (D)Masako Mori (L)
Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6% Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2%
D -1
Ibaraki [22]
2
Yukihisa Fujita (D)Tamon Hasegawa (L)
Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4%Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6% Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3%
Tochigi [23]
1
Hiroyuki Tani (D)
Katsunori Takahashi (L - K) 48.1% Tomomi Oki (Minna) 25.8% Hiroyuki Tani (D) 20.3%
D -1 L +1
Gunma [24]
1
Ichita Yamamoto (L)
Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9% Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3%
Saitama [25]
3
Kuniko Kōda (Minna)Toshiharu Furukawa (L)Ryūji Yamane (D)
Toshiharu Furukawa (L) 34.1%Katsuo Yakura (K – L) 20.4%Kuniko Kōda (Minna) 16.5% Ryūji Yamane (D) 13.3%
D -1 K +1
Chiba [26]
3
Hiroyuki Nagahama (D)Jun'ichi Ishii (L)Ken Kagaya (D)
Jun'ichi Ishii (L – K) 28.5%Toshirō Toyoda (L – K) 17.5%Hiroyuki Nagahama (D) 16.3% Masahiro Terada (Minna) 11.9%
D -1 L +1
Tokyo [27]
5
Masako Ōkawara (I)Natsuo Yamaguchi (K)Kan Suzuki (D)Ryūhei Kawada (Minna)Tamayo Marukawa (L)
Tamayo Marukawa (L) 18.9%Natsuo Yamaguchi (K) 14.2%Yoshiko Kira (C) 12.5%Tarō Yamamoto (I) 11.8%Keizō Takemi (L) 10.9% Kan Suzuki (D) 9.8% ... Masako Ōkawara (I) 4.2%
D -1, Minna -1, I (ex-D) -1 L +1, C +1, I (PLP-aligned) +1
Kanagawa [28]
4 (+1)
Hiroe Makiyama (D)Masashi Mito (Ishin)Akira Matsu (K)
Dai Shimomura (L) 28.8%Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Minna) 18.8%Sayaka Sasaki (K) 16.0%Hiroe Makiyama (D) 11.7%Kimie Hatano (C) 11.3% Masashi Mito (Ishin) 6.2%
Ishin -1 L +1, Minna +1
Niigata [29]
2
Ichirō Tsukada (L)Yūko Mori (PLP)
Ichirō Tsukada (L – K) 43.3%Naoki Kazama (D) 19.3% Yūko Mori (PLP) 15.6%
PLP -1 D +1
Toyama [30]
1
Takashi Morita (I)
Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1% Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1%
I (ex-PNP ) -1 L +1
Ishikawa [31]
1
Yasuo Ichikawa (D)
Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8% Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0%
D -1 L +1
Fukui [32]
1
Ryūji Matsumura (L)
Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6% Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8%
Yamanashi [33]
1
Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna)
Hiroshi Moriya (L – K) 37.3% Takahiro Sakaguchi (I – D, S) 19.8% ... Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) 15.4%
Minna -1 L +1
Nagano [34]
2
Yūichirō Hata (D)Hiromi Yoshida (L)
Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2%Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0% Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8%
Gifu [35]
1 (-1)
vacant(last held by Takao Fujii , Ishin) Kenji Hirata (D)
Yasutada Ōno (L – K) 58.8% Rie Yoshida (D) 25.6%
D -1 L +1
Shizuoka [36]
2
Kazuya Shinba (D)Takao Makino (L)
Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5%Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0% Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2%
Aichi [37]
3
Kōhei Ōtsuka (D)Seiji Suzuki (L)Kuniko Tanioka (Mikaze)
Yasuyuki Sakai (L – K) 35.4%Kōhei Ōtsukai (D) 24.9%Michiyo Yakushiji (Minna) 11.6% Nobuko Motomura (C) 9.1% ...Makoto Hirayama [38] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1%
Mikaze -1 Minna +1
Mie [39]
1
Chiaki Takahshi (D)
Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2% Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6%
D -1 L +1
Shiga [40]
1
Hisashi Tokunaga (D)
Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4% Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2%
D -1 L +1
Kyoto [41]
2
Kōji Matsui (D)Shōji Nishida (L)
Shōji Nishida (L – K) 37.0%Akiko Kurabayashi (C) 20.7% Keirō Kitagami (D) 19.0%
D -1 C +1
Osaka [42]
4 (+1)
Satoshi Umemura (D)Kazuyoshi Shirahama (K)Shūzen Tanigawa (L)
Tōru Azuma (Ishin) 28.8%Takuji Yanagimoto (L) 22.3%Hisatake Sugi (K) 19.0%Kōtarō Tatsumi (C) 12.8% Satoshi Umemura (D) 9.2%
D -1 C +1, Ishin +1
Hyōgo [43]
2
Yasuhiro Tsuji (D)Yoshitada Kōnoike (L)
Yoshitada Kōnoike (L – K) 37.8%Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1% Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) 15.0%
D -1 Ishin +1
Nara [44]
1
vacant(last held by Tetsuji Nakamura , LF/TPJ)
Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6% Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1%
L +1
Wakayama [45]
1
Hiroshige Sekō (L)
Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3% Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0%
Tottori [46]
1
Yoshihiro Kawakami (D)
Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2% Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0%
D -1 L +1
Shimane [47]
1
Akiko Kamei (Mikaze)
Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8% Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9%
Mikaze -1 L +1
Okayama [48]
1
vacant(last held by Yumiko Himei , LF/TPJ)
Masahiro Ishii (L – K) 65.5% Takashi Takai (I – D, S, Mikaze) 24.1%
L +1
Hiroshima [49]
2
Kōji Satō (PLP)Kensei Mizote (L)
Kensei Mizote (L – K) 46.3%Shinji Morimoto (D) 17.2% Kana Haioka (Ishin) 15.4% Kōji Satō (PLP – Mikaze) 12.2%
PLP -1 D +1
Yamaguchi [50]
1
Yoshimasa Hayashi (L)
Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4% Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6%
Tokushima [51]
1
Tomoji Nakatani (D)
Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5% Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1%
D -1 L +1
Kagawa [52]
1
Emiko Uematsu (I)
Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0% Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2%
I (ex-D) -1 L +1
Ehime [53]
1
vacant(last held by Toshirō Tomochika , LF/TPJ)
Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6% Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4%
L +1
Kōchi [54]
1
Norio Takeuchi (D)
Kōjirō Takano (L – K) 52.9% Yuriko Hamakawa (C) 24.1% Norio Takeuchi (D) 21.6%
D -1 L +1
Fukuoka [55]
2
Tsukasa Iwamoto (D)Masaji Matsuyama (L)
Masaji Matsuyama (L – K) 49.2%Kuniyoshi Noda (D – PLP) 17.9% Toshiyuki Yoshida (Ishin) 11.4%
Saga [56]
1
Minoru Kawasaki (I)
Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6% Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1%
I (ex-D) -1 L +1
Nagasaki [57]
1
Yukishige Ōkubo (D)
Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2% Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7%
D -1 L +1
Kumamoto [58]
1
Nobuo Matsuno (D)
Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6% Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8%
D -1 L +1
Ōita [59]
1
Yōsuke Isozaki (L)
Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0% Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3%
Miyazaki [60]
1
vacant(last held by Itsuki Sotoyama , LF/TPJ)
Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3% Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6%
L +1
Kagoshima [61]
1
Hidehisa Otsuji (L)
Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0% Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7%
Okinawa [62]
1
Keiko Itokazu (OS)
Keiko Itokazu (OS – C, S, PLP, Mikaze) 51.1% Masaaki Asato (L – K) 45.4%
National
48
D 16 L 12 K 7 C 3 PLP 3 S 2 Ishin 1 Mikaze 1 Daichi 1 NRP 1 I 1
L 34.7% of proportional votes→18 seats: [63] Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002Toshio Yamada 338,485Masahisa Satō 326,541Midori Ishii 294,148Seiko Hashimoto 279,952Takashi Hanyūda 249,818Nobuaki Satō 215,506Masaaki Akaike 208,319Akiko Santō 205,779Seiichi Etō 204,404Masahiro Ishida 201,109Haruko Arimura 191,343Shūji Miyamoto 178,480Kazuya Maruyama 153,303Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613Miki Watanabe 104,176Yoshio Kimura 98,979Fusae Ōta 77,173Masaru Wakasa 76,829
D -9, PLP -3, S -1, Daichi -1, Mikaze -1 NRP -1, I -1 L +6, C +2, Ishin +5, Minna +4
K 14.2% of proportional votes→7 seats: [64] Kanae Yamamoto 996,959Daisaku Hiraki 770,682Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817Hideki Niizuma 26,044 Nobuo Kawashima 7,737
D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats: [65] Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917Kumiko Aihara 235,636Kusuo Ōshima 191,167Mieko Kamimoto 176,248Saori Yoshikawa 167,437Toshio Ishigami 152,121Takanori Kawai 138,830Hajime Ishii 123,355 ...Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996Marutei Tsurunen 82,858 ...Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178
Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats: [66] Antonio Inoki 356,605Kyōko Nakayama 306,341Mitsuo Gima 40,484Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237Masashi Nakano 32,926Kunihiko Muroi 32,107Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616
C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats: [67] Akira Koike 134,325Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149Tomoko Kami 68,729Satoshi Inoue 50,874Kōhei Nihi 39,768 Yūko Yamamoto 36,580
Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats: [68] Ryūhei Kawada 117,389Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000Michitarō Watanabe 50,253Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756 Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425
S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat: [69] Seiji Mataichi 156,1555 Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641
Incumbents on other party lists without seat: PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono , Yoshinobu Fujiwara [70] Daichi (1.0%): none[71] Midori (0.9%): none[72] Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka [73] HRP (0.4%): none[74]
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