2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

The 23rd Elections to the House of Councillors (第23回参議院議員通常選挙, Dainijūsankai Sangiingiin Tsūjōsenkyo, "23rd regular/ordinary election of members of the House of Councillors") for the upper house of the National Diet, the legislature of Japan, was held on July 21, 2013. In the last election 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.

2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

July 21, 2013
121 (of the 242) seats in the House of Councillors 122 seats needed for a majority
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 27 1 Popular vote 18,460,404 7,134,215 7,568,082 Percentage 34.68% 13.40% 14.22% Swing 10.61%p 18.16%p 1.15%p   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% New party Seats after 18 11 9 Seat change 5 5 6 Popular vote 4,755,160 3,563,556 6,355,299 Percentage 8.93% 9.68% 11.94% Swing 4.66%p 3.58%p N/A   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% New party Seats after 3 2 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 1,255,235 943,836 Percentage 2.36% 1.77% Swing 1.48%p N/A
Seats won by parties
President of the House of Councillors before election Kenji Hirata Democratic Elected President of the House of Councillors Masaaki Yamazaki Liberal Democratic

Background

Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" situation since 2007, in which neither major party controlled both houses of the Diet of Japan, 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.

Date	Institute
		LDP	DPJ	JRP	NKP	YP	PLP	JCP	U/O
9–10 March	JNN	37.5%	8.1%	3.6%	2.2%	2.7%	-	2.2%	43.7%
23–24 March	FNN[4]	41.8%	5.3%	9.6%	-	4.7%	-	-	-
April	Kyodo News	48.2%	6.7%	10.4%	3.9%	4.5%	0.5%	3.2%	22.6%
18–19 May	Kyodo News	44.4%	6.8%	5.7%	4.4%	5.2%	0.3%	3.1%	30.1%
1–2 June	Kyodo News	44.6%	7.9%	4.5%	6.4%	4.0%	0.3%	2.6%	29.7%
8–9 June	Asahi Shimbun[5]	45%	7%	5%	5%	6%	-	4%	28%
8–10 June	Yomiuri Shimbun[6]	44%	7%	5%	5%	4%	-	3%	32%
29–30 June	Mainichi Shimbun[7]	45%	8%	5%	6%	7%	-	4%	25%
29–30 June	Asahi Shimbun[8]	44%	7%	7%	4%	7%	-	5%	26%
2 July	Yomiuri Shimbun[6]	42%	9%	5%	6%	5%	-	4%	29%
13–14 July	Asahi Shimbun[9]	43%	6%	6%	8%	6%	-	6%	25%
13–14 July	Kyodo News[10]	30.6%	7.4%	4.9%	7.0%	3.3%	-	3.8%	43%
13–14 July	Mainichi Shimbun[11]	37%	7%	8%	8%	8%	-	4%	28%
17 July	The Nikkei[12]	39%	10%	8%	8%	7%	-	6%	22%

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.[13]

↓
62	44	28	5	10	34	59
Opposition seats not up	DPJ seats up	O	V	NK	LDP seats up	Coalition seats not up

Results

Japan House of Councillors seat distribution following election of 2013

↓
62	17	28	11	65	59
Opposition seats not up	DPJ	O	NK	Seats won by LDP	Coalition seats not up

 Summary of the 21 July 2013 Japanese House of Councillors election results[14]

Alliances and parties		Prefectural constituency vote			National PR vote			Not up	Total seats		+/−
		Votes[15]	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats		Total	%	(pre- election)	(last election)
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jimintō – 自民党	22,681,192	42.7	47	18,460,404	34.7	18	50	115	47.5	31	31
	New Komeito Party (NKP) Kōmeitō – 公明党	2,724,447	5.1	4	7,568,080	14.2	7	9	20	8.3	1	1
	LDP–NKP Coalition	25,405,639	47.8	51	26,028,484	48.9	25	59	135	55.8	32	32
	Democratic Party (DPJ) Minshutō – 民主党	8,646,371	16.3	10	7,268,653	13.4	7	42	59	24.4	27	47
	Restoration Party (JRP) Ishin no Kai – 日本維新の会	3,846,649	7.2	2	6,355,299	11.9	6	1	9	3.7	6	New (9)[16]
	Communist Party (JCP) Kyōsantō – 共産党	5,645,937	10.6	3	5,154,055	9.7	5	3	11	4.5	5	5
	Your Party (YP) Minna no Tō – みんなの党	4,159,961	7.8	4	4,755,160	8.9	4	10	18	7.4	5	7
	Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shamintō – 社民党	271,547	0.5	0	1,255,235	2.4	1	2	3	1.2	1	1
	Others	5,096,372	9.7	1[17]	2,547,160[18]	4.8	0	3	4[19]	1.6	12[20]	6[21]
	Independents			2	–			1	3	1.2	3	1
	Total opposition parties	27,666,837	52.2	22	27,335,562	51.1	23	62	107	44.2	27	32
	Totals	53,072,476	100.0	73	52,816,886	100.0	48	121	242	100.0	5*	0
	Turnout	52.61%			52.61%			*(vacant seats)

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.

Results 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	3^SPJ	4	—	2	1	—	—	1^HRP	2	131	110	—	242
After 2012 House of Representatives election Opening 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 election Closing 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 districts Two 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:

• L – Liberal Democratic Party
• D – Democratic Party
• K – Kōmeitō
• C - Japanese Communist Party
• S – Social Democratic Party
• I – Independent
• Ishin – Japan Restoration Association (Nippon Ishin no Kai)
• Minna – Your Party (Minna no Tō)
• PLP – People's Life Party
• Daichi – New Party Daichi
• Mikaze – Green Wind (Midori no kaze)
• Midori – Green Party Greens Japan (Midori no tō gurīnzu japan)
• OS – Okinawa Socialist Mass Party
• NRP – New Renaissance Party
• HRP – Happiness Realization Party
• LF/TPJ (in reference to vacant seats) – People's Life First (LF) members of the House of Councillors who resigned from or lost their seats in late 2012 to contest the House of Representatives election as candidates for the Tomorrow Party of Japan (TPJ)

District	Magnitude	Incumbents	Winners & runner-up [+incumbents if lower] with vote share (/votes for PR members)	Gains & losses by party
Hokkaidō[22]	2	Katsuya Ogawa (D) Chūichi Date (L)	Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7% Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4% Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7%
Aomori[23]	1	Kōji Hirayama (PLP)	Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3% Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0%	PLP -1 L +1
Iwate[24]	1	Tatsuo Hirano (I)	Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7% Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4%
Miyagi[25]	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[26]	1	Daigo Matsuura (D)	Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3% Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0%	D -1 L +1
Yamagata[27]	1	Yasue Funayama (Mikaze)	Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2% Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6%	Mikaze -1 L +1
Fukushima[28]	1 (-1)	Emi Kaneko (D) Masako Mori (L)	Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6% Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2%	D -1
Ibaraki[29]	2	Yukihisa Fujita (D) Tamon Hasegawa (L)	Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4% Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6% Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3%
Tochigi[30]	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[31]	1	Ichita Yamamoto (L)	Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9% Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3%
Saitama[32]	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[33]	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[34]	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[35]	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[36]	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[37]	1	Takashi Morita (I)	Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1% Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1%	I (ex-PNP) -1 L +1
Ishikawa[38]	1	Yasuo Ichikawa (D)	Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8% Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0%	D -1 L +1
Fukui[39]	1	Ryūji Matsumura (L)	Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6% Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8%
Yamanashi[40]	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[41]	2	Yūichirō Hata (D) Hiromi Yoshida (L)	Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2% Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0% Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8%
Gifu[42]	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[43]	2	Kazuya Shinba (D) Takao Makino (L)	Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5% Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0% Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2%
Aichi[44]	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[45] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1%	Mikaze -1 Minna +1
Mie[46]	1	Chiaki Takahshi (D)	Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2% Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6%	D -1 L +1
Shiga[47]	1	Hisashi Tokunaga (D)	Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4% Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2%	D -1 L +1
Kyoto[48]	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[49]	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[50]	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[51]	1	vacant (last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ)	Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6% Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1%	L +1
Wakayama[52]	1	Hiroshige Sekō (L)	Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3% Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0%
Tottori[53]	1	Yoshihiro Kawakami (D)	Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2% Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0%	D -1 L +1
Shimane[54]	1	Akiko Kamei (Mikaze)	Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8% Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9%	Mikaze -1 L +1
Okayama[55]	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[56]	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[57]	1	Yoshimasa Hayashi (L)	Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4% Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6%
Tokushima[58]	1	Tomoji Nakatani (D)	Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5% Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1%	D -1 L +1
Kagawa[59]	1	Emiko Uematsu (I)	Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0% Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2%	I (ex-D) -1 L +1
Ehime[60]	1	vacant (last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ)	Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6% Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4%	L +1
Kōchi[61]	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[62]	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[63]	1	Minoru Kawasaki (I)	Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6% Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1%	I (ex-D) -1 L +1
Nagasaki[64]	1	Yukishige Ōkubo (D)	Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2% Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7%	D -1 L +1
Kumamoto[65]	1	Nobuo Matsuno (D)	Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6% Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8%	D -1 L +1
Ōita[66]	1	Yōsuke Isozaki (L)	Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0% Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3%
Miyazaki[67]	1	vacant (last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ)	Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3% Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6%	L +1
Kagoshima[68]	1	Hidehisa Otsuji (L)	Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0% Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7%
Okinawa[69]	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:[70] Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002 Toshio Yamada 338,485 Masahisa Satō 326,541 Midori Ishii 294,148 Seiko Hashimoto 279,952 Takashi Hanyūda 249,818 Nobuaki Satō 215,506 Masaaki Akaike 208,319 Akiko Santō 205,779 Seiichi Etō 204,404 Masahiro Ishida 201,109 Haruko Arimura 191,343 Shūji Miyamoto 178,480 Kazuya Maruyama 153,303 Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613 Miki Watanabe 104,176 Yoshio Kimura 98,979 Fusae Ōta 77,173 Masaru 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:[71] Kanae Yamamoto 996,959 Daisaku Hiraki 770,682 Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637 Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814 Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951 Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817 Hideki Niizuma 26,044 Nobuo Kawashima 7,737
			D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats:[72] Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553 Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917 Kumiko Aihara 235,636 Kusuo Ōshima 191,167 Mieko Kamimoto 176,248 Saori Yoshikawa 167,437 Toshio Ishigami 152,121 Takanori Kawai 138,830 Hajime Ishii 123,355 ... Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996 Marutei Tsurunen 82,858 ... Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178
			Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats:[73] Antonio Inoki 356,605 Kyōko Nakayama 306,341 Mitsuo Gima 40,484 Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237 Masashi Nakano 32,926 Kunihiko Muroi 32,107 Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616
			C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats:[74] Akira Koike 134,325 Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149 Tomoko Kami 68,729 Satoshi Inoue 50,874 Kōhei Nihi 39,768 Yūko Yamamoto 36,580
			Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats:[75] Ryūhei Kawada 117,389 Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000 Michitarō Watanabe 50,253 Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756 Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425
			S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat:[76] Seiji Mataichi 156,1555 Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641
			Incumbents on other party lists without seat: PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu Fujiwara[77] Daichi (1.0%): none[78] Midori (0.9%): none[79] Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka[80] HRP (0.4%): none[81]

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15. Decimals from fractional votes (ambunhyō) rounded to full numbers
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17. Okinawa Socialist Mass Party
18. People's Life Party 943,836, New Party Daichi 523,146, Green Party 457,862, Green Wind 430,673, Happiness Realization Party 191,643
19. People's Life Party, 2, New Renaissance Party 1, Okinawa Socialist Mass Party 1
20. People's Life Party 6, Okinawa Socialist Mass Party , New Renaissance Party 1, Green Wind 4, New Party Daichi 1, Others
21. 9 if Sunrise Party of Japan is included
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24. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Iwate
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26. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Akita
27. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Yamagata
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34. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Tōkyō
35. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kanagawa
36. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Niigata
37. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Toyama
38. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ishikawa
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40. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Yamanashi
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42. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Gifu
43. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Shizuoka
44. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Aichi
45. Incumbent from the proportional district
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54. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Shimane
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59. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kagawa Archived 2017-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
60. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ehime
61. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kōchi
62. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Fukuoka Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
63. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Saga
64. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Nagasaki
65. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Kumamoto Archived 2017-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
66. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Ōita Archived 2017-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
67. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: Miyazaki Archived 2017-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
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71. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Kōmeitō Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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73. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Nippon Ishin no Kai Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
74. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Nihon Kyōsantō Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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77. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Seikatsu no Tō Archived 2017-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
78. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Shintō Daichi Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
79. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Midori no Tō Greens Japan Archived 2017-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
80. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Midori no Kaze Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
81. Yomiuri Online, 2013 election results: proportional election, Kōfukujitsugentō Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• realpolitics.jp: Long-term monthly cabinet and party approval rates, overview of polls from various news organizations (in Japanese)
• Yomiuri Shimbun: Results (in Japanese)
• Asahi Shimbun: Results (in Japanese)
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Full results (pdf, 88 pages) (in Japanese)