Results of the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007
This article presents detail of the results in the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007, breaking down results by Prefectures of Japan.
Hokkaidō
The prefecture of Hokkaidō have two councillors in the Upper House. Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party each won one seat.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Hokkaidō | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ | Ogawa Katsuya | 1,018,597 | |||
| LDP, Komeito | Date Chuichi | 757,463 | |||
| Independent, DPJ, PNP, NPN | Tahara Kaori | 621,497 | |||
| JCP | Hatayama Kazuya | 206,463 | |||
| Independent | Hashiba Hideyoshi | 103,282 | |||
| SDP | Asano Takao | 79,474 | |||
| Independent | Arakawa Masayuki | 22,154 | |||
| 維新政党・新風 | Sendai Nobuhito | 18,234 | |||
| Turnout | 2,907,078 | 62.40 % | |||
Aomori
The prefecture of Aomori have one councillor in the Upper House. Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Aomori | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ, PNP | Hirayama Kouji | 305,642 | |||
| LDP, Komeito | Yamazaki Tsutomu | 248,782 | |||
| SDP | Watanabe Hidehiko | 37,370 | |||
| JCP | Takayagi Hiroaki | 32,014 | |||
| Turnout | 636,071 | 53.88 % | |||
Akita
The prefecture of Akita has one councillor in the Upper House. An independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party won the seat.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Akita | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent, DPJ, SDP | Matsuura Daigo | 319,631 | |||
| LDP, Komeito | Kaneda Katsutoshi | 276,694 | |||
| JCP | Suzuki Satoshi | 38,394 | |||
| Turnout | 642,879 | 67.70 % | |||
Iwate
The prefecture of Iwate has one councillor in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan scored a major victory.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Iwate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ, PNP | Hirano Tatsuo | 437,814 | |||
| LDP, Komeito | Chida Shuichirou | 176,096 | |||
| SDP | Isawa Masahiro | 47,425 | |||
| JCP | Wakayama Akio | 38,089 | |||
| Turnout | 714,559 | 63.40 % | |||
Miyagi
The prefecture of Miyagi have two councillors in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Miyagi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ | 549,183 | ||||
| LDP, Komeito | 359,099 | ||||
| JCP | 71,689 | ||||
| SDP | 61,349 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,064,543 | 55.79 % | |||
Yamagata
The prefecture of Yamagata has one councillor in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.
| House of Councillors election, 2007: Yamagata | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ, PNP | 371,071 | ||||
| LDP, Komeito | 238,515 | ||||
| JCP | 38,008 | ||||
| Turnout | 659,023 | 67.29 % | |||