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 %

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 %

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 %

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 %

The prefecture of Miyagi have two councillors in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.

The prefecture of Yamagata has one councillor in the Upper House. The Democratic Party of Japan won the seat.

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