Results of the 2012 Japanese general election (Shikoku proportional representation block)

The Shikoku proportional representation block was one of 11 multi-member districts (and 311 districts overall) that were contested at the general election for the House of Representatives in the Japanese National Diet on 16 December 2012. Six seats were available for election via open party lists. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the election in a landslide, which returned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to power. In the Shikoku PR block, the LDP won two of the six seats with 30.7% of the vote.

Voters who participated in the election cast one ballot for the proportional block and a separate ballot for one of the 13 smaller single-member districts that are located within Shikoku.

Results[]

Prior to the election, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) held three of the six PR block seats as well as 5 of the 13 small electorates that make up the block. The opposition LDP held 2 of the PR seats and the 8 remaining electorates, while their traditional junior coalition partner Komeito held the final PR seat.

The 2012 general election delivered a landslide victory to the LDP, with 294 of the 480 seats won at the national level. The election decimated the DPJ from a pre-election position of 230 to just 57 seats.^[1] In the Shikoku PR block, the DPJ lost 2 of their seats as their vote was reduced to 16.0%, down from 43.2% in the 2009 election. Junya Ogawa lost his seat in but was the DPJ candidate to suffer the narrowest defeat, so he was able to retain a seta in the house. The newly-formed Japan Restoration Party gained the two seats lost by the DPJ.^[2] In the 13 single-member electorates, the LDP gained 4 seats, with Yuichiro Tamaki being the only DPJ member to retain his seat in the Kagawa 2nd district.^[3]

Elected candidates
Party		Representative	Party rank	Term #
	LDP		1	1st
	Restoration		1	1st
	DPJ	Junya Ogawa	1	3rd
	LDP		14	2nd
	Komeito	Noritoshi Ishida	1	6th
	Restoration		1	1st


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	567,193	30.66	2	0
	Japan Restoration Party	394,393	21.32	2	New
	Democratic Party of Japan	296,914	16.05	1	–2
	Komeito	276,907	14.97	1	0
	Japanese Communist Party	106,976	5.78	0	0
	Your Party	93,090	5.03	0	New
	Tomorrow Party of Japan	63,830	3.45	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	42,762	2.31	0	0
	Happiness Realization Party	8,171	0.44	0	0
Total		1,850,236	100.00	6	0

Valid votes		1,850,236	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		58,365	3.06
Total votes		1,908,601	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,291,313	57.99
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications^[4]^[5]

Party lists[]

Liberal Democratic Party[]

	Liberal Democratic Party		Number of votes: 567,193		Percentage of votes: 30.7%	Number of seats won: 2
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1			Kagawa 2nd district	91.0	Y Elected to block
1			Tokushima 1st district	N/A	Y Won Tokushima 1st district
1	Shunichi Yamaguchi	Shikoku proportional representation block		N/A	Y Won Tokushima 2nd district
1	Masazumi Gotoda			N/A	Y Won Tokushima 3rd district
1	Takuya Hirai	Shikoku proportional representation block		N/A	Y Won Kagawa 1st district
1				N/A	Y Won Kagawa 3rd district
1	Yasuhisa Shiozaki			N/A	Y Won Ehime 1st district
1	Seiichiro Murakami			N/A	Y Won Ehime 2nd district
1				N/A	Y Won Ehime 3rd district
1	Koichi Yamamoto			N/A	Y Won Ehime 4th district
1	Teru Fukui			N/A	Y Won Kochi 1st district
1	Gen Nakatani			N/A	Y Won Kochi 2nd district
1	Yuji Yamamoto			N/A	Y Won Kochi 3rd district
14					Y Elected to block	Former representative
15	Ichiro Nagai
16	Naka Takahashi
17	Toshinori Matsuzaki
18	Reiko Shinozaki

Democratic Party of Japan[]

	Democratic Party of Japan		Number of votes: 296,914		Percentage of votes: 16.0%	Number of seats won: 1
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Junya Ogawa			75.0	Y Elected to block
1		Shikoku proportional representation block		72.3	N Lost seat
1	Yoshito Sengoku	Tokushima 1st district	Tokushima 1st district	66.5	N Lost seat
1	Miho Takai			65.6	N Lost seat
1				60.1	N Lost seat
1	Shu Oishi			58.9
1		Shikoku proportional representation block		46.1	N Lost seat
1		Shikoku proportional representation block		42.6	N Lost seat
1	Yuichiro Tamaki	Kagawa 2nd district	Kagawa 2nd district	N/A	Y Won Kagawa 2nd district

Japan Restoration Party[]

	Japan Restoration Party		Number of votes: 394,393		Percentage of votes: 21.3%	Number of seats won: 2
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1				78.2	Y Elected to block	Former House of Councillors member
1				63.2	Y Elected to block
1	Natsue Mori			41.8
1	Toshihide Ikemoto			41.5
5	Shinya Fujimura			37.0
5				23.9		Former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member
7	Junji Ouchi

Komeito[]

	Komeito		Number of votes: 276,907		Percentage of votes: 15.0%	Number of seats won: 1
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Noritoshi Ishida	Shikoku proportional representation block			Y Elected to block
2	Shinichi Tsukiyama

Japanese Communist Party[]

	Japanese Communist Party		Number of votes: 106,976		Percentage of votes: 5.8%	Number of seats won: 0
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Masaru Sasaoka
2		(Former member)

Your Party[]

	Your Party		Number of votes: 93,090		Percentage of votes: 5.0%	Number of seats won: 0
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Teruaki Nakayama

Tomorrow Party of Japan[]

	Tomorrow Party		Number of votes: 63,830		Percentage of votes: 3.4%	Number of seats won: 0
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Toshiro Tomochika					Former House of Councillors member
2	Yoko Washino

Social Democratic Party[]

	Social Democratic Party		Number of votes: 42,762		Percentage of votes: 2.3%	Number of seats won: 0
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Haruhiko Maida

Happiness Realization Party[]

	Happiness Realization Party		Number of votes: 8,171		Percentage of votes: 0.4%	Number of seats won: 0
Rank	Name	Incumbency	District contested	Loss ratio (Sekihairitsu)	Result	Notes
99999	AAA	AAA	AAA	99999	AAA
000	ZZZ	ZZZ	ZZZ	000	ZZZ
1	Jikido Aeba
2	Akemi Takeo

References[]

^ "衆院選2012 衆院選選挙" [2012 House of Representatives election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ "四国　【比例代表】開票結果総選挙2012 衆院選" [Shikoku (PR List) election results, 2012 general election, House of Reps election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ "香川　小選挙区開票結果総選挙2012 衆院選選挙" [Kagawa districts, election results, 2012 House of Representatives election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ "都道府県別有権者数、投票者数、投票率（比例代表）" [Registered voters, number of voters and turnout by prefecture (PR blocks)]. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ "都道府県別有権者数、投票者数、投票率（比例代表）" [Registered voters, number of voters and turnout by prefecture (PR blocks)]. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[1] "衆院選2012 衆院選選挙" [2012 House of Representatives election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[2] "四国　【比例代表】開票結果総選挙2012 衆院選" [Shikoku (PR List) election results, 2012 general election, House of Reps election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[3] "香川　小選挙区開票結果総選挙2012 衆院選選挙" [Kagawa districts, election results, 2012 House of Representatives election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[4] "都道府県別有権者数、投票者数、投票率（比例代表）" [Registered voters, number of voters and turnout by prefecture (PR blocks)]. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[5] "都道府県別有権者数、投票者数、投票率（比例代表）" [Registered voters, number of voters and turnout by prefecture (PR blocks)]. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

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v t First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives since 1996
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tadamori Ōshima, Aomori-3rd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Hirotaka Akamatsu, Aichi-5th
Hokkaidō (8 block seats, 12 district seats)	Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku (13 block seats, 23 district seats)	Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4 5
Kita- (North) Kantō (19 block seats, 32 district seats)	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Minami- (South) Kantō (22 block seats, 33 district seats)	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yamanashi 1
Tokyo (17 block seats, 25 district seats)	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 17 18 25
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu (, 19 district seats)	Niigata 1 5 Toyama Ishikawa 2 Fukui Nagano 3
Tōkai (, 32 district seats)	Gifu 1 Shizuoka 1 Aichi 1 5 6 7 Mie 3
Kinki (, 47 district seats)	Shiga 1 2 Kyoto 2 3 5 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 Hyōgo 1 2 8 11 Nara 1 2 Wakayama 3
Chūgoku (11 block seats, 20 district seats)	Tottori 1 Shimane Okayama 4 Hiroshima 1 7 Yamaguchi 1 2 3 4
Shikoku (6 block seats, 11 district seats)	Tokushima 1 Kagawa 2 Ehime Kōchi
Kyūshū (20 block seats, 35 district seats)	Fukuoka 8 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 4 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments	Hokkaido 13
Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments	Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments	Iwate 4 Kumamoto 5