2006 Higashiosaka by-election

Higashi-osaka held a by-election on August 6 for two seats for the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. One seat went to Liberal Democratic Party candidate Kōichi Nishino and the second to Japanese Communist Party candidate Makoto Kuchihara.

Candidates

The candidates, who were all male, were as follows:[1]

Results

2006 Higashiosaka by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kōichi Nishino 21,726.6
Communist Makoto Kuchihara 21,563
Independent Kōichi Munekiyo 17,413.4
Liberal Democratic Yoshiaki Aono 12,462
Independent Daisuke Tsukioka 8,385
Turnout 20.83

References

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