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  JPN House of Representatives - Hokkaido District 5
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > Japan > Hokkaido > Hokkaido > Hokkaido > Hokkaido District 05
OfficeParliament
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open August 30, 2009 - 06:00am
Polls Close August 30, 2009 - 11:00am
Term Start September 07, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End June 14, 2010 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRalphie October 02, 2010 09:12pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionKobayashi resigned her seat following the conviction of the chairman of the Hokkaido Teachers Union for illegally donating 16 million yen to her campaign the previous year. Donations from organizations to individual political candidates is forbidden by Japanese law.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLiberal Democratic Won09/11/2005
NameNobutaka Machimura Votes173,947 (54.19%)
Term09/21/2005 - 09/21/2009 Margin49,400 (+15.39%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Chiyomi Kobayashi
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Name MP Chiyomi Kobayashi (I) Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura Yasunori Hatano
PartyDemocratic Party of Japan Liberal Democratic Happiness Realization
Votes182,952 (53.84%) 151,448 (44.57%) 5,380 (1.58%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -31,504 (-9.27%) -177,572 (-52.26%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 15, 2009 06:10pm Scandal Senior DPJ campaigner arrested for paying callers for candidate  Article Ralphie 

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