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]

• Yoshiaki Aono (青野 剛暁, Aono Yoshiaki), later Osaka Prefectural Assemblyman,^[2] age 32
• Makoto Kuchihara (朽原 亮, Kuchihara Makoto), 2003 council candidate at Higashi-osaka,^[3] age 46
• Kōichi Munekiyo (宗清 皇一, Munekiyo Kōichi), later member of the House of Representatives,^[4] age 35
• Kōichi Nishino (西野 弘一, Nishino Kōichi), later member of the House of Representatives,^[5] age 37
• Daisuke Tsukioka (月岡 大介, Tsukioka Daisuke), former councillor at Higashi-osaka,^[6] age 33

Results

2006 Higashiosaka by-election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kōichi Nishino	21,726.6
	JCP	Makoto Kuchihara	21,563
	Independent	Kōichi Munekiyo	17,413.4
	LDP	Yoshiaki Aono	12,462
	Independent	Daisuke Tsukioka	8,385
Turnout				20.83