NPH candidate Masayoshi Takemura garnered the most number of votes in the 1996 Shiga 2nd district elections for the House of Representatives, the lower house o the National Diet of Japan.
It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, Shugiin), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, Sangiin). Masayoshi Takemura 107,053 79,136 35,192 27,595 254,262 Shiga 2nd district (Shiga[-ken dai-]ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. 
