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