On July 6 and 7, the Asahi Shimbun conducted a second survey (telephone) in regards to the House of Councillors election. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) topped the list at 41% (the first survey conducted on June 29 and 30 indicated 44%) of proportional representation votes, followed by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) at 8% (same as last survey), the Japan Restoration Party at 7% (same as last survey), Your Party at 7% (same as last survey) and the Japanese Communist Party with 5% (same as last survey).