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元民進党政調会長で無所属前職の山尾志桜里氏（43）が、愛知7区で当選確実となった。朝日新聞デジタルなどが報じた。
山尾氏は「週刊文春」に不倫疑惑を報道され、9月に民進を離党していた。
自民前職の鈴木淳司氏（59）と激戦を繰り広げた。序盤は無党派層の取り込みに苦労したが、住宅街での街宣活動に重点を置くなどして終盤に追い上げた。山尾氏は無所属のため比例代表との重複立候補ができず、選挙区で敗れればバッジを失うところだった。
疑惑については一貫して否定。街頭演説では、子育て政策や女性の活躍推進に取り組んできた実績を強調していた。
山尾氏は検事を経て、2009年に初当選し2期目だった。
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2017年総選挙
JAPAN-ELECTION/(01 of14)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, attends an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (credit:Toru Hanai / Reuters)
JAPAN-ELECTION/CAMPAIGNING(02 of14)
Japan's Constitutional Democratic Party leader Yukio Edano speaks during an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato (credit:Issei Kato / Reuters)
JAPAN-ELECTION/CAMPAIGNING(03 of14)
Head of Japan's Party of Hope and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks during an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato (credit:Issei Kato / Reuters)
JAPAN-ELECTION/(04 of14)
A woman walks past candidates' posters for the October 22 lower house election in Tokyo, Japan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (credit:Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters)
Japan's Party Leaders Debate Ahead of General Election(05 of14)
Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks during a debate with other party leaders ahead of the general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. It's premature to talk about an exit from monetary easing, said Japanese Prime Minister�Shinzo Abe during the debate, adding that he is leaving the issue to the Bank of Japan. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAPAN-ELECTION/(06 of14)
Supporters of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, wait for him at an election campaign rally in Tokyo, Japan October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (credit:Toru Hanai / Reuters)
Japan's Party Leaders Debate Ahead of General Election(07 of14)
Natsuo Yamaguchi, chief representative of the New Komeito Party, speaks during a debate with other party leaders ahead of the general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. It's premature to talk about an exit from monetary easing, said Japanese Prime Minister�Shinzo Abe during the debate, adding that he is leaving the issue to the Bank of Japan. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Japan's Party Leaders Debate Ahead of General Election(08 of14)
Ichiro Matsui, governor of Osaka and secretary-general of Japan Restoration Association, speaks during a debate with other party leaders ahead of the general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. It's premature to talk about an exit from monetary easing, said Japanese Prime Minister�Shinzo Abe during the debate, adding that he is leaving the issue to the Bank of Japan. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAPAN-VOTE(09 of14)
A man attending an opposition party's election campaign rally holds up a board written 'NO, Abe administration' in Matsudo, Chiba prefecture October 11, 2017.Campaigning began October 10 for the October 22 lower house election. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
Japan's Party Leaders Debate Ahead of General Election(10 of14)
Tadatomo Yoshida, president of the Social Democratic Party, speaks during a debate with other party leaders ahead of the general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. It's premature to talk about an exit from monetary easing, said Japanese Prime Minister�Shinzo Abe during the debate, adding that he is leaving the issue to the Bank of Japan. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Japan's Party Leaders Debate Ahead of General Election(11 of14)
Masashi Nakano, secretary-general of the Party for Japanese Kokoro, speaks during a debate with other party leaders ahead of the general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. It's premature to talk about an exit from monetary easing, said Japanese Prime Minister�Shinzo Abe during the debate, adding that he is leaving the issue to the Bank of Japan. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS(12 of14)
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (2nd L) raises a hand during an election campaign appearance at an entrance of a train station in Tokyo on October 10, 2017. Tokyo's popular governor Yuriko Koike launched a bitter attack on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on October 10 as the gloves came off for the official start of a snap election campaign in the world's third-largest economy. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-ELECTION/AGEING(13 of14)
A local resident looks at candidates' posters for the October 22 lower house election in Nanmoku Village, northwest of Tokyo, Japan October 12, 2017. Picture taken October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato (credit:Issei Kato / Reuters)
JAPAN-ELECTION/CAMPAIGNING(14 of14)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima, Japan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (credit:Toru Hanai / Reuters)