 In fact, intraparty competition within one election district was often more bitter than interparty competition, with two or more LDP candidates vying for the same block of conservative votes.For example, in the House of Representatives election of February 18, 1990, three LDP and three opposition candidates competed for five seats in a southwestern prefecture.Two of the LDP candidates publicly expressed bitterness over the entry of the third, a son of the prefectural governor.