Some 93 percent of candidates in Sunday's House of Representatives election believe that the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea constitutes terrorism, according to the results of a survey released Monday.

Only 55 percent, however, advocate slapping sanctions on North Korea, such as restrictions on remittances, the results show.

The poll was conducted jointly by a group of families of individuals kidnapped by North Korean agents and by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped to North Korea (NARKN).