Hiroshima 1st district

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Hiroshima 1st district
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
衆議院小選挙区 広島県2.svg
A map of the House of Representatives constituencies in Hiroshima Prefecture
PrefectureHiroshima
Proportional DistrictChūgoku
Electorate331,786 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic
RepresentativeFumio Kishida
Created fromFormer Hiroshima 1st district (1947–1993)
MunicipalitiesNaka-ku, Higashi-ku and Minami-ku in Hiroshima

Hiroshima 1st district (広島県第1区, Hiroshima-ken dai-ikku or 広島1区, Hiroshima ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Hiroshima. As of September 1, 2020, 331,786 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

This constituency was newly established in 1994 from the former 1st district. The previous constituency elected two or more people, but this constituency elects only one person.

Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, has represented this district since October 1996.[a]

List of the members representing the district[]

Member Party Dates Electoral history Notes
Fumio Kishida 20211004.jpg
Fumio Kishida 		Liberal Democratic October 20, 1996 –
present 		Redistricted from the former 1st district and
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2003.
Re-elected in 2005.
Re-elected in 2009.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2017.
Re-elected in 2021. 		Minister for Foreign Affairs
(2012-2017)
Prime Minister of Japan
(2021-present)

Election results[]

2021 • 2017 • 2014 • 2012 • 2009 • 2005 • 2003 • 2000 • 1996

2021[]

General election 2021: Hiroshima's 1st[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 133,704 80.7 Increase2.7
Social Democratic Yūko Arita 15,904 9.6 N/A
Communist Osamu Ohnishi 14,508 8.8 Decrease13.2
Minor party Keiichi Kamide 1,630 1.0 N/A
Majority 117,800 71.1 Increase15.1
Turnout 165,746 50.8 Increase5.0
Registered electors 332,001
Liberal Democratic hold

2017[]

General election 2017: Hiroshima's 1st[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 113,239 78.0 Increase12.3
Communist Osamu Ohnishi 32,011 22.0 Increase9.2
Majority 81,223 56.0 Increase7.7
Turnout 145,250 45.7 Decrease1.5
Registered electors 328,214
Liberal Democratic hold

2014[]

General election 2014: Hiroshima's 1st[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 96,236 65.7 Increase2.2
Innovation Rika Shirasaka 25,452 17.4 New
Communist Osamu Ohnishi 18,737 12.8 Increase5.2
Future Generations Shinji Itō 5,986 4.1 New
Majority 70,784 48.3 Increase0.4
Turnout 146,411 47.3 Decrease6.2
Registered electors 317,223
Liberal Democratic hold

2012[]

General election 2012: Hiroshima's 1st[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 103,689 63.5 Increase16.2
Democratic Kōichi Nonaka 25,429 15.6 Decrease27.8
Tomorrow Hiroshi Sugekawa 21,698 13.3 New
Communist Osamu Ohnishi 12,444 7.6 Increase3.2
Majority 78,260 47.9 Increase44.0
Turnout 163,260 53.5 Decrease12.1
Registered electors 314,600
Liberal Democratic hold

2009[]

General election 2009: Hiroshima's 1st[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 95,475 47.3 Decrease10.0
Democratic Hiroshi Sugekawa
(elected by PR) 		87,557 43.4 Increase11.9
Communist Satoshi Fujimoto 8,945 4.4 Decrease1.3
Social Democratic Yoshiteru Uemura 5,438 2.7 Decrease2.8
Independent Fuminori Nakamura 2,889 1.4 N/A
Minor Party Hironori Yamamoto 1,393 0.6 N/A
Majority 7,918 3.9 Decrease21.9
Turnout 201,697 65.6 Increase4.7
Registered electors 311,170
Liberal Democratic hold

2005[]

General election 2005: Hiroshima's 1st[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 107,239 57.3 Increase1.8
Democratic Hiroshi Sugekawa 58,946 31.5 Decrease5.4
Communist Ryō Nagatsuma 10,698 5.7 Decrease1.8
Social Democratic Yoshiteru Uemura 10,313 5.5 N/A
Majority 48,293 25.8 N/A
Turnout 187,196 60.9 N/A
Registered electors 307,448
Liberal Democratic hold

Notes[]

  1. ^ Between 1947 to 1996, Kishida's constituency was a multi-member district elected through SNTV. After the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, mandating the abolition of all multi-member House of Representative districts, Hosakawa was re-elected to the synonymous Hiroshima 1st District, which was a single-member constituency elected through FPTP, in 1996 general election. The two constituencies are fundamentally different from each other, only with their identical name.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "令和２年９月１日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Numbers of registered voters in Japan] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "2021年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  3. ^ "2017年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ^ "2014年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  5. ^ "2012年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  6. ^ "2009年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  7. ^ "2005年衆議院総選挙 広島1区". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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