Kumamoto 2nd district

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Kumamoto 2nd district is a current single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Kumamoto and covers Western parts of the prefectural capital Kumamoto (parts of Nishi-ku, shared with the 1st electoral district and parts of Minami-ku, shared with the 4th district), the cities of Arao and Tamana and the Tamana county with its remaining four municipalities, the towns of Nagasu, Nankan, Nagomi and Gyokutō. As of September 2012, 305,563 eligible voters were resident in the district.[1]

Before 1996, the area had been part of the five-member . The current incumbent for the 2nd district, Liberal Democrat Takeshi Noda, had represented the pre-reform 1st district since 1972 when he succeeded his deceased father-in-law Takeo Noda.

List of representatives[]

Representative Party Dates Notes
Takeshi Noda NFP 1996–2000 Joined LP in the NFP dissolution, in the LP split
NCP 2000–2003 Did not join the NCP, but returned directly to the LDP; alternating LDP candidacy (Costa Rica method) in the district with Hayashida, re-elected by PR (Kyūshū) in 2003
Takeshi Hayashida LDP 2003–2005 Moved to Kyūshū PR (Costa Rica method) in 2005 and re-elected
Takeshi Noda LDP 2005–2009 Moved to Kyūshū PR (Costa Rica method) in 2009 and re-elected
DPJ 2009–2012 Joined LF, then TPJ in 2012, failed re-election by PR
Takeshi Noda LDP 2012– Incumbent

Election results[]

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroyuki Sonoda 92,873 71.6 -4.3
Communist Yumi Hirose 36,769 28.4 +4.3
Turnout 303,272 46.02 -10.44
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Noda 88,744 53.5 former
Your Akiko Honda 33,283 20.1 new
Democratic Daizō Hamada 25,891 15.6 new
Tomorrow 11,520 6.9 -43.5
Communist Kunio Matsuyama 6,358 3.8 new
Turnout 56.46
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing
2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ken'ichirō Fukushima 104,876 50.4 new
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Hayashida 99,933 48.0 former
Happiness Realization Ken'ichi Magōri 3,354 1.6 new
Turnout
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Noda 112,549 55.8 former
Democratic Nobuo Matsuno 79,793 39.6 -2.2
Communist Tetsuo Ueno 9,432 4.7 new
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Hayashida 95,233 52.7 former
Democratic Nobuo Matsuno (won PR seat) 75,517 41.8 +13.0
Communist Masaharu Maeda 9,829 5.4 new
Turnout
Liberal Democratic gain from New Conservative Swing
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Conservative Takeshi Noda 106,129 60.4 +10.2
Democratic Nobuo Matsuno 50,604 28.8 new
Communist Nobuhiro Yamamoto 11,644 6.6 new
Liberal League Kayoko Takano 7,375 4.2 new
Turnout
New Conservative gain from New Frontier Swing
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Takeshi Noda 97,242.993 50.2 N/A
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Hayashida 79,249.997 40.9 N/A
Communist Takehiro Tateishi 8,983.000 4.6 N/A
New Socialist Takashi Kurihara 8,393.000 4.3 N/A
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

Note: The decimals stem from anbunhyō ("proportional fractional votes"), see Elections in Japan#Ballots, voting machines and early voting. As Takeshi (彪) Hayashida and Takeshi (毅) Noda have different Kanji for their given names, some voters must have voted for just "Takeshi" in Kana for the votes to be ambiguous.

References[]

  1. ^ MIC: 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ ２００９総選挙 開票結果 小選挙区・熊本２区. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  3. ^ 総選挙2015>開票結果 小選挙区 熊本. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  4. ^ 総選挙2003>小選挙区 熊本. Mainichi Broadcasting System (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  5. ^ 第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 熊本2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2013-06-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ 第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 熊本2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2013-06-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)


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