Aomori 1st district (青森県第1区, Aomori-ken dai-ikku or simply 青森1区, Aomori-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Northern Aomori and covers the cities of Aomori, Mutsu and the Higashitsugaru and Shimokita districts along with the northern half of the Kamikita District.
| Aomori 1st District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Aomori Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Aomori |
| Proportional District | Tohoku |
| Electorate | 336,748 (2014)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Akinori Eto (2021–) |
| Created from | Aomori's 1st "medium-sized" district |
| Municipalities | The cities of Aomori and Mutsu and the Higashitsugaru, Shimokita, and part of the Kamikita districts |
Before the introduction of parallel voting and single-member districts, Aomori city and East Tsugaru county had been part of the four-member Aomori 1st district.
Aomori is a "conservative kingdom", a Liberal Democratic stronghold; but in the landslide 2009 election Hokuto Yokoyama, center-left supported gubernatorial candidate in 2003, could win the 1st district and became the first Democrat to win a district in Aomori by beating Jun Tsushima from the Tsushima writer-politician dynasty from Kanagi town (in present-day Goshogawara). Tsushima had tried to succeed his retiring father, LDP faction leader Yūji Tsushima. Other members of the family included Representative, Councillor and Governor Bunji Tsushima (Seiyūkai/LDP – Aomori), Representative Kichirō Tazawa (LDP – Aomori), Representative Kyōichi Tsushima (LDP/DPJ – Tōhoku), Representative, Peer and Kanagi mayor Gen'emon Tsushima (Seiyūkai – Aomori), Kanagi mayor Eiji Tsushima and writers Shūji Tsushima (Osamu Dazai), Yūko Tsushima, Shizuko Ōta and Haruko Ōta. The second "inheritance" attempt in 2012 was successful.
List of representatives
edit| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yūji Tsushima | LDP | 1996–2009 | Retired in 2009 | |
| Hokuto Yokoyama | DPJ | 2009–2012 | Joined PLF, then TPJ in 2012; failed re-election in the Tōhoku block | |
| PLF | 2012 | |||
| TPJ | 2012 | |||
| Jun Tsushima | LDP | 2012–2021 | Ran in the Tohoku PR district in 2021 and won | |
| Akinori Eto | LDP | 2021– | Former Representative of the 2nd district | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Akinori Eto | 91,011 | 52.4 |  2.5 | |
| CDP | Sekio Masuta | 64,870 | 37.4 |  3.2 | |
| Communist | Mio Saitō | 17,783 | 10.2 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | 51.84 | 2.21 | |||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Jun Tsushima | 103,177 | 54.9 | 9.8 | |
| Kibō no Tō | Sekio Masuta | 64,173 | 34.2 | ||
| Communist | Yūto Akahira | 20,497 | 10.9 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | 54.05 | 9.34 | |||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Jun Tsushima (endorsed by Komeito) | 66,041 | 45.1 | +4.6 | |
| Innovation | Sekio Masuta (won PR seat) | 47,400 | 42.1 | +16.3 | |
| Communist | Yō Yoshimata | 18,274 | 12.5 | new | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Jun Tsushima (endorsed by Komeito) | 73,237 | 40.5 | ||
| Restoration | Sekio Masuta | 47,400 | 26.2 | ||
| Tomorrow | Hokuto Yokoyama (endorsed by NPD) | 32,050 | 17.7 | ||
| Democratic | Rina Hatano | 17,066 | 9.4 | ||
| Communist | Mio Saitō | 11,217 | 6.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hokuto Yokoyama (endorsed by PNP) | 101,290 | 44.5 | ||
| Independent | Jun Tsushima (endorsed by Komeito) | 68,910 | 30.3 | ||
| Independent (Hiranuma group) | Sekio Masuta | 35,283 | 15.5 | ||
| Social Democratic | Hidehiko Watanabe | 12,847 | 5.6 | ||
| Communist | Yō Yoshimata | 7,976 | 3.5 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Kazuhiro Ueda | 1,483 | 0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 231,307 | 66.67 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yūji Tsushima | 94,072 | 40.4 | ||
| Democratic | Hokuto Yokoyama (won PR seat) | 79,323 | 34.1 | ||
| Independent | Sekio Masuta | 26,380 | 11.3 | ||
| Independent | Tetsukazu Shibutani | 12,636 | 5.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Ryōko Nakaya | 11,521 | 4.9 | ||
| Communist | Hiroaki Takayanagi | 8,832 | 3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 235,923 | 66.38 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yūji Tsushima | 81,511 | 39.7 | ||
| Independent | Hokuto Yokoyama | 74,799 | 36.4 | ||
| Democratic | Tsutomu Herai | 15,736 | 7.7 | ||
| Social Democratic | Osami Imamura | 14,123 | 6.9 | ||
| Independent | Shun'itsu Matsumori | 12,119 | 5.9 | ||
| Communist | Takayuki Hatanaka | 7,010 | 3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 208,462 | 58.41 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yūji Tsushima | 96,691 | 51.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Osami Imamura | 40,706 | 21.6 | ||
| Democratic | Tsutomu Herai | 34,645 | 18.4 | ||
| Communist | Yukimitsu Hori | 16,094 | 8.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yūji Tsushima | 86,411 | 43.6 | ||
| New Frontier | Ryūichi Kudō | 71,999 | 36.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Osami Imamura | 24,075 | 12.2 | ||
| Communist | Hideo Togashi | 15,548 | 7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 201,197 | 57.74 | |||
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