Fukui 1st district

Fukui 1st district (福井県第1区, Fukui-ken dai-ikku or 福井1区, Fukui ikku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature).

Fukui 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Fukui single-member districts
PrefectureFukui
Proportional DistrictHokuriku-Shin'etsu
Electorate373,413(2022)Ministry of Inner Affairs and Communications
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeTomomi Inada

Areas covered

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Current district

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Areas covered from 2013

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The districts after its revision of the Public Offices Election Act 2013 are as follows.[1][2] As a result of the change in the redistricting 2013, areas that used to be Fukui 3rd district and Fukui 2nd district were included.

Areas covered before 2013

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Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Fukui at-large district where four representatives had been elected. From the area's establishment in 1994 until its redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:[3]

List of representatives

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RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Ryuzo SasakiNFP1996–1997
Independent1997-2000
Isao MatsumiyaLDP2000–2005
Independent2005
Tomomi InadaLDP2005–present

Election results

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‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

‡‡ -Also ran and won in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

2021[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
136,171 65.46 8.12
CDPTomihisa Noda‡71,84534.54New
Registered electors375,210
Turnout56.82 2.03
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
116,969 57.34 7.50
Kibō no TōKōji Suzuki‡64,08631.42New
CommunistYukie Kanemoto22,93111.24 2.61
Registered electors383,767
Turnout54.79 6.15
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
116,855 64.84 12.24
InnovationKōji Suzuki‡47,80226.52New
CommunistYukie Kanemoto15,5618.63 3.98
Registered electors378,855
Turnout48.64
Liberal Democratic hold
2012[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
68,027 52.60 2.63
RestorationKōji Suzuki‡29,62222.90New
DemocraticRyuzo Sasaki
(incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR)
22,98517.77 27.87
CommunistYukie Kanemoto‡6,0144.65 0.26
Social DemocraticTakatoshi Yamazaki‡2,6812.07New
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2009[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada
(incumbent)
78,969 49.97 16.57
DemocraticRyuzo Sasaki‡‡
(incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR)
72,11945.64 12.49
CommunistYukie Kanemoto6,9404.39 0.49
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2005[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticTomomi Inada51,242 33.40 8.67
DemocraticRyuzo Sasaki‡‡50,86933.15 20.83
IndependentIsao Matsumiya
(incumbent)
45,33229.55New
CommunistYukie Kanemoto5,9883.90 0.90
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing to Liberal Democratic from IndependentSwing
2003[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticIsao Matsumiya
(incumbent)
55,698 42.07 0.95
IndependentRyuzo Sasaki54,01940.81 3.00
DemocraticHumitake Hongō‡16,30912.32 0.81
CommunistYukie Kanemoto5,9884.80 2.87
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2000[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocraticIsao Matsumiya61,707 43.02 20.25
IndependentRyuzo Sasaki
(incumbent)
54,23437.81New
DemocraticYasushi Aoki‡16,50711.51New
CommunistYukie Kanemoto10,9987.67 1.76
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing to Liberal Democratic from IndependentSwing
1996[12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New FrontierRyuzo Sasaki
(incumbent)
48,214 34.02 New
IndependentIsao Matsumiya40,84028.82New
Liberal DemocraticWataru Hiraizumi
(incumbent)
32,26322.77New
DemocraticTasaburo Furukawa12,0228.48New
CommunistYukie Kanemoto8,3695.91New
Registered electors
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "衆議院" [House of Representatives Top Page > Legislative Information > Legislative Information > 183rd Diet Legislation > Act No. 68 (2014 28 June) for Partial Revision of the Public Offices Election Law to Urgently Correct Population Differences in Lower House Electoral Districts] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. ^ "福井県小選挙区" [Fukui electoral district] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ^ "衆議院" [House of Representatives Top Page > Legislative Information > Legal Information > 131st Diet Legislation > Act No. 104 (1994 25 November)] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  4. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区:福井 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. ^ 福井県第1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ 福井1区 - 第47回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ 福井1区 - 第46回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ 福井1区 - 第45回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  9. ^ 福井1区 - 第44回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  10. ^ 福井1区 - 第43回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ^ 福井1区 - 第42回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  12. ^ 福井1区 - 第41回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.