Hyōgo 11th district

Hyōgo 11th District
Hyōgo 11th District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Hyōgo Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Hyōgo
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	399,004
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Takeaki Matsumoto
Municipalities	Part of Himeji

Hyogo 11th district (兵庫県第11区 Hyōgo-ken dai-jūikku or simply 兵庫11区 Hyōgo 11-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southwestern Hyōgo and is based on the 1995 borders of the city of Himeji; the former towns of Ieshima, Yumesaki, Kōdera and Yasutomi that merged into Himeji in 2006 are part of the 12th district. As of September 2015, 387,509 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

Outline

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed part of Hyōgo 4th district where four Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

Since the district's creation, it has been represented by two people: Tōru Toida of the Liberal Democratic Party, the son of former representative and health minister Saburō Toida, and Takeaki Matsumoto, formerly of the Democratic Party of Japan, son of former representative and defense minister Jūrō Matsumoto and great-great-grandson of former prime minister Hirobumi Itō.

List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996	Tōru Toida	Liberal Democratic
2000	Takeaki Matsumoto	Democratic
2003	Takeaki Matsumoto	Democratic
2005	Tōru Toida	Liberal Democratic
2009	Takeaki Matsumoto	Democratic
2012
2014
2017		Liberal Democratic
2021		Liberal Democratic

Election results

2021^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto (Incumbent)	92,761	49.03
	Innovation	Hiroki Sumiyoshi [ja] (won PR seat)	78,082	41.27	New
	Communist	Hiroyuki Ohta	18,363	9.71
Registered electors			399,029
Turnout				48.39	4.88
	Liberal Democratic hold

2017^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto (Incumbent)	109,381	65.29
	Kibō no Tō	Takashi Nagayasu	37,783	22.55	New
	Communist	Satoru Inamura	20,355	12.15
Registered electors			398,434
Turnout				43.51
	Liberal Democratic hold

2014 general election

The 47th election for the House of Representatives held in December 2014 saw Takeaki Matsumoto retain the district for the Democratic Party by once again defeating the LDP candidate Nobuhide Zushi. It was Matsumoto's third consecutive win and he is currently serving his fifth term as the district's representative and his sixth consecutive term in the House of Representatives. Zushi was officially endorsed by Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner.^[5]

2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto	90,182	49.6	10.0
	Liberal Democratic	Nobuhide Zushi	74,562	41.0	9.4
	Communist	Kazushige Nigauri	17,020	9.4	3.4
Turnout

2012 general election

The 46th election for the House of Representatives saw Takeaki Matsumoto retain the district by defeating the LDP's candidate, newcomer Nobuhide Zushi. Matsumoto was one of a minority of DPJ members to retain his seat as the party was swept from power, losing 174 of its 231 seats in a landslide victory to the LDP led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Matsumoto was officially endorsed by the DPJ's coalition partner, the People's New Party, while Zushi was endorsed by Komeito. This election saw the rise of the Japan Restoration Party, which won 54 seats in the election. The party's candidate in Hyogo 11th, company director Sōichirō Katada, was endorsed by Your Party.^[6]

2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto	80,760	39.6	-21.7
	Liberal Democratic	Nobuhide Zushi	64,509	31.6	-4.6
	Restoration	Sōichirō Katada	46,462	22.8	22.8
	Communist	Midori Shirakami	12,304	6.0	6.0
Turnout

Earlier elections

2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto	146,058	61.3	14.8
	Liberal Democratic	Tōru Toida	86,203	36.2	-11.3
	Happiness Realization	Tomoko Bōda	6,013	2.5	2.5
Turnout			243,796	63.95	-0.5

2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tōru Toida	113,401	47.5	5.9
	Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto Elected to Kinki PR block	110,966	46.5	-6.1
	Communist	Noriaki Takeuchi	14,441	6.0	0.2
Turnout			242,650	64.45	5.94

2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto	112,898	52.6	5.2
	Liberal Democratic	Tōru Toida	89,159	41.6	0.7
	Communist	Noriaki Takeuchi	12,494	5.8	-2.6
Turnout			219,263	58.51

2000^[10]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Takeaki Matsumoto	101,566	47.4	33.1
Liberal Democratic	Tōru Toida	87,624	40.9	8.1
Communist	Kazuya Koike	18,056	8.4	0.3
Liberal League	Chiaki Hattori	7,119	3.3	3.3

1996^[11]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democratic	Tōru Toida	64,896	32.8
New Frontier	Takeshi Gotō	61,185	30.9
Democratic	Shigeru Gotō	28,303	14.3
Independent	Takeaki Matsumoto	27,371	13.8
Communist	Katsumi Nankō^[12]	15,970	8.1

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (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 (in Japanese)
^ Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022
^ "2021年衆議院総選挙兵庫11区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b 総選挙2014>開票結果小選挙区兵庫 [General Election 2014 - Election Results: Hyogo Electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b 総選挙2012>開票結果小選挙区兵庫. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-04-06.
^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
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[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (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 (in Japanese)

[2] Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022

[3] "2021年衆議院総選挙兵庫11区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[4] "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[yomiuri14-5] 総選挙2014>開票結果小選挙区兵庫 [General Election 2014 - Election Results: Hyogo Electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[yomiuri12-6] 総選挙2012>開票結果小選挙区兵庫. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-04-06.

[7] 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[8] 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[9] 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] ?, 南光勝美

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