Iwate 4th district

Iwate 4th district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It was located in southwestern Iwate and consisted of the cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ōshū as well as the Waga and Isawa Districts. As of 2012, 305,917 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Iwate 4th District
Former Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Iwate Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureIwate
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Electorate305,917
Former constituency
Created1994
Abolished2017
SeatsOne
Party
Representative
Created fromIwate's 2nd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesThe cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami, Ōshū, and the districts of Waga and Isawa

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Iwate 2nd district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. In a 2017 reapportionment, Iwate lost one seat and was subdivided into three districts. The area of the old 4th district is now part of the new 3rd district[2]

The only representative for Iwate 4th district from its creation in 1996 to its abolition has been former Liberal Democratic Party secretary-general Ichirō Ozawa (LDP→JRP→NFP→LP→DPJ→LF→TPJ→PLP).

List of representatives

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ElectionRepresentativePartyNotes
1996Ichirō OzawaNFP
2000LP
2003DPJ
2005
2009
2012TPJ
2014PLP

Election results

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2014[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's LifeIchirō Ozawa75,29347.8
Liberal DemocraticTakashi Fujiwara (endorsed by Komeito) (elected by PR)57,82436.7
CommunistTsunaki Takahashi24,42115.5
2012[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TomorrowIchirō Ozawa (endorsed by NPD)78,05745.5
Liberal DemocraticTakashi Fujiwara (elected by PR)47,88727.9
DemocraticToshiaki Oikawa28,59316.7
CommunistKōki Takahashi17,0339.9
2009[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticIchirō Ozawa (supported by PNP)133,978
Liberal DemocraticYoshinobu Takahashi (endorsed by Komeito)41,690
Social DemocraticSenryū Obara28,925
CommunistSadakiyo Segawa8,288
Happiness RealizationAkira Yasunaga1,280
Turnout216,75476.18
2005[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticIchirō Ozawa124,578.000
Liberal DemocraticTokuichirō Tamazawa48,093.000
Social DemocraticKōki Kubo23,727.697
CommunistKōki Takahashi11,420.291
Turnout210,247.00073.36
2003[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticIchirō Ozawa128,458.000
Liberal DemocraticTokuichirō Tamazawa37,251.000
Social DemocraticKōki Kubo20,936.334
CommunistKōki Takahashi10,642.653
Turnout200,128.00069.87
2000[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalIchirō Ozawa119,099
Social DemocraticYukihiro Kimura37,417
Liberal DemocraticKōichi Igata28,926
CommunistRyōko Sakamoto14,051
1996[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New FrontierIchirō Ozawa125,619
Social DemocraticReijirō Sawafuji38,482
Liberal DemocraticKōichi Igata20,179
CommunistNatsuko Yaegashi9,933
Turnout197,09371.45

References

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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. ^ MIC: Summary of changes to the House of Representatives single-member districts (also contains the changes to the proportional districts) & Map of changes in Iwate (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  4. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  5. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  6. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  7. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  8. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  9. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.