Chiba 4th district
Chiba 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Western Chiba and covers the city of Funabashi. As of 2009, 489,246 eligible voters were registered in the district making it in the 2009 general election the district with the lowest electoral weight throughout Japan at 2.31 times as many voters as the district with the highest electoral weight, Kōchi 3.[1]
Before the electoral reform of 1994, Funabashi was part of Chiba 1st district where four Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.
Democrat Yoshihiko Noda has represented Chiba 4th district since 2000 after initially losing it as a candidate for the New Frontier Party by 105 votes to Liberal Democrat Shōichi Tanaka in 1996.
List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shōichi Tanaka | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | ||
| Yoshihiko Noda | DPJ | 2000 – | Incumbent | |
Election results
In 2009, Yoshihiko Noda's candidacy was formally supported by the People's New Party, Mikio Fujita by the Justice Party.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yoshihiko Noda | 162,153 | 53.6 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal Democratic | Mikio Fujita | 85,425 | 28.3 | -16.3 | |
| Your | Itoko Noyashiki | 28,280 | 9.4 | ||
| Communist | Kazuko Saitō | 23,050 | 7.6 | -0.6 | |
| Happiness Realization Party | Kōichirō Yamanaka | 3,403 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 307,954 | 63.13 | -0.24 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yoshihiko Noda | 129,834 | 44.9 | -10.9 | |
| Liberal Democratic | Mikio Fujita (elected by PR) | 128,890 | 44.6 | +11.7 | |
| Communist | Toshinori Niki | 24,138 | 8.4 | -2.9 | |
| Independent | Kōji Nagano | 6,311 | 2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 294,777 | 63.37 | +9.08 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yoshihiko Noda | 135,522 | 55.8 | +8.5 | |
| Liberal Democratic | Masaru Hasegawa | 80,051 | 32.9 | +1.9 | |
| Communist | Yukiko Tsuga | 27,441 | 11.3 | -6.9 | |
| Turnout | 249,446 | 54.29 | +9.08 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yoshihiko Noda | 116,156 | 47.3 | +27.4 | |
| Liberal Democratic | Ken'ichi Nishio | 76,067 | 31.0 | -1.0 | |
| Communist | Shōji Ishii | 44,586 | 18.2 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal League (Japan) | Yutaka Akimoto | 8,899 | 3.5 | ||
| Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Shōichi Tanaka | 73,792 | 32.0 | ||
| New Frontier | Yoshihiko Noda | 73,687 | 31.9 | ||
| Democratic | Takayuki Kojima | 45,924 | 19.9 | ||
| Communist | Shin'ichi Maruyama | 37,300 | 16.2 | ||
| Turnout | 235,653 | 55.07 | |||
| Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 Template:Ja
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