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Fukuoka 8th district (福岡[県第]8区, Fukuoka[-ken dai-]hachi-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern central parts of Fukuoka including the city of Iizuka, home to the Asō family (Asō Corp./KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only representative for the 8th district since its creation. He was elected LDP president in 2008 against Kaoru Yosano (without faction) and three other candidates, but resigned one year later following the most devastating general election result in party history – his successor would be the second LDP president in history not to become prime minister after his election. Yet, Asō carried his own district by an overwhelming margin in 2009.

In detail, the district consists of the cities of Nōgata, Iizuka, Kama, Nakama, Miyawaka and the counties of Onga, Kurate and Kaho. As of 2012, 367,966 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of the multi-member Fukuoka 2nd district that elected five Representatives by single non-transferable vote, among them from 1979 to 1983 and since 1986 Tarō Asō.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Tarō Asō LDP 1996– Incumbent

Election results

2017[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 135,334 72.2
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Tsuyoko Miyajima 52,207 27.8
2012[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 146,712 68.4
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)/meta/color" | DPJ Gōsei Yamamoto 46,213 21.5
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Takao Arai 21,678 10.1
2009[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 165,327 62.2
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)/meta/color" | DPJ (PNP support) Gōsei Yamamoto (elected by PR) 96,327 36.2
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Happiness Realization Party/meta/color" | HRP Yūko Ōtsuka 4,095 1.5
Turnout 271,173 72.69
2005[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 145,229 56.9
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)/meta/color" | DPJ Kusao Ōshima 87,856 34.4
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Kazuyuki Watanabe 22,176 8.7
Turnout 262,166 69.34
2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 132,646 57.7
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)/meta/color" | DPJ Kusao Ōshima 75,879 33.0
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Kazuyuki Watanabe 21,272 9.3
Turnout 237,626 62.82
2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 120,178 49.9
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)/meta/color" | DPJ Junsuke Iwata 65,280 27.1
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Masako Sakamoto 26,266 10.9
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | SDP Kazuhiro Ōtsuka 25,021 10.4
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal League (Japan)/meta/color" | LL Mieko Yamamoto 4,029 1.7
1996[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" | LDP Tarō Asō 114,408 50.5
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)/meta/color" | DPJ Junsuke Iwata 80,974 35.7
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Japanese Communist Party/meta/color" | JCP Bunkichi Honda 31,206 13.8
Turnout 234,762 63.14

References

  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>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese) >開票結果 小選挙区　福岡 http://sp.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2017/profile/YTPSRCYA40008XXX001.htmlscript-title=ja:総選挙2017>開票結果　小選挙区　福岡. Retrieved 2017-10-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　福岡. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  4. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  7. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  8. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
House of Representatives (Japan)
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