Yamaguchi 2nd district
| Yamaguchi 2nd District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Yamaguchi Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Yamaguchi |
| Proportional District | Chūgoku |
| Electorate | 382,034 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai and Shūnan |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Nobuchiyo Kishi |
Yamaguchi 2nd district (山口県第2区 Yamaguchi-ken dai-ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Yamaguchi and consists of the cities of Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai, and Shūnan as well as the districts of Kuga, Kumage and Ōshima.
While Yamaguchi is generally a stronghold for the Liberal Democratic Party, the 2nd district has historically been regarded as a swing seat with closer margins of victory.
List of representatives
[edit]| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinji Satō | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | ||
| Hideo Hiraoka | DPJ | 2000 – 2005 | ||
| Yoshihiko Fukuda | LDP | 2005 – 2008 | ||
| Hideo Hiraoka | DPJ | 2008 – 2012 | ||
| Nobuo Kishi | LDP | 2012 – 2023 | Resigned | |
| Vacant (February 2023 – April 2023) | ||||
| Nobuchiyo Kishi | LDP | 2023 – | ||
Recent election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Nobuchiyo Kishi (incumbent) |
104,885 | 50.41 | ||
| CDP | Hideo Hiraoka (won PR seat) |
103,161 | 49.59 | ||
| Majority | 1,724 | 0.82 | |||
| Registered electors | 375,543 | ||||
| Turnout | 56.65 |  5.04
| |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Nobuchiyo Kishi | 61,369 | 52.5 |  24.4
| |
| Independent | Hideo Hiraoka | 55,601 | 47.5 | ||
| Turnout | 42.41 | 9.20
| |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Nobuo Kishi | 109,914 | 76.9 | 3.1
| |
| JCP | Kazushi Matsuda | 32,936 | 23.1 | 3.1
| |
| Turnout | 51.61 | 2.27
| |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP - Kōmeitō | Nobuo Kishi | 113,012 | 73.8 | ||
| JCP | Kazushi Matsuda | 40,051 | 26.2 | ||
| Turnout | 153,063 | 53.88 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2023] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ 衆院補選 山口２区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：山口２区 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Asahai Shimbun: election results in Yamaguchi's single-member districts