Fukui 1st district

Fukui 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Fukui single-member districts
PrefectureFukui
Proportional DistrictHokuriku-Shin'etsu
Electorate373,413(2022)Ministry of Inner Affairs and Communications
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeTomomi Inada

Fukui 1st district (福井県第1区, Fukui-ken dai-ikku or 福井1区, Fukui ikku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature).

Areas covered

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Current district

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Areas covered from 2013

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The districts after its revision of the Public Offices Election Act 2013 are as follows.[1][2] As a result of the change in the redistricting 2013, areas that used to be Fukui 3rd district and Fukui 2nd district were included.

Areas covered before 2013

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Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Fukui at-large district where four representatives had been elected. From the area's establishment in 1994 until its redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:[3]

List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Notes
Ryuzo Sasaki NFP 1996–1997
Independent 1997-2000
Isao Matsumiya LDP 2000–2005
Independent 2005
Tomomi Inada LDP 2005–present

Election results

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‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

‡‡ -Also ran and won in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada
Constitutional Democratic Tsubasa Hatano
Communist Yukie Kanemoto
Sanseitō Koharu Tanaka
Independent Rie Nishiyama
Turnout
2021[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		136,171 65.46 Increase8.12
Constitutional Democratic Tomihisa Noda‡ 71,845 34.54 New
Registered electors 375,210
Turnout 56.82 Increase2.03
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		116,969 57.34 Decrease7.50
Kibō no Tō Kōji Suzuki‡ 64,086 31.42 New
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 22,931 11.24 Increase2.61
Registered electors 383,767
Turnout 54.79 Increase6.15
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		116,855 64.84 Increase12.24
Innovation Kōji Suzuki‡ 47,802 26.52 New
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 15,561 8.63 Increase3.98
Registered electors 378,855
Turnout 48.64
Liberal Democratic hold
2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡
(incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		68,027 52.60 Increase2.63
Restoration Kōji Suzuki‡ 29,622 22.90 New
Democratic Ryuzo Sasaki‡
(incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR) 		22,985 17.77 Decrease27.87
Communist Yukie Kanemoto‡ 6,014 4.65 Increase0.26
Social Democratic Takatoshi Yamazaki‡ 2,681 2.07 New
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡
(incumbent) 		78,969 49.97 Increase16.57
Democratic Ryuzo Sasaki‡‡
(incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR) 		72,119 45.64 Increase12.49
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 6,940 4.39 Increase0.49
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2005[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tomomi Inada‡ 51,242 33.40 Decrease8.67
Democratic Ryuzo Sasaki‡‡ 50,869 33.15 Increase20.83
Independent Isao Matsumiya
(incumbent) 		45,332 29.55 New
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 5,988 3.90 Decrease0.90
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing to Liberal Democratic from Independent Swing
2003[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Isao Matsumiya‡
(incumbent) 		55,698 42.07 Decrease0.95
Independent Ryuzo Sasaki 54,019 40.81 Increase3.00
Democratic Humitake Hongō‡ 16,309 12.32 Increase0.81
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 5,988 4.80 Decrease2.87
Registered electors
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Isao Matsumiya‡ 61,707 43.02 Increase20.25
Independent Ryuzo Sasaki
(incumbent) 		54,234 37.81 New
Democratic Yasushi Aoki‡ 16,507 11.51 New
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 10,998 7.67 Increase1.76
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing to Liberal Democratic from Independent Swing
1996[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Ryuzo Sasaki
(incumbent) 		48,214 34.02 New
Independent Isao Matsumiya 40,840 28.82 New
Liberal Democratic Wataru Hiraizumi‡
(incumbent) 		32,263 22.77 New
Democratic Tasaburo Furukawa 12,022 8.48 New
Communist Yukie Kanemoto 8,369 5.91 New
Registered electors
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "衆議院" [House of Representatives Top Page > Legislative Information > Legislative Information > 183rd Diet Legislation > Act No. 68 (2014 28 June) for Partial Revision of the Public Offices Election Law to Urgently Correct Population Differences in Lower House Electoral Districts] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. ^ "福井県小選挙区" [Fukui electoral district] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ^ "衆議院" [House of Representatives Top Page > Legislative Information > Legal Information > 131st Diet Legislation > Act No. 104 (1994 25 November)] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  4. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：福井 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. ^ 福井県第1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ 福井1区 - 第47回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ 福井1区 - 第46回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ 福井1区 - 第45回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  9. ^ 福井1区 - 第44回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  10. ^ 福井1区 - 第43回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ^ 福井1区 - 第42回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  12. ^ 福井1区 - 第41回衆議院議員総選挙 (in Japanese). Senkyo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

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