Niigata 1st district
Niigata 1st District | |
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National Diet constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
![]() Numbered map of Niigata Prefecture single-member districts | |
Prefecture | Niigata |
Proportional District | Hokuriku-Shinetsu Block |
Electorate | 434,016 (2021) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Seats | One |
Party | Constitutional Democratic Party |
Representative | Chinami Nishimura |
Created from | Niigata 1st SNTV "medium-sized" district |
Niigata 1st district (
Area
[edit]From its creation the district has been located in Niigata City, the capital of Niigata Prefecture. After redistricting in 2022 it comprises two distinct parts.
Niigata City
[edit]Sado Island
[edit]History
[edit]Before 1996, the amendment of Public Offices Election Act that introduced FPTP “small” voting system, this area had been part of former Niigata 1st district where three representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. The two candidates contesting the former 1st district, Rokuzaemon Yoshida (LDP) and Nobuyuki Sekiyama (DPJ), had continued to run until 2000.
In the 2003 general election, the Democratic Party of Japan fielded Chinami Nishimura, former Member of Niigata Prefecture Assembly, who defeated Yoshida in the 2003, 2005 and 2009 elections.[2] In 2012, when the Democratic Party lost the reins of government, Tooru Ishizaki, a new LDP candidate, defeated Nishimura. In 2014, Nishimura was defeated again, but elected through the proportional representation block.
In the 2017 general election, Nishimura joined the Constitutional Democratic Party,[3] and defeated Ishizaki. Ishizaki was elected through the proportional representation block. In 2020, after Ishizaki was indicted for verbally and physically assaulting his secretary, he left the LDP and ran as a Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate in the 2021 elections.[4]
List of representatives
[edit]Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
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Rokuzaemon Yoshida | LDP | 1996 – 2003 | ||
Chinami Nishimura | DPJ | 2003 – 2012 | ||
Tooru Ishizaki | LDP | 2012 – 2017 | ||
Chinami Nishimura | CDP | 2017 – |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Constitutional Democratic | Chinami Nishimura | 127,365 | 52,57 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democratic | Ichirō Tsukada (elected in PR block) | 96,591 | 39.87 | ![]() | |
Ishin | Tooru Ishizaki | 18,333 | 7.57 | ||
Turnout | 57.25 | ![]() | |||
Constitutional Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Constitutional Democratic | Chinami Nishimura[7] | 128,045 | 53.1 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democratic | Tooru Ishizaki (elected in PR block) | 113,045 | 46.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 241,090 | 56.14 | ![]() | |||
Constitutional Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Tooru Ishizaki | 92,656 | 47.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Chinami Nishimura (elected in PR block) | 84,573 | 42.9 | ![]() | |
Communist | Akihiro Machida | 20,037 | 10.2 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 197,266 | 46.97 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Liberal Democratic | Tooru Ishizaki | 97,010 | 44.1 | ![]() | ||
Democratic | Chinami Nishimura | 78,283 | 35.6 | ![]() | ||
Tomorrow | Kou Uchimura | 27,749 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Communist | Katsutoshi Takeda | 17,071 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 220,113 | 53.20 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chinami Nishimura | 169,389 | 60.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democratic | Rokuzaemon Yoshida | 90,626 | 32.2 | ![]() | |
Communist | Katsutoshi Takeda | 17,919 | 6.4 | ![]() | |
Happiness Realization | Koji Matsumoto | 3,690 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 281,624 | 67.48 | ![]() | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Chinami Nishimura | 136,391 | 49.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democratic | Rokuzaemon Yoshida (elected in PR block) | 117,652 | 42.8 | ![]() | |
Communist | Yukio Kawamata | 18,134 | 7.8 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 274,584 | 66.62 | ![]() | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Democratic | Chinami Nishimura | 119,297 | 51.1 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democratic | Rokuzaemon Yoshida | 96,107 | 41.2 | ![]() | ||
Communist | Yukio Kawamata | 18,134 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 274,584 | 57.02 | ![]() | |||
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |
References
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総務 省 |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 ".総務 省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-06. - ^ For the results of elections after 2003, see website of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [1]
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衆院 選 与野党 対決 の構図 固 まる:本県 西村 氏 は立憲 民主 で出馬 ".新潟 日報 (Niigata Nippo) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-07. - ^ "Lawmaker Who Left LDP over Assault Submits Resignation". nippon.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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開票 速報 小 選挙 区 :新潟 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 15 December 2021. - ^ "
総務 省 |衆議院 議員 総 選挙 ・最高裁判所 裁判官 国民 審査 結果 ".総務 省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-06. - ^ The CDP is the successor party of the DP in this district, therefore the voting figures of the DP candidate are used as a reference.
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総務 省 |衆議院 議員 総 選挙 ・最高裁判所 裁判官 国民 審査 結果 ".総務 省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-06. - ^ "
総務 省 |衆議院 議員 総 選挙 ・最高裁判所 裁判官 国民 審査 結果 ".総務 省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-06. - ^ "
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