2023 Wakayama 1st district by-election was held on 23 April 2023 because Shuhei Kishimoto resigned as a member of the House of Representatives.
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2023 Wakayama 1st district by-election was held on 23 April 2023 because Shuhei Kishimoto resigned as a member of the House of Representatives.
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Shuhei Kishimoto, member of the Democratic Party, kept a seat in t this constituency, since he defeated the incumbent LDP member of Wakayama 1st district in the 2009 regime change. [1] Kishimoto belonged to the Democratic Party For the People as of 2022 after passing the Kibō no Tō from the Democratic Party. However, Kishimoto announced his candidacy for 2022 Wakayama Prefecture gubernatorial election and left the DPFP and resigned as a member of the House of Representatives. [2] [3]
Following Kishimoto's resignation, a by-election will be held on April 23, 2023. The Democratic Party For the People Kishimoto had belonged to did not field a candidate. Instead, the Nippon Ishin no Kai, which aims to expand its influence in the Kansai region, nominated Yumi Hayashi, a member of the Wakayama city Council, as a candidate. [4] [5] On the other hand, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party tried to nominate Yōsuke Tsuruho, a member of the House of Councillors from Wakayama at-large district, but failed. Eventually, the LDP nominated Hirofumi Kado, a former member of the House of Representatives elected by the Kinki proportional representation block, who had lost to Kishimoto four times in the Wakayama 1st district. [6] [7] [5]
| Name | Age | Party | Career | |
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| Hirofumi Kado | 57 | Liberal Democratic | Member of the House of Representatives (2012-2021) | |
| Yumi Hayashi | 41 | Ishin | Member of the Wakayama city Council (2022-2023) | |
| Hideaki Kunishige | 62 | Communist (supported by SDP) | Standing Committee Member of the Wakayama Prefectural Committee of the Japanese Communist Party | |
| Takahira Yamamoto | 48 | Seijika Joshi | A former logistics company employee | |
Kishimoto, who won Wakayama Prefecture gubernatorial election and became governor of Wakayama Prefecture, supported Kado, a rival who had competed for a seat in the constituency. [8] [9] [10]
Hiroshi Moriyama, who is the Chairperson of the LDP Election Strategy Committee and conscious of Isin which is based in Osaka, said, "It is the people of Wakayama who decide about Wakayama. I won't let Osaka decide." [9] The LDP placed importance on the by-election, and big-name lawmakers, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, rushed to support Kado. [11] [12] [13] [14] On the other hand, the Ishin also sent executives to strengthen Hayashi's support. Nobuyuki Baba, the leader of the Ishin, and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, popular in the Kansai region, rushed to cheer for her many times. [13] [14]
At the end of the election campaign, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who tries to approach her old home, the LDP, rushed to cheer for Kado. [14] Referring to Moriyama's remarks, Baba, the leader of the Restoration Party, ridiculed Koike's support, saying, "The slogan is 'It's the people of Wakayama who decide about Wakayama.' Why is there a woman from Tokyo?" [15]
During the election campaign, Kishida, who rushed to cheer for him, was thrown explosives by a man. No one was killed and the man was arrested by the police. [16]
Hayashi defeated Kado by 6,000 votes to win the election for the first time. [17] [18] [14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Ishin | Yumi Hayashi | 61,720 | 47.47% | New | |
| Liberal Democratic | Hirofumi Kado | 55,657 | 42.80% | +5.53 | |
| Communist | Hideaki Kunishige | 11,178 | 8.60% | N/A | |
| Seijika Joshi | Takahira Yamamoto | 1,476 | 1.13% | New | |
| Majority | 6,063 | 4.67% | |||
| Total votes | 130,031 | 100.00% | |||
| Ishin gain from Democratic For the People | |||||
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