Nagasaki 2nd district

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Nagasaki 2nd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southern Nagasaki and covers parts of the city of Nagasaki (the former towns of Kinkai and Sotome), the cities of Shimabara, Isahaya, Saikai, Unzen and Minamishimabara as well as the Nishisonogi District with the towns of Togitsu and Nagayo. As of 2009, 335,195 eligible voters were registered in the district. [1]

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Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of the multi-member Nagasaki 1st district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

The district had been a safe LDP district from its creation until the landslide election of 2009 when incumbent Liberal Democrat Fumio Kyūma, former defence minister in the Hashimoto and Abe cabinets, lost his seat to Democrat newcomer Eriko Fukuda by 14,000 votes at record turnout.

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Fumio Kyūma LDP 1996 – 2009Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block [2]
Eriko Fukuda DPJ 2009 – 2012On 16 November 2012, she submitted her resignation from the DPJ [3] and joined Green Wind [4]
Green Wind 2012Ran in the 2012 general election under the banner of the Japan Future Party, [5] but failed to be re-elected to the Kinki PR [6]
Kanji Kato LDP 2012 – 2021Retired in 2021 due to ongoing health problems
Ryusho Kato LDP 2021 –Incumbent

Election results

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Ryusho Kato
(Endorsed by Komeito)		95,271 58.2
CDP Koichi Matsudaira 68,40541.8
Turnout
2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Kanji Kato
(Endorsed by Komeito)		97,874 57.4
Kibō no Tō Hatsumi Yamaguchi
(Endorsed by the DP)		57,53833.7
Communist Kazuu Kondo15,2618.9
Turnout
2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Kanji Kato
(Endorsed by Komeito)		86,539 52.8
Democratic Yukishige Okubo 65,92440.3
Communist Katsumi Yazaki11,2286.9
Turnout
2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Kanji Kato
(Endorsed by Komeito)		93,448 48.2
Independent Shintaro Okumura 51,00226.3
Democratic Takahiro Kawagoe
(Endorsed by the PNP)		36,60218.9
Communist Katsumi Yazaki9,2409.9
Independent Fumiyoshi Mori3,6251.9
Turnout
2009 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Eriko Fukuda
(Endorsed by PNP)		120,672 50.4
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kyūma (Incumbent
(Endorsed by Kōmeitō)		106,20644.3
Independent Kiyoko Aura5,7032.4
Independent Toshiro Yamazaki5,0702.1
Happiness Realization Ai Shibata1,9470.8
Turnout 243,19272.87
2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kyūma 123,324 54.8
Democratic Yukishige Okubo 88,47239.4
Communist Eiko Fuchise13,0885.8
Turnout 229,07767.63
2003 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kyūma 126,705 65.3
Social Democratic Masako Kumae50,77226.2
Communist Kanji Ishimaru16,56513.1
Turnout 201,82659.88
2000 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kyūma 104,538 51.4
Communist Manabu Egashira33,57216.5
Liberal League Masaki Komai15,6487.7
1996 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kyūma 104,538 51.4
New Frontier Kenichiro Hatsumura 84,37541.5
Communist Hideki Shimizu14,4687.1
Turnout 209,46964.45

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