Shimane 1st district

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Shimane 1st district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.

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Shimane 1st district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of Shimane Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture Shimane
Proportional District Chugoku
Electorate259,179 [1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
Party CDP
Representative Akiko Kamei
Municipalities Matsue, Yasugi, Unnan, Nita District, Iishi District, and Oki District

History

Since the introduction of the Single-member district to Japan beginning in 1994, Hiroyuki Hosoda of the Liberal Democratic Party has been elected continuously, backed by the solid foundation of support the Hosoda family has built in Shimane, starting with Hiroyuki Hosoda's father, Kichizo Hosoda  [ ja ]. Shimane also serves as a conservative kingdom for the LDP. Hiroyuki was extremely knowledgeable in elections; Noboru Takeshita praised him as "the most knowledgeable about politics outside of myself". In 2005, Hosoda became Chief Cabinet Secretary, and has additionally held the roles of Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party and Party Chairman of General Affairs. Due to this, Hosoda himself rarely returned to campaign in the district, but usually won by hefty margins, with no other candidates even winning a spot in the overall Chūgoku proportional representation block (outside of the 2009 Japanese general election, where Toshiaki Komuro managed to win a spot. He lost it in the 2012 Japanese general election).

The death of the Takeshita brothers (Noboru, along with Wataru Takeshita) has strained LDP influence in the prefecture. Additionally, Hiroyuki Hosoda himself died in October 2023. [2] Prior to this, Hosoda's margin of victory had been halved; prior to 2017, he had won by nearly thirty points in every election. In the 2017 Japanese general election, this was cut down to twenty, and Akiko Kamei became the first opposition politician since 2009 to return on a proportional block. Despite her losing the proportional seat in the 2021 Japanese general election, Hosoda's margin of victory had been cut down to a further fifteen points. With Hosoda's death and extreme unpopularity relating to his sexual harassment scandals and ties to the Unification Church, the by-election due to occur in April 2024, were projected to be unusually close. The opposition unified around Akiko Kamei, who won with a clear majority, marking the first time an opposition delegate had ever been elected from Shimane since the introduction of FPTP seats. [3] [4]

Areas covered

Additionally, the Liancourt Rocks are included in the district.

List of representatives

ElectionRepresentativePartyNotes
1996 [5] Hiroyuki Hosoda Liberal Democratic Hosoda died on November 10, 2023. [6] [7]
2000 [8]
2003 [9]
2005 [10]
2009 [11]
2012 [12]
2014 [13]
2017 [14]
2021 [15]
Vacant (November 2023 - April 2024)
2024 b [16] Akiko Kamei CDP
2024

Election results

2024 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP Akiko Kamei 73,48451.08Decrease2.svg7.74
LDP, Komeito Eriko Muraho63,23843.96Increase2.svg2.78
JCP Emiko Takagai7,1424.96New
Turnout 252,58658.11Increase2.svg3.49
2024 by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP Akiko Kamei 82,69158.82Increase2.svg17.51
LDP, Komeito Norimasa Nishikori57,89741.18Decrease2.svg14.84
Turnout 261,19054.62Decrease2.svg6.61
2021 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP, Komeito Hiroyuki Hosoda 90,63856.02Decrease2.svg3.38
CDP, SDP , JCP Akiko Kamei 66,84741.31Increase2.svg0.71
Independent Akiko Kamei [a] 4,3192.67New
Turnout 268,33761.23Increase2.svg2.06
2017 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP, Komeito Hiroyuki Hosoda 95,51359.40Decrease2.svg4.86
CDP, SDP , DPP Akiko Kamei 65,28540.60New
Turnout 276,66459.17Increase2.svg1.23
2014 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP, Komeito Hiroyuki Hosoda 100,37664.26Decrease2.svg0.41
DPJ Shoichiro Wada38,34624.55Decrease2.svg2.64
JCP Yoshio Uedai17,47611.19Increase2.svg3.05
2012 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP, Komeito Hiroyuki Hosoda 112,60564.67Increase2.svg7.48
DPJ Toshiaki Komuro47,34327.19Decrease2.svg10.5
JCP Keiko Yoshigi14,1738.14Increase2.svg3.98
2009 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroyuki Hosoda 122,59557.19Decrease2.svg3.33
DPJ, PNP Toshiaki Komuro80,78937.69Increase2.svg9.05
JCP Ikuhisa Ishitobi8,9234.16Decrease2.svg2.01
HRP Kenichiro Ikeda2,0600.96New
2005 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroyuki Hosoda 125,40160.52Decrease2.svg0.5
DPJ Kazuhisa Hamaguchi59,33428.64Decrease2.svg2.97
JCP Kiyoichi Tanaka12,7866.17Decrease2.svg1.2
SDP Katsumi Kano9,6754.67New
2003 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroyuki Hosoda 117,89761.02Increase2.svg10.1
DPJ Kazuhiza Hamaguchi61,07131.61Increase2.svg5.98
JCP Yoshio Uedai14,2377.37Increase2.svg1.54
2000 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroyuki Hosoda 74,16350.92Decrease2.svg1.2
DPJ Daikichi Ishibashi 37,32325.63Decrease2.svg7.15
Independents Hisato Iwamoto25,67117.63New
JCP Haruo Yoshikawa8,4845.83Decrease2.svg9.27
1996 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroyuki Hosoda 73,90752.12New
DPJ Daikichi Ishibashi 46,48132.78New
JCP Yoshiko Nakabayashi21,41615.10New

Notes

  1. ↑ Unrelated to Akiko Kamei, the CDP candidate.

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Hosoda name now a 'liability' for LDP in Shimane election". asahi. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "衆院島根1区補欠選挙党公認内定者に亀井亜紀子さんを決定". cdp-japan. CDP. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "A dark day for LDP as it loses only by-election it contested". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 島根1区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Former Lower House speaker and LDP heavyweight Hiroyuki Hosoda dies". The Japan Times (in Japanese). 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  7. ↑ "Former Japan Lower House Speaker Hosoda Dies at 79". Jiji Press (in Japanese). 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  8. ↑ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 島根1区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  9. ↑ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 島根1区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  10. ↑ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 島根1区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  11. ↑ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 島根1区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  12. ↑ "開票結果 小選挙区 島根". Yomiuri Shimbun .
  13. ↑ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  14. ↑ "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  15. ↑ "2021年衆議院総選挙 島根1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  16. 1 2 "2024年衆議院議員補欠選挙 島根1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  17. ↑ "NHK Election Result". nhksenkyo. NHK. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  18. ↑ 小選挙区開票速報：大阪 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "鳥取県". sp.yomiuri.co.jp (in Japanese). 2017. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  20. ↑ 総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 鳥取. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  21. ↑ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 鳥取. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  22. ↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>鳥取県>鳥取1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  23. ↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>鳥取県>鳥取1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  24. ↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>鳥取県>鳥取1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  25. ↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>鳥取県>鳥取1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  26. ↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>鳥取県>鳥取1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2011-02-14.

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