Toyama 1st district

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Toyama 1st district
Single-member constituency
for the House of Representatives
Zhong Yi Yuan Xiao Xuan Ju Qu Fu Shan Xian .svg
Electorate266,166
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of members1
Party Liberal Democratic
Representative Hiroaki Tabata

Toyama 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The district is located in the city of Toyama, the capital of Toyama Prefecture.

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In September 2023 the district had 266,166 eligible voters. [1]

The district has been represented by Hiroaki Tabata of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012. [2] [3] After narrowly winning the seat in the 2024 Japanese general election Tabata faced criticism for registering people as LDP party members without their permission, as well as coverup. [4]

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Jinen Nagase LDP 1996–2009Won seat in PR Block in 2009
Muneaki Murai DPJ 2009–2012
Hiroaki Tabata LDP 2012–

Election results

2024 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroaki Tabata 45,917 35.1 Decrease2.svg15.8
CDP Toshihiro Yama (elected by PR)45,17934.5Increase2.svg24.0
Independent Toyofumi Yoshida19,87015.2
Ishin Hirohiko Asaoka12,9959.9Decrease2.svg22.9
JCP Ryōsuke Aoyama6,9035.3Increase2.svg0.3
Turnout 51.66Decrease2.svg0.77
LDP hold
2021 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroaki Tabata 71,696 51.8 Decrease2.svg7.4
Ishin Toyofumi Yoshida (elected by PR)45,41132.8Increase2.svg2.6
CDP Masaei Nishio14,56310.5
JCP Ryōsuke Aoyama6,8004.9Decrease2.svg5.3
Turnout 52.43Increase2.svg4.24
LDP hold
2017 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Hiroaki Tabata 74,876 59.2 Increase2.svg0.3
Ishin Toyofumi Yoshida38,21930.2Decrease2.svg2.8
JCP Ryōsuke Aoyama13,47110.6Increase2.svg2.4
Turnout 48.19Increase2.svg1.72
LDP hold

References

  1. ↑ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2023] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
  2. ↑ "TABATA_Hiroaki_Shugiin". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  3. ↑ "LDP Members TABATA Hiroaki". LibDems. Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "LDP member reportedly tried to hide membership scandal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ↑ 開票速報 小選挙区：-富山 - 2024衆議 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ↑ 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ↑ 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 4 July 2023.


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