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Fukuoka 8th district

Fukuoka 8th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureFukuoka Prefecture
Proportional BlockKyushu
Electorate347,369 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeTaro Aso

Fukuoka 8th district (福岡県第8区, Fukuoka-ken dai-hachi-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern central parts of Fukuoka including the city of Iizuka, home to the Asō family (Asō Corp./KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only representative for the 8th district since its creation. He was elected LDP president in 2008 against Kaoru Yosano (without faction) and three other candidates, but resigned one year later following the most devastating general election result in party history – his successor would be the second LDP president in history not to become prime minister after his election. Yet, Asō carried his own district by an overwhelming margin in 2009.

In detail, the district consists of the cities of Nōgata, Iizuka, Kama, Nakama, Miyawaka and the districts of Onga, Kurate and Kaho. As of 2012, 367,966 eligible voters were registered in the district.[2]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of the multi-member Fukuoka 2nd district that elected five Representatives by single non-transferable vote, among them from 1979 to 1983 and since 1986 Tarō Asō.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Served Notes
Tarō Asō LDP 1996– Incumbent

Election results

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 104,924 59.63
JCP Sachiko Kohno 38,083 21.64
2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 135,334 72.2
JCP Tsuyoko Miyajima 52,207 27.8
2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 146,712 68.4
DPJ Gōsei Yamamoto 46,213 21.5
JCP Takao Arai 21,678 10.1
2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 165,327 62.2
DPJ (PNP support) Gōsei Yamamoto (elected by PR) 96,327 36.2
HRP Yūko Ōtsuka 4,095 1.5
Turnout 271,173 72.69
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 145,229 56.9
DPJ Kusuo Ōshima 87,856 34.4
JCP Kazuyuki Watanabe 22,176 8.7
Turnout 262,166 69.34
2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 132,646 57.7
DPJ Kusuo Ōshima 75,879 33.0
JCP Kazuyuki Watanabe 21,272 9.3
Turnout 237,626 62.82
2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 120,178 49.9
DPJ Junsuke Iwata [ja] 65,280 27.1
JCP Masako Sakamoto 26,266 10.9
SDP Kazuhiro Ōtsuka 25,021 10.4
LL Mieko Yamamoto 4,029 1.7
1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tarō Asō 114,408 50.5
DPJ Junsuke Iwata [ja] 80,974 35.7
JCP Bunkichi Honda 31,206 13.8
Turnout 234,762 63.14

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 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 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>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等 (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 総選挙2017>開票結果　小選挙区　福岡. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  4. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 福岡. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  5. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  6. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  7. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  8. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  9. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
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