Okinawa 4th district
| Okinawa 4th District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Okinawa |
| Proportional District | Kyushu |
| Electorate | 286,832 (2016) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Representative | Kōsaburō Nishime |
| Created from | Okinawa's 1st and 2nd district |
| Municipalities | Miyakojima, Ishigaki, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Nanjō, Tarama, Yaeyama District and parts of Shimajiri District (Haebaru, Yaese and Yonabaru) |
Okinawa 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Miyakojima, Ishigaki, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Nanjō, the village of Tarama, Yaeyama District and parts of Shimajiri District (Haebaru, Yaese and Yonabaru). The district was formed after the 2002 national electoral district review assigned Okinawa an extra district. Constituency cities and towns in the 1st and 2nd district were reassigned to form the 4th district. As of 2016, 286,832 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
The district is currently represented by Kōsaburō Nishime of the Liberal Democratic Party.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2003 – 2009 | |
| Chōbin Zukeran | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | |
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2012 – 2014 | |
| Toshinobu Nakasato | Ind | 2014 – 2017 | |
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2017 – | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime | ||||
| CDP | Tōru Kinjō | ||||
| Ishin | Yasuhiro Yamakawa | New | |||
| Reiwa | Hitoshi Yamakawa | New | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 87,671 | 54.90 |  4.39
| |
| CDP | Tōru Kinjō | 72,031 | 45.10 | ||
| Turnout | 55.05 |  3.27
| |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 82,199 | 50.51 | 2.48
| |
| Independent | Toshinobu Nakasato | 75,887 | 46.63 | 5.34
| |
| Happiness Realization | Yasumasa Tomikawa | 4,650 | 2.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,312 | 3.88 | |||
| Turnout | 58.32 | 7.15
| |||
| LDP gain from Independent | Swing | 3.91
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Toshinobu Nakasato (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai) | 71,227 | 51.97 | N/A | |
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 65,838 | 48.03 | 4.18
| |
| Majority | 5,389 | 3.94 | |||
| Turnout | 51.17 | 2.20
| |||
| Independent gain from LDP | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 72,912 | 52.21 | 8.50
| |
| Independent | Chōbin Zukeran | 33,791 | 24.20 | 30.51
| |
| Restoration | Kōtarō Uomori | 12,918 | 9.25 | N/A | |
| JCP | Tamotsu Maesato | 11,825 | 8.47 | N/A | |
| Democratic | Nobuhiko Ōshiro | 8,193 | 5.87 | N/A | |
| Majority | 39,121 | 28.01 | |||
| Turnout | 143,214 | 53.37 | 10.96
| ||
| LDP gain from Independent | Swing | 19.51
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chōbin Zukeran (endorsed by PNP and OSMP) | 89,680 | 54.71 | 24.94
| |
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 71,653 | 43.71 | 5.33
| |
| Happiness Realization | Mitsunari Tomikawa | 2,598 | 1.58 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,027 | 11.00 | |||
| Turnout | 167,219 | 64.33 | 6.93
| ||
| Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | 16.14
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 68,419 | 49.04 | 5.43
| |
| Democratic | Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by OSMP) | 41,532 | 29.77 | 1.22
| |
| JCP | Tamotsu Maesato | 15,068 | 10.80 | N/A | |
| People's New | Hiroshi Kinjō | 14,491 | 10.39 | N/A | |
| Majority | 26,887 | 19.27 | 4.21
| ||
| Turnout | 142,690 | 57.40 | 2.46
| ||
| LDP hold | Swing | 2.11
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 67,752 | 54.47 | ||
| Democratic | Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by SDP and OSMP) | 38,550 | 30.99 | ||
| Independent | Takeshi Miyazato | 18,074 | 14.53 | ||
| Majority | 29,202 | 23.48 | |||
| Turnout | 127,745 | 59.86 | |||
| LDP win (new seat) | |||||
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