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Osaka 17th district

Osaka 17th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Osaka Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureOsaka
Proportional DistrictKinki
Electorate326,570 (as of 1 September 2023)
Current constituency
Created1994
Seats1
PartyIshin
RepresentativeNobuyuki Baba
Created fromOsaka's 5th "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesMinami-ku, Naka-ku, and Nishi-ku of Sakai City

Ōsaka 17th district (大阪府第17区, Ōsaka-fu daijuunanaku or 大阪17区, Ōsaka-juunanaku) is a single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture and comprises the Southern (Minami-ku), Central (Naka-ku) and Western (Nishi-ku) wards of the city. As of 2023, 326,570 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

The current representative is Nobuyuki Baba, the leader of the "Japan Innovation Party" (Nippon Ishin no Kai).

Before the electoral reform of the 1990s, the area had been part of the five-member Osaka 5th district.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Shingo Nishimura NFP 1996 – 2000
Nobuko Okashita LDP 2000 – 2003
Shingo Nishimura DPJ 2003 – 2005
Nobuko Okashita LDP 2005 – 2009
Megumu Tsuji DPJ 2009 – 2012
Nobuyuki Baba Restoration 2012 – 2014 Former member of the Sakai City Council
Innovation 2014 – 2016
Ishin 2016 –

Election results

2024[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Nobuyuki Baba 82,234 52.3 Decrease1.3
LDP Shōhei Okashita (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 45,904 29.2 Decrease2.6
JCP Kumiko Sawada 29,130 18.5 Increase3.9
Turnout 50.55 Decrease3.95
Ishin hold
2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Nobuyuki Baba 94,398 53.60 Increase10.07
LDP Shōhei Okashita (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 66,943 31.83 Decrease7.12
JCP Mori Ryūsei (endorsed by Social Democratic Party) 25,660 14.57 Decrease2.95
Majority 27,455 15.59
Turnout 54.50 Increase8.88
Ishin hold
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Nobuyuki Baba 65,427 43.53 Decrease0.19
LDP Shōhei Okashita (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 58,534 38.95 Decrease0.42
JCP Sachiko Fujimoto 26,337 17.52 Increase0.61
Majority 6,893 4.59
Turnout 45.62 Decrease4.28
Ishin hold
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Nobuyuki Baba 70,196 43.72 Decrease0.50
LDP Shōhei Okashita (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 63,219 39.37
JCP Takayoshi Yoshioka 27,151 16.91 Increase8.17
Majority 6,977 4.35
Turnout 52.66 Decrease6.66
Ishin hold
2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Restoration Nobuyuki Baba 81,663 44.22 New
LDP Nobuko Okashita 52,634 28.50 Decrease1.77
Democratic Satoshi Nishi (endorsed by PNP) 19,895 10.77 Decrease32.34
JCP Takayoshi Yoshioka 16,144 8.74 Decrease0.83
Tomorrow Megumu Tsuji (endorsed by NPD) 14,706 7.48 Decrease1.01
Independent Kusumi Okuda 2,778 1.50 N/A
Majority 29,029 15.46
Turnout
Restoration gain from Democratic
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Megumu Tsuji 92,666 43.11 Increase0.55
LDP Nobuko Okashita 65,054 30.27 Decrease13.00
New Renaissance Shingo Nishimura 36,605 17.05 New
JCP Joji Sakamoto 20,560 9.57 Increase2.66
Majority 27,612 12.85
Turnout
Democratic gain from LDP
2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuko Okashita 90,765 43.27 Increase13.11
Democratic Shingo Nishimura (elected by PR) 89,279 42.56 Increase2.25
JCP Minoru Manabe 29,732 14.17 Decrease0.97
Majority 1,486 0.71
Turnout
LDP gain from Democratic
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shingo Nishimura 69,861 40.31 Increase19.58
LDP Nobuko Okashita 52,258 30.16 Increase6.65
JCP Minoru Manabe 26,236 15.14 Decrease5.59
Independent Takaaki Hirata 24,937 14.39 Decrease1.47
Majority 17,603 10.16
Turnout
Democratic gain from LDP
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuko Okashita 41,781 23.51 Decrease0.29
JCP Minoru Manabe 36,834 20.73 Decrease9.63
Democratic Motoyuki Odachi 33,392 18.79 New
Liberal Shingo Nishimura (elected by PR) 28,345 15.95 Decrease26.74
Independent Takaaki Hirata 28,184 15.86 New
Social Democratic Ryutaro Nakakita 9,190 5.17 New
Majority 4,947 2.78
Turnout
LDP gain from New Frontier
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Shingo Nishimura 72,359 42.69
JCP Sumi Fujita (elected by PR} 51,454 30.36
LDP Masahiro Okashita 40,337 23.80
Liberal League Kusumi Okuda 5,329 3.14
Majority 20,905 12.33
Turnout

References

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  2. ^ 小選挙区開票速報:大阪 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ 小選挙区開票速報:大阪 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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  5. ^ 小選挙区:大阪府 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. ^ 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報:大阪府 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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