Toyama 1st district
| Toyama 1st district | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the House of Representatives | |
 | |
| Electorate | 266,166 |
| Current constituency | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| 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.
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
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jinen Nagase | LDP | 1996–2009 | Won seat in PR Block in 2009 | |
| Muneaki Murai | DPJ | 2009–2012 | ||
| Hiroaki Tabata | LDP | 2012– | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroaki Tabata | 45,917 | 35.1 |  15.8
| |
| CDP | Toshihiro Yama (elected by PR) | 45,179 | 34.5 |  24.0
| |
| Independent | Toyofumi Yoshida | 19,870 | 15.2 | ||
| Ishin | Hirohiko Asaoka | 12,995 | 9.9 | 22.9
| |
| JCP | Ryōsuke Aoyama | 6,903 | 5.3 | 0.3
| |
| Turnout | 51.66 | 0.77
| |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroaki Tabata | 71,696 | 51.8 | 7.4
| |
| Ishin | Toyofumi Yoshida (elected by PR) | 45,411 | 32.8 | 2.6
| |
| CDP | Masaei Nishio | 14,563 | 10.5 | ||
| JCP | Ryōsuke Aoyama | 6,800 | 4.9 | 5.3
| |
| Turnout | 52.43 | 4.24
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| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroaki Tabata | 74,876 | 59.2 | 0.3
| |
| Ishin | Toyofumi Yoshida | 38,219 | 30.2 | 2.8
| |
| JCP | Ryōsuke Aoyama | 13,471 | 10.6 | 2.4
| |
| Turnout | 48.19 | 1.72
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| LDP hold | |||||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "TABATA_Hiroaki_Shugiin". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "LDP Members TABATA Hiroaki". LibDems. Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "LDP member reportedly tried to hide membership scandal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：-富山 - 2024衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 4 July 2023.