Hyōgo 2nd district

Hyogo 2nd district (兵庫県第2区, Hyōgo-ken Dai-niku), also referred to as Hyōgo ni-ku (兵庫2区), is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan located in southwestern Hyogo Prefecture. The district consists of the Hyōgo, Kita and Nagata wards of Kobe and, after redistricting in 2017, a part of Nishinomiya (the former villages of Yamaguchi and Shiose). As of September 2015, 357,643 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1] It is one of the 48 districts in the Kansai region that form the Kinki proportional representation block.

The district was established as part of the electoral reform of 1994; the area was previously part of Hyōgo 1st district, which covered the whole of Kobe and elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote.

Since the district's creation, the seat has been held by Kazuyoshi Akaba of the Komeito party, except for the DPJ landslide 2009 election when Koichi Mukoyama won the seat. Akaba subsequently defeated Mukoyama in the December 2012 election.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Kazuyoshi Akaba New Frontier(1996–98) 1996 – 2009 Senior Vice-Minister of Finance
(November 2005 – September 2006)
Komeito(1998-2009)
Koichi Mukoyama Democratic 2009 – 2012
Kazuyoshi Akaba Komeito 2012–present Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Senior Vice-Minister
(December 2012 – September 2014)

Election results

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba
CDP Jirō Funakawa
JCP Yumiko Takeuchi
Ishin Keishi Abe New
Sanseitō Eiji Seo New
Turnout
2021[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 99,455 54.2 Increase1.7
CDP Jirō Funakawa 61,884 33.7
JCP Tsuruo Miyano 22,124 12.1 Decrease11.1
Turnout 50.97 Increase4.99
Komeito hold
2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 89,349 52.5 Increase3.2
Independent Jirō Funakawa 41,238 24.2
JCP Junko Hiramatsu 39,502 23.2 Increase3.3
Turnout 45.98 Decrease2.03
Komeito hold
2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 78,131 49.3 Increase2.0
Democratic Koichi Mukoyama 48,796 30.8 Increase7.2
JCP Junko Hiramatsu 31,575 19.9 Increase7.3
Turnout 48.01 Decrease7.15
Komeito hold
2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 87,969 47.3
Democratic Koichi Mukoyama 43,900 23.6
Independent Daisuke Gotō 30,658 16.5
JCP Yūna Nukina 23,367 12.6
Turnout
2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Koichi Mukoyama 11,208 48.9 11.1
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 88,502 38.9 −9.2
JCP Hiroko Imura 23,041 10.1 −4.0
Happiness Realization Tomohiro Takeuchi 4,485 2.0 2.0
Turnout
2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Kazuyoshi Akaba 106,056 48.1
Democratic Fusaho Izumi 83,380 37.8
JCP Junko Hiramatsu 31,155 14.1
Turnout

See also

References

  1. ^ "平成27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" [2 September 2015 Current number of registered voters and absentee voters] (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ 小選挙区 兵庫２区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ 小選挙区 兵庫２区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ "総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 兵庫" [2014 General Election - Election Results: Hyogo electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. ^ "総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 兵庫" [2012 General Election - Election Results: Hyogo electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ "総選挙2009>開票結果 小選挙区 兵庫" [2009 General Election - Election Results: Hyogo electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. ^ "総選挙2005>開票結果 小選挙区 兵庫" [2005 General Election - Election Results: Hyogo electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2016.