Iwate 4th district

Iwate 4th District
Former Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Iwate Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureIwate
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Electorate305,917
Former constituency
Created1994
Abolished2017
SeatsOne
Partyー
Representativeー
Created fromIwate's 2nd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesThe cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami, Ōshū, and the districts of Waga and Isawa

Iwate 4th district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It was located in southwestern Iwate and consisted of the cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ōshū as well as the Waga and Isawa Districts. As of 2012, 305,917 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Iwate 2nd district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. In a 2017 reapportionment, Iwate lost one seat and was subdivided into three districts. The area of the old 4th district is now part of the new 3rd district[2]

The only representative for Iwate 4th district from its creation in 1996 to its abolition has been former Liberal Democratic Party secretary-general Ichirō Ozawa (LDP→JRP→NFP→LP→DPJ→LF→TPJ→PLP).

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996 Ichirō Ozawa NFP
2000 LP
2003 DPJ
2005
2009
2012 TPJ
2014 PLP

Election results

2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Life Ichirō Ozawa 75,293 47.8
LDP Takashi Fujiwara (endorsed by Komeito) (elected by PR) 57,824 36.7
JCP Tsunaki Takahashi 24,421 15.5
2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tomorrow Ichirō Ozawa (endorsed by NPD) 78,057 45.5
LDP Takashi Fujiwara (elected by PR) 47,887 27.9
Democratic Toshiaki Oikawa 28,593 16.7
JCP Kōki Takahashi 17,033 9.9
2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa (supported by PNP) 133,978
LDP Yoshinobu Takahashi (endorsed by Komeito) 41,690
Social Democratic Senryū Obara 28,925
JCP Sadakiyo Segawa 8,288
Happiness Realization Akira Yasunaga 1,280
Turnout 216,754 76.18
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa 124,578
LDP Tokuichirō Tamazawa 48,093
Social Democratic Kōki Kubo 23,727.697
JCP Kōki Takahashi 11,420.291
Turnout 210,247 73.36
2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa 128,458
LDP Tokuichirō Tamazawa 37,251
Social Democratic Kōki Kubo 20,936.334
JCP Kōki Takahashi 10,642.653
Turnout 200,128 69.87
2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ichirō Ozawa 119,099
Social Democratic Yukihiro Kimura 37,417
LDP Kōichi Igata 28,926
JCP Ryōko Sakamoto 14,051
1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Ichirō Ozawa 125,619
Social Democratic Reijirō Sawafuji 38,482
LDP Kōichi Igata 20,179
JCP Natsuko Yaegashi 9,933
Turnout 197,093 71.45

References

  1. ^ 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 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ MIC: Summary of changes to the House of Representatives single-member districts (also contains the changes to the proportional districts) & Map of changes in Iwate (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  4. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  5. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  6. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  7. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  8. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  9. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.