Yamaguchi 2nd district

Yamaguchi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Yamaguchi Prefecture
single-member districts
PrefectureYamaguchi
Proportional DistrictChūgoku
Electorate294,753 (2017)[1]
Major settlementsKudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai, and parts of Shūnan
Current constituency
PartyLDP
RepresentativeNobuchiyo Kishi

Yamaguchi 2nd district (山口県第2区 Yamaguchi-ken dai-ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Yamaguchi and consists of the cities of Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai, and parts of Shūnan.

While Yamaguchi is generally a stronghold for the Liberal Democratic Party, the 2nd district has historically been regarded as a swing seat with closer margins of victory.

List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Notes
Shinji Satō LDP 1996 – 2000
Hideo Hiraoka DPJ 2000 – 2005
Yoshihiko Fukuda LDP 2005 – 2008
Hideo Hiraoka DPJ 2008 – 2012
Nobuo Kishi LDP 2012 – 2023 Resigned
Vacant (February 2023 – April 2023)
Nobuchiyo Kishi LDP 2023 –

Recent election results

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2023 by-elections[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Nobuchiyo Kishi 61,369 52.5 Decrease24.4
Independent Hideo Hiraoka 55,601 47.5
Turnout 42.41 Decrease9.20
Liberal Democratic hold
2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Nobuo Kishi 109,914 76.9 Increase3.1
Communist Kazushi Matsuda 32,936 23.1 Decrease3.1
Turnout 51.61 Decrease2.27
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP - Kōmeitō Nobuo Kishi 113,012 73.8
JCP Kazushi Matsuda 40,051 26.2
Turnout 153,063 53.88

References

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  1. ^ "衆議院小選挙区 - 確定投票状況" [House of Representatives election district - Fixed Vote Status]. Yamaguchi Prefecture Election Commission (in Japanese). 2017.
  2. ^ 衆院補選 山口2区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区:山口2区 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ Asahai Shimbun: election results in Yamaguchi's single-member districts