Iwate 4th district

Iwate 4th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Numbered map of Iwate Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture Iwate
Proportional District Tohoku
Electorate 305,917
Current constituency
Created 1994
Seats One
Party PLP
Representative Ichirō Ozawa (born 1996)
Created from Iwate's 2nd "medium-sized" district
Municipalities The cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami, Ōshū, and the districts of Waga and Isawa

Iwate 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in southwestern Iwate and consists 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.

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

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Ichirō Ozawa NFP 1996–2000
LP 2000–2003
DPJ 2003–2012 Formed People's Life First in 2012
PLF 2012 Party merged with Tomorrow Party of Japan in 2012
TPJ 2012 Formed People's Life Party in 2012
PLP 2012-2016 Party renamed Liberal Party in 2016
Liberal 2016 -

Election results

2014[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Life Ichirō Ozawa 75,293 47.8
Liberal Democratic Takashi Fujiwara (endorsed by Komeito) (elected by PR) 57,824 36.7
Communist Tsunaki Takahashi 24,421 15.5
2012[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Tomorrow Ichirō Ozawa (endorsed by NPD) 78,057 45.5
Liberal Democratic Takashi Fujiwara (elected by PR) 47,887 27.9
Democratic Toshiaki Oikawa 28,593 16.7
Communist Kōki Takahashi 17,033 9.9
2009[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa (supported by PNP) 133,978
Liberal Democratic Yoshinobu Takahashi (endorsed by Komeito) 41,690
Social Democratic Senryū Obara 28,925
Communist Sadakiyo Segawa 8,288
Happiness Realization Akira Yasunaga 1,280
Turnout 216,754 76.18
2005[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa 124,578.000
Liberal Democratic Tokuichirō Tamazawa 48,093.000
Social Democratic Kōki Kubo 23,727.697
Communist Kōki Takahashi 11,420.291
Turnout 210,247.000 73.36
2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ichirō Ozawa 128,458.000
Liberal Democratic Tokuichirō Tamazawa 37,251.000
Social Democratic Kōki Kubo 20,936.334
Communist Kōki Takahashi 10,642.653
Turnout 200,128.000 69.87
2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ichirō Ozawa 119,099
Social Democratic Yukihiro Kimura 37,417
Liberal Democratic Kōichi Igata 28,926
Communist Ryōko Sakamoto 14,051
1996[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Frontier Ichirō Ozawa 125,619
Social Democratic Reijirō Sawafuji 38,482
Liberal Democratic Kōichi Igata 20,179
Communist 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 (Japanese)
  2. 総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  3. 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  4. 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. External link in |work= (help)
  5. 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. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 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. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 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. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 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. External link in |work= (help)

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