Akita 1st district
Akita 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in the Tōhoku region of the island of Honshu,[1] in Akita Prefecture. The district contains the entirety of the city of Akita.
As of September 1, 2022, the district was home to 260,836 constituents.[2]
The district is represented by Hiroyuki Togashi of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3]
List of representatives[edit]
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takao Satō | NFP | 1996 – 2000 | ||
| Koji Futada | LDP | 2000 – 2003 | ||
| Manabu Terata | DPJ | 2003 – 2012 | ||
| Hiroyuki Togashi | LDP | 2012 - | ||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroyuki Togashi | 77,960 | 51.9 |  1.2
| |
| CDP | Manabu Terata (won a seat in PR block) | 72,366 | 48.1 | ||
| Turnout | 58.18 |  1.78
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| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroyuki Togashi | 79,442 | 53.7 | 6.7
| |
| Kibō no Tō | Daigo Matsuura | 53,850 | 36.4 | ||
| Communist | Daigo Saitō | 14,584 | 9.9 | 1.7
| |
| Turnout | 56.40 | 2.32
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| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Akita | prefecture, Japan | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "TOGASHI_Hiroyuki_Shugiin". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ 小選挙区 秋田1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ 小選挙区 秋田1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 25 June 2023.