Ōita 1st district

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Ōita 1st District (大分県第1区, Ōita-ken dai-i-ku) is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was established as a single-member constituency in 1994 from parts of the original 1st district.

Ōita 1st District
大分県第1区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate386,368 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyIndependent
RepresentativeShuji Kira

Area covered

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Current district

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As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:

Areas covered before 2013

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Before the 2013 redistricting, the area covered by the district were as follows:[2]

Elected representatives

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Representative Party Years served Notes
Tomiichi Murayama SDP 1996-2000
Ban Kugimiya DPJ 2000-2003
Shuji Kira Indep. 2003-2005
DPJ 2005-2012
Youichi Anami LDP 2012-2014
Shuji Kira DPJ 2014-2017
Youichi Anami LDP 2017-2021
Shuji Kira Indep. 2021- Incumbent

Election results

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‡ - Also ran in the Kyushu PR district

‡‡ - Also ran and won a seat in the Kyushu PR district

2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shuji Kira (incumbent - Kyushu PR)
(endorsed by the Oita Prefectural Federations of the CDP and the DPP)
97,117 48.8
LDP Maiko Takahashi 75,932 38.1
JCP Kai Yamashita 15,889 8.0
Independent Shigetaka Nishimiya 6,216 3.1
Anti-NHK Misaki Nonaka 4,001 2.0
Turnout 204,954 53.2
Independent gain from LDP
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Youichi Anami (incumbent - Kyushu PR) (endorsed by Komeito) 90,422 46.4
Kibō no Tō Shuji Kira‡‡ (incumbent) 87,392 44.8
JCP Megumi Kotegawa 17,082 8.8
Turnout 119,060 52.0
LDP gain from Democratic
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuji Kira 94,893 48.3
LDP Youichi Anami‡‡ (incumbent) 88,507 45.0
JCP Shigeru Yamamoto 13,113 6.7
Turnout
Democratic gain from LDP
2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Youichi Anami
(endorsed by Komeito)
84,848 39.9
Democratic Shuji Kira (incumbent)
(endorsed by the PNP)
74,590 35.0
Restoration Hiroshi Kuwahara (endorsed by Your Party) 34,367 16.2
JCP Shigeru Yamamoto 9,316 4.4
Tomorrow Kotegawa Hiroshi
(endorsed by New Party Daichi)
8,586 4.0
Independent Someya Seiji 1,149 0.5
Turnout
LDP gain from Democratic
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuji Kira (incumbent) 141,665 59.0
LDP Youichi Anami
(endorsed by Komeito)
80,855 33.6
JCP Kai Yamashita 14,821 6.2
Happiness Realization Tayoko Takahata 2,893 1.2
Turnout
Democratic hold
2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuji Kira (incumbent) 94,594 39.3
Independent Seiichi Eto 90,667 37.7
LDP Sato Ren‡‡ (incumbent - Kyushu PR) 46,205 19.2
JCP Hiroko Kawano 9,369 3.9
Turnout
Democratic gain from Independent
2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shuji Kira (endorsed by the DPJ) 105,628 48.6
LDP Seiichi Eto‡‡ 101,789 46.8
JCP Eizo Tsutumi 8,646 4.0
Independent Someya Seiji 1,254 0.6
Turnout
Independent gain from Democratic
2000[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ban Kugimiya 96,223 47.0
LDP Seiichi Eto 94,094 46.0
JCP Masami Doi 12,073 5.9
Independent Noriaki Kameyama 2,252 1.1
Turnout
Democratic gain from Social Democratic
1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Democratic Tomiichi Murayama 106,258 59.5
LDP Seiich Eto‡‡ 57,301 32.1
JCP Noboru Mieno 10,666 6.0
Liberal League Yasuhiro Tomozawa 2,813 1.6
Independent Noriaki Kameyama 1,574 0.9
Turnout 185,627 62.9
Social Democratic win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "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" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ "法律第百四号(平六・一一・二五)". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. ^ "大分1区 - 第49回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 49th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  4. ^ "大分1区 - 第48回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 48th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  5. ^ "大分1区 - 第47回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 47th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  6. ^ "大分1区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 46th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  7. ^ "大分1区 - 第45回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 45th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  8. ^ "大分1区 - 第45回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 45th House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  9. ^ "大分1区 - 第43回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 43rd House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  10. ^ "大分1区 - 第42回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 42nd House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  11. ^ "大分1区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙" [Oita 1st District - 41st House of Representatives general election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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