Saitama 1st district (埼玉県第1区, Saitama-ken dai-ikku or simply 埼玉1区, Saitama-ken ikku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Saitama Prefecture.

Saitama 1st district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Saitama Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureSaitama
Proportional DistrictNorthern Kanto
Electorate384,548[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic
RepresentativeHideki Murai
MunicipalitiesMidori-ku, Minuma, and Urawa-ku of Saitama City.

Areas covered

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since 2022

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2017 - 2022

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2013 - 2017

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2003 - 2013

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2002 - 2003

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1994 - 2002

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List of representatives

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Election Representative Party Notes
1996[10] Hikaru Matsunaga Liberal Democratic
2000[11] Koichi Takemasa Democratic
2003[12]
2005[13]
2009[14]
2012[15] Hideki Murai Liberal Democratic
2014[16]
2017[17]
2021[18]

Election results

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2021

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2021[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Hideki Murai
(incumbent)
120,856 47.58
CDP Koichi Takemasa 96,690 38.07 New
Innovation Gosuke Yoshimura 23,670 9.32
Independent Manami Sato 11,540 4.54 New
Independent Tokuji Nakajima 1,234 0.49 New
Majority 24,166 9.51
Registered electors 465,306
Turnout 55.48   3.63
LDP hold

2017

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2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Hideki Murai
(incumbent)
106,699 46.88
Kibō no Tō Koichi Takemasa
(PR seat incumbent)
75,716 33.27 New
Communist Megumi Toba 33,593 14.76
Innovation Kiyoto Kohiyama 11,577 5.09 New
Majority 30,983 13.61
Registered electors 449,270
Turnout 51.85   1.38
LDP hold

2014

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2014[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Hideki Murai
(incumbent)
105,760 46.93
Democratic Koichi Takemasa
(PR seat incumbent)
(won PR seat)
82,857 36.77
Communist Toshio Matsumura 28,259 12.54
Social Democratic Sho Matsumoto 8,492 3.77
Majority 22,903 10.16
Registered electors 435,352
Turnout 53.23   4.90
LDP hold

2012

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2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Hideki Murai 96,242 39.74
Democratic
(endorsed by PNP)
Koichi Takemasa
(incumbent)
(won PR seat)
76,583 31.62
Your
(endorsed by JRP)
Takayoshi Hiiro 42,451 17.53 New
Communist Shinji Aoyagi 18,503 7.64
Social Democratic Yasumasa Kawakami 8,396 3.47 N/A
Majority 19,659 8.12
Registered electors 428,119
Turnout 58.13   7.18
LDP gain from Democratic

2009

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2009[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Koichi Takemasa
(incumbent)
163,973 60.91
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Zenjiro Kaneko
(PR seat incumbent)
77,988 28.97
Communist Gaku Ito 23,623 8.78
Happiness Realization Hirotada Utsumi 3,615 1.34 New
Majority 85,985 31.94
Registered electors 419,401
Turnout 65.31   0.02
Democratic hold

2005

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2005[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Koichi Takemasa
(incumbent)
115,262 44.20
Liberal Democratic Zenjiro Kaneko
(won PR seat)
112,340 43.08 N/A
Communist Gaku Ito 19,319 7.41
Social Democratic Masayo Ikeda 13,869 5.32
Majority 2,922 1.12
Registered electors 405,970
Turnout 65.29   11.73
Democratic hold

2003

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2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Koichi Takemasa
(incumbent)
117,587 56.27
New Conservative Zenjiro Kaneko
(PR seat incumbent)
59,910 28.67 New
Communist Gaku Ito 16,257 7.78
Social Democratic Takeo Amatatsu 8,960 4.29
Party for New Deal Setsuo Yamaguchi 6,237 2.98 New
Majority 57,677 27.60
Turnout 53.56   4.61
Democratic hold

2000

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2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Koichi Takemasa 105,783 42.65 New
Liberal Democratic Hikaru Matsunaga
(incumbent)
87,358 35.22
Communist Ryoji Yoshino 34,973 14.10
Social Democratic Takeo Amatatsu 19,887 8.02 New
Majority 18,425 7.43
Turnout 58.17   3.77
Democratic gain from LDP

1996

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1996[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hikaru Matsunaga 85,109 38.96 New
New Frontier Takujiro Hamada [ja] 79,930 36.59 New
Communist Renzo Togashi [ja] 46,243 21.17 New
Liberal League Satoshi Nakagōri 7,177 3.29 New
Majority 5,179 2.37
Turnout 54.40
LDP win (new seat)

References

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