Tokushima 1st district | |
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Parliamentary constituency for theHouse of Representatives | |
![]() Numbered map of Tokushima Prefecture single-member districts | |
Proportional District | Shikoku |
Electorate | 360,095 (as of September 1, 2022)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Number of members | 1 |
Party | LDP |
Representative | Hirobumi Niki |
Tokushima 1st district (徳島県第1区) is a constituency of theHouse of Representatives in theDiet of Japan, located inTokushima Prefecture on the island ofShikoku.
The district was created in the electoral reform of 1994. Previously, all of Tokushima prefecture had formed oneSNTV multi-member constituency (five representatives) since 1947. The new district was used in the1996 election for the first time.
Liberal Democrat Mamoru Fukuyama, former six-term member and president of the Tokushima prefectural assembly and secretary-general of the LDP prefectural federation, defeated DemocratYoshito Sengoku in the 2012 Representatives election by almost 20,000 votes. Sengoku, a candidate for theDemocratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and its 1996 precursor had won the district five times after its creation. Sengoku, a lawyer andUniversity of Tokyo drop-out, had previously represented theTokushima At-large district between 1990 and 1993 for theSocialist Party of Japan.
Before redistricting in 2013, the district consisted of Tokushima city and the village ofSanagōchi in theMyōdō District and was among the least populated electoral districts in Japan. In theelection of 2005 it had 214,763 constituents and its voters had the highest electoral weight throughout Japan.[2]
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
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Yoshito Sengoku | DPJ | 1996 – 2012 | Failed reelection to a proportional seat in theShikoku block (sekihairitsu 66.5%, rank 3)[3] | |
Mamoru Fukuyama | LDP | 2012 – 2014 | ||
Masazumi Gotoda | LDP | 2014 – 2021 | Elected to a proportional seat in theShikoku block. Elected Governor of Tokushima Prefecture in 2023. | |
Hirobumi Niki | Independent | 2021 – 2024 | Member of the Diet for theDPJ 2009 – 2012. Member ofYūshi no Kai 2021 – 2023 then joined the LDP. | |
LDP | 2024 – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LDP | Hirobumi Niki | 85,386 | 49.9 | ||
CDP | Ei Takahashi(elected byPR) | 54,839 | 32.0 | ||
Ishin | Tomoyo Yoshida | 20,270 | 11.8 | ||
JCP | Takayuki Kubo | 8,454 | 4.9 | ||
Independent | Yukitoshi Satō | 2,318 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 350,661 | ||||
Turnout | 50.06 | ![]() | |||
LDPhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Hirobumi Niki | 99,474 | 50.05 | New | ||
LDP | Masazumi Gotoda(elected inPR) | 77,398 | 38.94 | ![]() | ||
Ishin | Tomoyo Yoshida(elected inPR) | 20,065 | 10.10 | New | ||
Turnout | 55.93 | |||||
Independentgain fromLDP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LDP | Masazumi Gotoda | 90,281 | 51.49 | ![]() | |
Kibō no Tō | Hirobumi Niki | 69,442 | 39.60 | ![]() | |
JCP | Chiyoko Yamamoto | 15,622 | 8.91 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 47.98 | ||||
LDPhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LDP | Masazumi Gotoda | 92,166 | 52.03 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Hirobumi Niki | 69,188 | 39.06 | ![]() | |
JCP | Motonori Furuta | 15.776 | 8.91 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 48.94 | ||||
LDPhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LDP (NK) | Mamoru Fukuyama | 59,231 | 53.2 | ||
DPJ (PNP) | Yoshito Sengoku | 39,402 | 35.4 | ||
JCP | Motonori Furuta | 12,724 | 11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DPJ (PNP support) | Yoshito Sengoku | 76,764 | 56.23 | ||
LDP (Kōmeitō support) | Yoshirō Okamoto | 39,780 | 29.14 | ||
Independent (Hiranuma group) | Yūki Oka | 10,275 | 7.53 | ||
JCP | Motonori Furuta | 8,313 | 6.09 | ||
HRP | Akira Kondō | 1,395 | 1.02 | ||
Turnout | 138,535 | 64.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DPJ | Yoshito Sengoku | 68,026 | 50.57 | ||
LDP | Yoshirō Okamoto | 54,843 | 40.77 | ||
JCP | Hideaki Kamimura | 9,767 | 7.26 | ||
Turnout | 134,521 | 62.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DPJ | Yoshito Sengoku | 60,917 | 52.09 | ||
LDP | Akira Shichijō | 44,892 | 38.39 | ||
JCP | Chiyoko Yamamoto | 9,767 | 8.35 | ||
Turnout | 116,949 | 54.73 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DPJ | Yoshito Sengoku | 60,945 | 47.32 | ||
LDP | Yoshirō Okamoto | 41,628 | 32.32 | ||
JCP | Hideaki Kamimura | 14,164 | 11.00 | ||
Independent | Hiromi Ōta | 12,068 | 9.37 | ||
Turnout | 128,802 | 59.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DPJ | Yoshito Sengoku | 47,057 | 37.73 | ||
LDP | Toshiji Miki | 41,133 | 32.98 | ||
NFP | Hiromi Ōta | 23,684 | 18.99 | ||
JCP | Hideaki Kamimura | 11,092 | 8.89 | ||
Independent | Masahiro Kanemaru[14] | 1,739 | 1.39 | ||
Turnout | 124,705 |