Fukuoka 1st District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Constituency Link: | Fukuoka 1st district |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Fukuoka |
Region Label: | Proportional District |
Region: | Kyushu |
Electorate: | 455,222 |
Members Label: | Representative |
Members: | Takahiro Inoue |
Seats: | One |
Elects Howmany: | One |
Party Label: | Party |
Party: | LDP |
is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. The constituency consists of Higashi-ku, Fukuoka and Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
In the past, Ryu Matsumoto of DP was unrivaled, but he lost to Takahiro Inoue of LDP in 2012 Japanese general election due to a slip of the tongue while serving as Minister of Reconstruction.[1]
Meanwhile, Yūji Shinkai, a LDP member like Inoue, was seeking to run in the district.Therefore, LDP decided to nominate Inoue and Shinkai as independent candidates and nominate the winning candidate. As a result of the election, Inoue won,[2] [3] and then Inoue has continued to win in a stable election campaign.
Election | Representative | Party | Notes |
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1996 | Ryu Matsumoto | DPJ (1996) | |
2000 | DPJ | ||
2003 | |||
2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2012 | Takahiro Inoue | LDP | |
2014 | Independent | ||
2017 | LDP | ||
2021 |