Nagasaki 1st district explained

Nagasaki 1st District
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:Japanese House of Representatives
District Label:Prefecture
District:Niigata
Region Label:Proportional Block
Region:Kyushu
Electorate:340,151 (as of 1 September 2023)[1]
Year:1994
Seats:One
Party Label:Party
Party:DPFP
Member Label:Representative
Member:Hideko Nishioka

Nagasaki 1st district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Nagasaki prefecture and covers the city of Nagasaki.

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Nagasaki city was part of the multi-member Nagasaki 1st district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

The district has been leaning towards the Democratic Party and its predecessors since its creation. Only in a 1998 by-election, Liberal Democrat Masakazu Kuranari, the eldest son of Tadashi Kuranari, longtime former Representative for the multi-member 1st district, could win the seat, but lost it to Democrat Yoshiaki Takaki in the following general election of 2000.

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Takeo Nishiokabgcolor=#F45E7A NFP1996 – 1998Resigned for the 1998 Nagasaki gubernatorial election
Masakazu Kuranaribgcolor=#3CA324 LDP1998 – 2000Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2]
Yoshiaki Takakibgcolor=red DPJ2000 – 2012
Tsutomu Tomiokabgcolor=#3CA324 LDP2012 – 2017
Hideko Nishiokabgcolor=#186439 Kibō2017 – 2021
DPFP2021 – Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 令和5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. 2023-11-03. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2023. ja. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
  2. Web site: http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_23703_000001.html. ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>九州>自民. senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ・選挙挙]. 2011-02-09. JANJAN. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090817144412/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_23703_000001.html. 2009-08-17.