Tochigi 2nd district

Tochigi 2nd district (栃木県[第]2区, Tochigi-ken-[dai-]nikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in northeastern Tochigi and consists of the towns of Kanuma, Nikkō, Sakura, parts of cities of Utsunomiya and Tochigi and the entirety og Shioya District. As of 2016, 2272,047 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Tochigi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Tochigi Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureTochigi
Proportional DistrictKita-Kantō
Electorate272,047 (2016)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyIndependent
RepresentativeAkio Fukuda
Created fromTochigi's 1st and 2nd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesKanuma, Nikkō, Sakura, Utsunomiya (Kamikawachi and Kawachi towns), Tochigi (Nishikata town) and Shioya District

The district is currently represented by former Governor of Tochigi Akio Fukuda. Previous representatives in the district include former Agriculture Minister Kōya Nishikawa and Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Kōya Nishikawa LDP 1996 – 2003
Mayumi Moriyama LDP 2003 – 2009
Akio Fukuda DPJ 2009 – 2012 Won in the PR block
Kōya Nishikawa LDP 2012 – 2014 Won in the PR block
Akio Fukuda DPJ 2014 – 2016 Incumbent
DP 2016 – 2018
CDP 2018 –

Election results
2017[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Akio Fukuda (endorsed by CDP, SDP, DP, JCP) 75,031 53.41 6.72
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 65,445 46.59 0.05
Majority 16,105 8.94
Turnout 53.63 2.17
Independent hold Swing 3.34
2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Akio Fukuda 62,439 46.69 14.68
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa (elected by PR) 62,240 46.54 7.90
Communist Hidemi Abe 9,054 6.77 3.76
Majority 199 0.15
Turnout 51.46 3.40
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing 3.89
2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa 55,853 38.64 2.96
Democratic Akio Fukuda 46,271 32.01 30.93
Your Yūji Kashiwakura 38,086 26.35 N/A
Communist Yutaka Fujii 4,348 3.01 N/A
Majority 9,582 6.63
Turnout 54.86
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing 16.45
2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Akio Fukuda 115,046 62.94 16.25
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa 65,222 35.68 17.63
Happiness Realization Kunifumi Sakashita 2,526 1.38 N/A
Majority 49,824 27.26
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing 16.94
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Mayumi Moriyama 99,115 53.31
Democratic Akio Fukuda 86,818 46.69
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Mayumi Moriyama 96,224 59.5
Democratic Mamoru Kobayashi 60,010 37.1
Communist Michio Fukuda 5,506 3.4
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa 77,054 48.1
Democratic Mamoru Kobayashi 74,132 46.3
Communist Michio Fukuda 9,066 5.7
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Kōya Nishikawa 73,393 52.6
Democratic Mamoru Kobayashi 55,439 39.7
Communist Toshiharu Kobayashi 8,84 6.3
Liberal League Kō Takahashi 1,960 1.4
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References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. 小選挙区開票速報：栃木（定数5） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. 小選挙区：栃木県 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：栃木 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. 栃木県２区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ２００５総選挙>小選挙区開票結果ー栃木県２区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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