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Tochigi 1st district

Tochigi 1st District (Japanese: 栃木県第1区, Hepburn: Tochigi-ken Dai-ichi ku) is a district of the Japanese House of Representatives located within Tochigi Prefecture. The district was created as part of the 1994 Japanese electoral reforms, replacing the multi-member districts with single-member districts and introducing proportianal representation blocks.

Tochigi 1st District
栃木県第1区
Constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureTochigi
Proportional DistrictNorthern Kanto
Electorate417,774 (as of September 1, 2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeHajime Funada
MunicipalitiesUtsunomiya (excluding the former towns of Kamikawachi and Kawachi), Kawachi District

Area

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Current district

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As of 22 December 2024, The areas included in this district are as follows:[2][3]

Areas from 2013 to 2022

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From the first redistricting in 2013 until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[4][5]

  • Parts of Utsunomiya
    • Headquarters jurisdiction
    • The villages of Hiraishi, Kiyohara, Yokokawa, Mizuhono, Shiroyama, Kunimoto, Tomiya, Toyosato, Shinoi, and Sugatagawa
    • The town of Suzumenomiya
    • The neighbourhoods of Takagi and Yonan
  • Shimotsuke
  • Kawachi District

Areas from before 2013

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From the founding of the district in 1994 to the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[6]

  • Utsunomiya
  • Kawachi

History

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This district is an urban one centered around Tochigi's prefectural capital of Utsunomiya, formed from parts of the older multi-member 1st District following the 1994 electoral reforms. The district is known as a Conservative Kingdom, with 3 generations of the Funada family, who have always served as president of the local Sakushin Gakuin University, havving been elected either in this district or in the previous larger district.

There have been only 2 times where a member of the Funada party has lost the election. The first occured in the year 2000, when incumbent candidate Hajime Funada lost to Democtratic Party newcomer Hiroko Mizushima by about 16,000 votes. Funada was able to retake the seat in 2003 and hold it again in 2005, thanks in part to the popularity of Junichiro Koizumi's government. However, in 2009 he lost again, this time to newcomer Hisashi Ishimori of the Democratic Party.

Ishimori wouldnt be able to hold this seat in the next election however, suffering a crushing defeat to Funada after losing 90,000 votes over the previous election. Following this election, Funada has won every election and is still the incumbent.

Elected representatives

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Representative Party Years Served Notes
Hajime Funada Ind. 1996-1997 Initially a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he left that party to help found the New Frontier Party,following his decision to support a no-confidence motion in the LDP government. He then left the New Frontier Party in September 1996, standing in that years election as an independent. In January of 1997, Funada rejoined the

Liberal Democratic Party, four years after he initially left it.

LDP 1997-2000
Hiroko

Mizushima

DPJ 2000-2003
Hajime Funada LDP 2003-2009
Hisashi Ishimori DPJ 2009-2012
Hajime Funada LDP 2012- Incumbent

Election results

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(*) - indicates an incumbent representative of the district

(†) - indicates an incumbent of the Northern Kanto proportional district

(‡) - indicates a candidate was elected to the Northern Kanto proportional district

2024

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2024 House of Representatives election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada*[n 1] 78,333 39.92   5.23
CDP Itazu Yuka[n 2] 62,914 32.06   2.14
Ishin Yuji Kashiwakara 45,491 23.18   3.47
JCP Hiroshi Aoki 9,490 4.84   0.62
Registered electors 416,436   18,378
Turnout 48.50   3.92
LDP hold

2021

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2021 House of Representatives election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada*[n 1] 102,870 46.15   5.28
CDP Noriyoshi Watanabe 66,700 29.92 New
Ishin Yuji Kashiwakura 43,935 19.71 New
JCP Hiroshi Aoki 9,393 4.22   3.60
Registered electors 434,814   2,196
Turnout 52.42   2.35
LDP hold

2017

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2017 House of Representatives election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada*[n 1] 109,139 51.87   4.58
Kibō no Tō Yuji Kashiwakura 51,122 24.30 New
Independent Noriyoshi Watanabe[n 3] 33,681 16.01 New
JCP Hiroshi Aoki 16,463 7.82   3.23
Registered electors 432,618   11,617
Turnout 50.07   1.79
LDP hold

2014

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2014 House of Representatives election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada*[n 1] 110,030 56.45   9.82
Democratic Yuji Kashiwakura†[n 4] 63,332 32.49   6.34
JCP Setsuko Nomura 21,543 11.05   6.47
Registered electors 421,001   3,091
Turnout 48.28   4.75
LDP hold

2012

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2012 House of Representatives election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada[n 1] 100,133 46.63   5.33
Democratic Hisashi Ishimori*[n 5] 56,143 26.15  27.84
Your Daiju Araki[n 6] 50,771 23.64 New
JCP Akio Tabe 7,687 3.58   0.29
Registered electors 417,910   4,348
Turnout 53.03  13.43
LDP gain from Democratic

2009

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2009 House of Representatives election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hisashi Ishimori[n 5] 145,702 53.99   13.45
LDP Hajime Funada*[n 1] 111,455 41.30   14.13
JCP Kazunori Koike 8,883 3.29   0.71
Happiness Realization Hiroyuki Kawachi 3,386 1.42 New
Registered electors 413,562   10,290
Turnout 66.46   1.88
Democratic gain from LDP

2005

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2005 House of Representatives election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada* 141,868 55.43   2.36
Democratic Hiroko Mizushima† 103,757 40.54   3.42
JCP Setsuko Nomura 10,301 4.03   1.06
Registered electors 403,272   6,376
Turnout 64.58   4.85
LDP hold

2003

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2003 House of Representatives election[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hajime Funada* 123,297 53.07  12.33
Democratic Hiroko Mizushima‡ 102,127 43.96   4.01
JCP Akio Tabe 6,904 2.97   1.68
Registered electors 396,896   10,911
Turnout 59.73   0.03
LDP gain from Democratic

2000

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2000 House of Representatives election[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hiroko Mizushima 107,634 47.97 New
LDP Hajime Funada* 91,411 40.74 New
Social Democratic Ryuji Yagi 10,584 4.72 New
JCP Setsuko Nomura 10,422 4.65   1.39
Liberal League Hirotsugu Nishi 4,319 1.92   0.24
Registered electors 385,985   15,429
Turnout 59.70   5.68
Democratic gain from LDP

1996

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1996 House of Representatives election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Hajime Funada 127,503 63.36
Democratic Susumu Yanase[n 7] 57,420 28.44
JCP Tomoji Taki 12,154 6.04
Liberal League Hiroshi Nishi 4,345 2.16
Registered electors 370,556
Turnout 65.38
Independent win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Funada was recommended by Komeito
  2. ^ Yuka is a joint candidate also supported by the Tochigi branch of the Social Democratic Party
  3. ^ Watanabe was recommened by the Tochigi branch of the Democratic Party of Japan
  4. ^ Kashiwakura ran for Tochigi's 2nd district in the 2012 Japanese general election. Even though he lost the district, he gained enough votes to be elected to the North Kanto proportional block
  5. ^ a b Ishimori was recommended by the People's New Party
  6. ^ Araki was recommended by the Japan Restoration Party
  7. ^ Yanase was previously a representative of the multi-member Tochigi 1st District before the 1994 Japanese electoral reform replaced the district with the current single-member district

References

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