Hyogo 11th district

Hyogo 11th district (兵庫県第11区 Hyōgo-ken dai-jūikku or simply 兵庫11区 Hyōgo 11-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southwestern Hyōgo and is based on the 1995 borders of the city of Himeji; the former towns of Ieshima, Yumesaki, Kōdera and Yasutomi that merged into Himeji in 2006 are part of the 12th district. As of September 2015, 387,509 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed part of Hyōgo 4th district where four Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

Since the district's creation, it has been represented by two people: Tōru Toida of the Liberal Democratic Party, the son of former representative and health minister Saburō Toida, and Takeaki Matsumoto, formerly of the Democratic Party of Japan, son of former representative and defense minister Jūrō Matsumoto and great-great-grandson of former prime minister Hirobumi Itō.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Tōru Toida LDP 1996 – 2000
Takeaki Matsumoto DPJ 2000 – 2005 Elected to the Kinki PR block in 2005
Tōru Toida LDP 2005 – 2009
Takeaki Matsumoto DPJ 2009 –

Election results

2014 general election

The 47th election for the House of Representatives held in December 2014 saw Takeaki Matsumoto retain the district for the Democratic Party by once again defeating the LDP candidate Nobuhide Zushi. It was Matsumoto's third consecutive win and he is currently serving his fifth term as the district's representative and his sixth consecutive term in the House of Representatives. Zushi was officially endorsed by Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner.[2]

2014[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto 90,182 49.6 10.0
Liberal Democratic Nobuhide Zushi 74,562 41.0 9.4
Communist Kazushige Nigauri 17,020 9.4 3.4
Turnout

2012 general election

The 46th election for the House of Representatives saw Takeaki Matsumoto retain the district by defeating the LDP's candidate, newcomer Nobuhide Zushi. Matsumoto was one of a minority of DPJ members to retain his seat as the party was swept from power, losing 174 of its 231 seats in a landslide victory to the LDP led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Matsumoto was officially endorsed by the DPJ's coalition partner, the People's New Party, while Zushi was endorsed by Komeito. This election saw the rise of the Japan Restoration Party, which won 54 seats in the election. The party's candidate in Hyogo 11th, company director Sōichirō Katada, was endorsed by Your Party.[3]

2012[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto 80,760 39.6 -21.7
Liberal Democratic Nobuhide Zushi 64,509 31.6 -4.6
Restoration Sōichirō Katada 46,462 22.8 22.8
Communist Midori Shirakami 12,304 6.0 6.0
Turnout

Earlier elections
2009[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto 146,058 61.3 14.8
Liberal Democratic Tōru Toida 86,203 36.2 -11.3
Happiness Realization Tomoko Bōda 6,013 2.5 2.5
Turnout 243,796 63.95 -0.5
2005[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tōru Toida 113,401 47.5 5.9
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto
Elected to Kinki PR block		 110,966 46.5 -6.1
Communist Noriaki Takeuchi 14,441 6.0 0.2
Turnout 242,650 64.45 5.94
2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto 112,898 52.6 5.2
Liberal Democratic Tōru Toida 89,159 41.6 0.7
Communist Noriaki Takeuchi 12,494 5.8 -2.6
Turnout 219,263 58.51
2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takeaki Matsumoto 101,566 47.4 33.1
Liberal Democratic Tōru Toida 87,624 40.9 8.1
Communist Kazuya Koike 18,056 8.4 0.3
Liberal League Chiaki Hattori 7,119 3.3 3.3
1996[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tōru Toida 64,896 32.8
New Frontier Takeshi Gotō 61,185 30.9
Democratic Shigeru Gotō 28,303 14.3
Independent Takeaki Matsumoto 27,371 13.8
Communist Katsumi Nankō[9] 15,970 8.1

See also

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (in Japanese)
  2. 総選挙2014>開票結果　小選挙区　兵庫 [General Election 2014 - Election Results: Hyogo Electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　兵庫. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  4. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-03-08. External link in |work= (help)
  5. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2011-03-08. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>兵庫県>兵庫11区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-08. External link in |work= (help)
  9. ?, 南光勝美

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