Ibaraki 1st district

Ibaraki 1st district (茨城県第1区, Ibaraki-ken dai-ikku or simply 茨城1区, Ibaraki-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in the central region of Ibaraki Prefecture, and covers the prefecture's Mito (except the former Uchihara Town), Shimotsuma (except Chiyokawa Village), Kasama (except the area of Kasama City), Chikusei, Sakuragawa, Hitachiōmiya (except Gozenyama Village), and Higashi-Ibaraki District’s Shirosato Town.

Ibaraki 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Ibaraki Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureIbaraki
Proportional DistrictKitakantō
Electorate404,818 (2015)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeYoshinori Tadokoro
Created fromIbaraki's 1st "medium-sized" district and 3rd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesIbaraki's Mito (except the former Uchihara Town), Shimotsuma (except Chiyokawa Village), Kasama (except the area of Kasama City), Chikusei, Sakuragawa, Hitachiōmiya (except Gozenyama Village), and Higashi-Ibaraki District’s Shirosato Town

As of 2015, this district was home to 404,818 constituents.[2]

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Norihiko Akagi LDP 1996-2009 Lost re-election
Nobuyuki Fukushima DPJ 2009-2012 Lost re-election
Yoshinori Tadokoro LDP 2012– Incumbent

Election results
2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshinori Tadokoro (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 105,536 49.14
Democratic Nobuyuki Fukushima (elected in PR block) 77,179 35.94
Communist Kumiko Ōuchi 32,048 14.92
2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshinori Tadokoro (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 103,463 45.34
Democratic Nobuyuki Fukushima (endorsed by PNP) 66,076 28.96
Restoration Yuki Ebisawa (endorsed by YP) 29,611 12.98
Tomorrow Yūko Mutō (endorsed by NPD) 15,971 7.00
Communist Takeo Taya 13,065 5.73
2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nobuyuki Fukushima (endorsed by PNP) 151,165 57.1
Liberal Democratic Norihiko Akagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 92,528 35.0
Communist Takeo Taya 15,776 6.0
Happiness Realization Kōji Kanazawa 5,267 2.0
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Norihiko Akagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 144,499 58.27
Democratic Nobuyuki Fukushima 86,999 35.08
Communist Takeo Taya 16,476 6.64
2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Norihiko Akagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō, NCP) 128,349 58.71
Democratic Nobuyuki Fukushima (endorsed by SDP) 77,420 35.41
Communist Osamu Kojima 12,845 5.88
2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Norihiko Akagi 132,229 58.99
Democratic Yumi Satō 53,148 23.71
Social Democratic Katsuichi Takasawa 18,573 8.29
Communist Takeo Taya 17,246 7.69
Liberal League Takao Gunji 2,968 1.32
1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Norihiko Akagi 114,796 52.71
New Frontier Nobumitsu Tsukada 63,069 28.96
Democratic Yūji Tokizaki 24,730 11.36
Communist Hideko Sekito 15,185 6.97

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  3. Data Sets (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. Data Sets (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. Data Sets (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. Data Sets (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. Data Sets (in Japanese). Election.co.jp. Archived from the original on 24 March 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. Election 2000 (in Japanese). Election.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2 November 2003.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. 茨城県 (in Japanese). Kunitaka Tanaka. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

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