Chiba 4th district

Chiba 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Western Chiba and covers the city of Funabashi. As of 2009, 489,246 eligible voters were registered in the district making it in the 2009 general election the district with the lowest electoral weight throughout Japan at 2.31 times as many voters as the district with the highest electoral weight, Kōchi 3.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Funabashi was part of Chiba 1st district where four Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

Democrat Yoshihiko Noda has represented Chiba 4th district since 2000 after initially losing it as a candidate for the New Frontier Party by 105 votes to Liberal Democrat Shōichi Tanaka in 1996.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Shōichi Tanaka LDP 1996 – 2000
Yoshihiko Noda DPJ 2000 – Incumbent

Election results

In 2009, Yoshihiko Noda's candidacy was formally supported by the People's New Party, Mikio Fujita by the Justice Party.[2]

2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshihiko Noda 162,153 53.6 +8.7
Liberal Democratic Mikio Fujita 85,425 28.3 -16.3
YP Itoko Noyashiki 28,280 9.4
JCP Kazuko Saitō 23,050 7.6 -0.6
Happiness Realization Party Kōichirō Yamanaka 3,403 1.1
Turnout 307,954 63.13 -0.24
Democratic hold Swing
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshihiko Noda 129,834 44.9 -10.9
Liberal Democratic Mikio Fujita (elected by PR) 128,890 44.6 +11.7
JCP Toshinori Niki 24,138 8.4 -2.9
Independent Kōji Nagano 6,311 2.1
Turnout 294,777 63.37 +9.08
Democratic hold Swing
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshihiko Noda 135,522 55.8 +8.5
Liberal Democratic Masaru Hasegawa 80,051 32.9 +1.9
JCP Yukiko Tsuga 27,441 11.3 -6.9
Turnout 249,446 54.29 +9.08
Democratic hold Swing
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshihiko Noda 116,156 47.3 +27.4
Liberal Democratic Ken'ichi Nishio 76,067 31.0 -1.0
JCP Shōji Ishii 44,586 18.2 +2.0
Liberal League (Japan) Yutaka Akimoto 8,899 3.5
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shōichi Tanaka 73,792 32.0
New Frontiers Yoshihiko Noda 73,687 31.9
Democratic Takayuki Kojima 45,924 19.9
JCP Shin'ichi Maruyama 37,300 16.2
Turnout 235,653 55.07
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (Japanese)
  2. ^ a b "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>千葉県>千葉4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23806.html. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  3. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>千葉県>千葉4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_514.html. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>千葉県>千葉4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5849.html. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>千葉県>千葉4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5549.html. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>千葉県>千葉4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5098.html. Retrieved 2011-02-07.