Iwate 4th district

Iwate 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in southwestern Iwate and consists of the cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ōshū as well as the Waga and Isawa Districts. As of 2009, 284,868 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Iwate 2nd district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

The only representative for Iwate 4th district since its creation in 1996 has been Ichirō Ozawa (DPJ, Ozawa group).

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Ichirō Ozawa NFP 1996 – 2000
LP 2000 – 2003
DPJ 2003 – Incumbent

Election results

2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ (PNP support) Ichirō Ozawa 133,978
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Yoshinobu Takahashi 41,690
SDP Senryū Obara 28,925
JCP Sadakiyo Segawa 8,288
HRP Akira Yasunaga 1,280
Turnout 216,754 76.18
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Ichirō Ozawa 124,578.000
LDP Tokuichirō Tamazawa 48,093.000
SDP Kōki Kubo 23,727.697
JCP Kōki Takahashi 11,420.291
Turnout 210,247.000 73.36
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Ichirō Ozawa 128,458.000
LDP Tokuichirō Tamazawa 37,251.000
SDP Kōki Kubo 20,936.334
JCP Kōki Takahashi 10,642.653
Turnout 200,128.000 69.87
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Ichirō Ozawa 119,099
SDP Yukihiro Kimura 37,417
LDP Kōichi Igata 28,926
JCP Ryōko Sakamoto 14,051
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NFP Ichirō Ozawa 125,619
SDP Reijirō Sawafuji 38,482
LDP Kōichi Igata 20,179
JCP Natsuko Yaegashi 9,933
Turnout 197,093 71.45

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. ^ "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23728.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  3. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_436.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5796.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5497.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5045.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
Iwate's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present): 1 2 3 4 · PR: part of the Tōhoku PR block (16→14 seats) · House of Councillors: At-large (4 Representatives, 2 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993): 1 2 (8→7 Representatives, 2 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946): At-large (8 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942): 1 2 (7 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (7 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917): Morioka city · counties (gunbu) (6 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898): 1 2 3 4 5 (5 Representatives)