Fukuoka 8th district

Fukuoka 8th district (福岡[県第]8区, Fukuoka[-ken dai-]hachi-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern central parts of Fukuoka including the city of Iizuka, home to the Asō family (Asō Corp./KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only representative for the 8th district since its creation. He was elected LDP president in 2008 against Kaoru Yosano (without faction) and three other candidates, but resigned one year later following the most devastating general election result in party history – his successor would be the second LDP president in history not to become prime minister after his election. Yet, Asō carried his own district by an overwhelming margin in 2009.

In detail, the district consists of the cities of Nōgata, Iizuka, Kama, Nakama, Miyawaka and the counties of Onga, Kurate and Kaho. As of 2012, 367,966 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of the multi-member Fukuoka 2nd district that elected five Representatives by single non-transferable vote, among them from 1979 to 1983 and since 1986 Tarō Asō.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Tarō Asō		LDP	1996–	Incumbent

Election results

2012^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	146,712	68.4
	DPJ	Gōsei Yamamoto	46,213	21.5
	JCP	Takao Arai	21,678	10.1

2009^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	165,327	62.2
	DPJ (PNP support)	Gōsei Yamamoto (elected by PR)	96,327	36.2
	HRP	Yūko Ōtsuka	4,095	1.5
Turnout			271,173	72.69

2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	145,229	56.9
	DPJ	Kusao Ōshima	87,856	34.4
	JCP	Kazuyuki Watanabe	22,176	8.7
Turnout			262,166	69.34

2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	132,646	57.7
	DPJ	Kusao Ōshima	75,879	33.0
	JCP	Kazuyuki Watanabe	21,272	9.3
Turnout			237,626	62.82

2000^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	120,178	49.9
	DPJ	Junsuke Iwata	65,280	27.1
	JCP	Masako Sakamoto	26,266	10.9
	SDP	Kazuhiro Ōtsuka	25,021	10.4
	LL	Mieko Yamamoto	4,029	1.7

1996^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tarō Asō	114,408	50.5
	DPJ	Junsuke Iwata	80,974	35.7
	JCP	Bunkichi Honda	31,206	13.8
Turnout			234,762	63.14

References

↑ 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>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等 (Japanese)
↑ 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　福岡. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-05-21.
↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-05-11.

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Gunma 4th district	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2008–2009	Succeeded by Hokkaido 9th district

Single-member districts and proportional representation "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives since 1996

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tadamori Ōshima, Aomori 3 Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tatsuo Kawabata, Kinki PR

Hokkaido proportional representation block - 8 seats	Hokkaido 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (13)

Tohoku proportional representation block - 14 seats	Aomori 1 2 3 4 Iwate 1 2 3 4 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 (4) Fukushima 1 2 3 4 5

Kitakanto proportional representation block - 20 seats	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Minamikanto proportional representation block - 22 seats	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yamanashi 1 2 (3)

Tokyo proportional representation block - 17 seats	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hokurikushinetsu proportional representation block - 11 seats	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 6 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 (3) Nagano 1 2 3 4 5

Tokai proportional representation block - 21 seats	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mie 1 2 3 4 5

Kinki proportional representation block - 29 seats	Shiga 1 2 3 4 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyogo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 4 Wakyama 1 2 3

Chugoku proportional representation block - 11 seats	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 (3) Okayama 1 2 3 4 5 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yamaguchi 1 2 3 4

Shikoku proportional representation block - 6 seats	Tokushima 1 2 (3) Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 4 Kōchi 1 2 (3)

Kyushu proportional representation block - 21 seats	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 (3) Nagasaki 1 2 3 4 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 5 Oita 1 2 3 (4) Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshma 1 2 3 4 5 Okinawa 1 2 3 4

(in parentheses): districts eliminated in the 2002 and 2013 reapportionments

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