Nagasaki 2nd district

Nagasaki 2nd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southern Nagasaki and covers parts of the city of Nagasaki (the former towns of Kinkai and Sotome), the cities of Shimabara, Isahaya, Saikai, Unzen and Minamishimabara as well as the Nishisonogi District with the towns of Togitsu and Nagayo. As of 2009, 335,195 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of the multi-member Nagasaki 1st district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

The district had been a safe LDP district from its creation until the landslide election of 2009 when incumbent Liberal Democrat Fumio Kyūma, former defence minister in the Hashimoto and Abe cabinets, lost his seat to Democrat newcomer Eriko Fukuda by 14,000 votes at record turnout.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Fumio Kyūma LDP 1996 – 2009 Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2]
Eriko Fukuda DPJ 2009 – Incumbent

Election results

2009[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ (PNP support) Eriko Fukuda 120,672 50.4%
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Fumio Kyūma 106,206
Independent Kiyoko Aiura 5,703
Independent Toshirō Yamasaki 5,070
HRP Ai Shibata 1,947
Turnout 243,192 72.87
2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Fumio Kyūma 123,234
DPJ Yukishige Ōkubo 88,472
JCP Eiko Fuchise 13,088
Turnout 229,077 67.63
2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Fumio Kyūma 126,705
SDP Noriko Kumae 50,772
JCP Kanji Ishimaru 16,565
Turnout 201,826 59.88
2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Fumio Kyūma 154,517
JCP Manabu Egashira 33,572
LL Masaki Komai 15,648
1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Fumio Kyūma 104,538
NFP Ken'ichirō Hatsumura 84,375
JCP Hideo Shimizu 14,468
Turnout 209,469 64.45

References

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