Fukushima 1st district
Fukushima 1st district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.
| Fukushima 1st district | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Fukushima Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Fukushima |
| Proportional District | Tōhoku |
| Electorate | 385,061[1] (1.698 times the population of Tottori 1st district) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Naotoshi Nishiyama |
| Municipalities | Fukushima, Nihonmatsu, Date City, Motomiya, Date District, Adachi District |
History
The constituency primarily consists of Fukushima and Date City, alongside Nihonmatsu. From the districts formation in 1994 and the first election in 1996 to 2012, the district primarily consisted of match-ups between the Ishihara family (unrelated to Shintaro Ishihara, of descent from Takuya Inoue) and LDP candidates, either Yoshitami Kameoka or, pre-2003, Tatsuo Sato. Kameoka has run in the district since 1996, and joined the LDP after Sato retired.
In 2014, the Democratic Party of Japan broke away from running Ishihara descendants after their past representative, Yosaburo Ishihara, had joined the Tomorrow Party of Japan. Instead, they ran Emi Kaneko, a former member of the House of Councillors. She managed to close the gap to 3%, but ultimately lost, and was revived on proportional representation.
The two had a rematch in 2017, with Kaneko running as an independent following the merger of the Democratic Party with Kibō no Tō shortly before for the election. As an independent, she would not have been revived on the proportional block had she lost, but she managed to defeat Kameoka for the first time since 2012. She held the district again in 2021 after joining the CDP, but with a slightly narrower margin. Kameoka was revived proportionally both times.
In 2024, Kameoka was found to have been involved in the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal. He was allowed to stay in the party, but was kicked off of the proportional list, meaning that he would not be revived under any circumstance due to his involvement. In the end, Kaneko managed to beat him by nearly twenty points. This left Kameoka without a seat in the Diet.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years served | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsuo Sato | LDP | 1996-2005 | ||
| Yoshitami Kameoka | LDP | 2005-2009 | ||
| Yosaburo Ishihara | DPJ | 2009-2012 | ||
| PLF | 2012 | Left DPJ after consumption tax vote. | ||
| TPJ | 2012 | Joined TPJ when PLF merged. Lost re-election. | ||
| Yoshitami Kameoka | LDP | 2012-2017 | Lost re-election. Revived on proportional block, until 2024. | |
| Emi Kaneko | Independent | 2017-2019 | ||
| CDP | 2019-2026 | Joined CDP. | ||
| CRA | 2026 | Joined CRA. Lost re-election but was revived on proportional block. | ||
| Naotoshi Nishiyama | LDP | 2026- | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Naotoshi Nishiyama | 99,531 | 45.24 |  4.84
| ||
| Centrist Reform | Emi Kaneko (won a seat in PR block) | 93,471 | 42.48 | New | ||
| Independent | Yoshikazu Kameoka | 27,013 | 12.28 | New | ||
| Turnout | 220,015 | 59.97 | 3.63
| |||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDP | Emi Kaneko | 124,441 | 59.60 | 8.45
| |
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka | 84,351 | 40.40 |  8.45
| |
| Turnout | 208,792 | 56.34 | 4.27
| ||
| CDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDP | Emi Kaneko | 123,620 | 51.15 | New | |
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka (won a seat in PR block) | 118,074 | 48.85 | 1.59
| |
| Turnout | 241,694 | 60.61 | 2.17
| ||
| CDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Emi Kaneko | 126,664 | 52.74 | New | ||
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka (won a seat in PR block) | 113,514 | 47.26 | 0.10
| ||
| Turnout | 240,178 | 58.44 | 4.91
| |||
| Independent gain from LDP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka | 102,950 | 47.36 | 3.61
| |
| Democratic | Emi Kaneko (won a seat in PR block) | 97,643 | 44.92 | 26.17
| |
| JCP | Yasuko Wantanabe | 16,787 | 7.72 | 1.48
| |
| Turnout | 217,380 | 53.53 | 5.47
| ||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka | 121,235 | 50.97 | 7.21
| ||
| Tomorrow | Yosaburo Ishihara | 50,141 | 21.08 | New | ||
| Democratic | Hideki Ohba | 44,599 | 18.75 | 31.28
| ||
| JCP | Chiiko Wanatanabe | 21,896 | 9.20 | 4.11
| ||
| Turnout | 237,871 | 59.00 | 14.86
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| LDP gain from Tomorrow | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yosaburo Ishihara | 156,060 | 50.03 | 13.64
| ||
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka | 136,526 | 43.76 | 13.08
| ||
| JCP | Yutaka Yamada | 15,879 | 5.09 | 1.68
| ||
| Happiness Realization | Kazuyuki Ohashi | 3,492 | 1.12 | New | ||
| Turnout | 311,957 | 73.86 | 2.50
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| Democratic gain from LDP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Yoshitami Kameoka | 171,507 | 56.84 | 21.92
| |
| Democratic | Nobuichiro Ishihara | 109,795 | 36.39 | 10.94
| |
| JCP | Yutaka Yamada | 20,412 | 6.77 | 1.39
| |
| Turnout | 301,714 | 71.36 | 4.42
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| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Tatsuo Sato | 98,896 | 34.92 | 4.67
| |
| Independents | Yoshitami Kameoka | 96,954 | 34.23 | New | |
| Democratic | Nobuichiro Ishihara | 72,076 | 25.45 | 6.21
| |
| JCP | Yutaka Yamada | 15,241 | 5.38 | 1.37
| |
| Turnout | 283,167 | 66.94 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Tatsuo Sato | 89,353 | 30.25 | 10.13
| |
| Independent | Yoshitami Kameoka | 68,874 | 23.31 | New | |
| Democratic | Hiromichi Kibata | 56,838 | 19.24 | New | |
| Liberal | Kentaro Ishihara | 32,166 | 10.89 | New | |
| Social Democratic | Tsuneharu Sato | 28,251 | 9.56 | 5.42
| |
| JCP | Shinmi Masayo | 19,927 | 6.75 | 1.27
| |
| Turnout | 295,409 | ||||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenzo Muraoka | 102,950 | 40.38 | New | |
| Independent | Kentaro Ishihara | 93,347 | 36.61 | New | |
| Social Democratic | Tsuneharu Sato | 38,196 | 14.98 | New | |
| JCP | Katsuo Okazaki | 20,451 | 8.02 | New | |
| Turnout | 254,944 | ||||
| LDP hold | |||||
Notes
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