Hiroshima 2nd district

Hiroshima 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Hiroshima Prefecture single seats
PrefectureHiroshima
Proportional DistrictChūgoku
Electorate387,419[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeHiroshi Hiraguchi
MunicipalitiesNishi-ku and Saeki-ku of Hiroshima, Hatsukaichi, and Ōtake.

Hiroshima 2nd district (広島県第2区, Hiroshima-ken dai-niku or simply 広島2区, Hiroshima-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 2022

[2][3]

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996[4] Toshinobu Awaya New Frontier
Sun
Good Governance
2000[5] AoI
2003[6] Daisuke Matsumoto Democratic
2005[7] Hiroshi Hiraguchi LDP
2009[8] Daisuke Matsumoto Democratic
2012[9] Hiroshi Hiraguchi LDP
2014[10]
2017[11]
2021[12]
2024[13]
2026[14]

Election results

2026

2026[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 94,750 51.70
DPP Gen Fukuda 53,893 29.41
Sanseitō Yukiko Sato 20,123 10.98 New
JCP Hiromi Okada 14,510 7.92
Majority 40,857 22.29
Registered electors 384,853
Turnout 49.12 Increase 0.52
LDP hold

2024

2024[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 82,443 44.97
DPP Gen Fukuda
(Won PR seat) 		61,679 33.65 New
Ishin Masataka Kaneshiro 21,846 11.92 N/A
JCP Hiromi Okada 17,354 9.47 N/A
Majority 20,764 11.32
Registered electors 386,897
Turnout 48.60 Decrease 2.88
LDP hold

2021

2021[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 133,126 65.24
CDP Akai Ōi 70,939 34.76 New
Majority 62,187 30.48
Registered electors 404,009
Turnout 51.48 Increase 0.70
LDP hold

2017

2017[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 96,718 47.89
Kibō no Tō Daisuke Matsumoto 68,309 33.82 New
Ishin Kana Haioka 18,128 8.98 New
JCP Satoshi Fujimoto 16,393 8.12
Happiness Realization Yoshihiro Mizuno 2,403 1.19 N/A
Majority 28,409 14.07
Registered electors 404,633
Turnout 50.78 Decrease 0.34
LDP hold

2014

2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 102,719 52.21
Democratic Daisuke Matsumoto 77,234 39.26
JCP Satoshi Fujimoto 16,794 8.54
Majority 25,485 12.95
Registered electors 393,696
Turnout 51.12 Decrease 6.23
LDP hold

2012

2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 109,823 49.74
Democratic Daisuke Matsumoto 61,373 27.80
Restoration Yasuhiro Tsuji 36,979 16.75 New
JCP Tatsuichi Nakamori 12,619 5.72 N/A
Majority 48,450 21.94
Registered electors 392,877
Turnout 57.35 Decrease 11.54
LDP gain from Democratic

2009

2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daisuke Matsumoto 149,227 56.33
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 110,238 41.61
Happiness Realization Kaori Miyauchi 5,458 2.06 New
Majority 38,989 14.72
Registered electors 390,965
Turnout 68.89
Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Hiraguchi 129,462 50.78
Democratic Daisuke Matsumoto
(Won PR seat) 		112,435 44.10
JCP Atsumi Takami 13,047 5.12
Majority 17,027 6.68
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP gain from Democratic

2003

2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daisuke Matsumoto 81,382 37.47 New
Independents Hiroshi Hiraguchi 61,472 28.30
LDP Hitoshi Hinokida 48,557 22.36
Independent Shigeru Oki 16,052 7.39 New
JCP Kazuo Ōkoshi 9,726 4.48
Majority 19,910 9.17
Registered electors
Turnout
Democratic gain from Independents

2000

2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents Toshinobu Awaya 92,316 43.95 New
LDP Hitoshi Hinokida 80,198 38.18
JCP Satoshi Fujimoto 37,550 17.88
Majority 12,118 5.77
Registered electors
Turnout
Independents hold

1996

1996[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Toshinobu Awaya 67,876 34.71 New
LDP Hitoshi Hinokida
(Won PR seat) 		60,968 31.18 New
Social Democratic Tadatoshi Akiba
(Won PR seat) 		48,142 24.62 New
JCP Teruko Makino 14,688 7.51 New
New Socialist Masatoshi Ito 3,862 1.98 New
Majority 6,908 3.53
Registered electors
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

References

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