Osaka 8th district

Osaka 8th district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
PrefectureOsaka
Proportional DistrictKinki
Electorate421,145[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyIshin
RepresentativeJoji Uruma
MunicipalitiesIkeda and Toyonaka.

Osaka 8th district (大阪府第8区, Osaka-fu dai-hakku or simply 大阪8区, Osaka-hakku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Osaka Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 2022

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1994 - 2022

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List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996[5] Kansei Nakano New Frontier
New Fraternity
2000[6] Democratic
2003[7]
2005[8] Takashi Ōtsuka LDP
2009[9] Kansei Nakano Democratic
2012[10] Tomohiko Kinoshita Restoration
Innovation
2014[11] Takashi Ōtsuka LDP
2017[12]
Independent
2021[13] Joji Uruma Ishin
2024[14]

Election results

2024

2024[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Joji Uruma 84,503 36.56
LDP Keiichiro Kōrai 66,582 28.81
DPP Masaki Hiraiwa
(Won PR seat)
40,552 17.55 New
JCP Setsuyo Hirakawa 24,277 10.50 N/A
Sanseitō Koichiro Tani 15,197 6.58 New
Majority 17,921 7.75
Registered electors 420,222
Turnout 56.28 Decrease 3.47
Ishin hold

2021

2021[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ishin Joji Uruma 105,073 53.23
LDP Keiichiro Kōrai 53,877 27.29
CDP Hirofumi Matsui 38,458 19.48 New
Majority 51,196 25.94
Registered electors 337,105
Turnout 59.75 Increase 7.68
Ishin gain from Independent

2017

2017[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka 67,054 39.30
Ishin Tomohiko Kinoshita 57,187 33.51 New
CDP Hirofumi Matsui 31,197 18.28 New
JCP Makoto Arai 15,197 8.91
Majority 9,867 5.79
Registered electors 333,595
Turnout 52.07 Decrease 0.57
LDP hold

2014

2014[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka 67,055 40.58
Innovation Tomohiko Kinoshita
(Won PR seat)
62,522 37.84 New
JCP Mitsuko Yamahata 19,897 12.04
Social Democratic Ryoichi Hattori 11,286 6.83 New
Future Generations Takayuki Ueda 4,465 2.70 New
Majority 4,533 2.74
Registered electors 322,648
Turnout 52.64
LDP gain from Innovation

2012

2012[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Restoration Tomohiko Kinoshita 76,451 39.93 New
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka
(Won PR seat)
71,091 37.13
Democratic Hirotaka Matsuoka 25,432 13.28
JCP Kazuhiro Isogawa 18,505 9.66
Majority 5,360 2.80
Registered electors
Turnout
Restoration gain from Democratic

2009

2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kansei Nakano 114,851 53.30
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka 77,405 35.92
JCP Shoji Kyūmon 19,498 9.05
Happiness Realization Shinsuke Takahashi 3,714 1.72 New
Majority 37,446 17.38
Registered electors
Turnout
Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka 103,120 49.61
Democratic Kansei Nakano 82,290 39.59
JCP Sumie Itsuki 22,448 10.80
Majority 20,830 10.02
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP gain from Democratic

2003

2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kansei Nakano 81,319 48.58
LDP Takashi Ōtsuka 63,324 37.83
JCP Sumie Itsuki 22,748 13.59
Majority 17,995 10.75
Registered electors
Turnout
Democratic hold

2000

2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kansei Nakano 83,566 48.40 New
LDP Takeshi Kamise 54,859 31.78
JCP Toshiharu Himei 29,649 17.17
Liberal League Masayuki Kikuchi 4,573 2.65
Majority 28,707 16.62
Registered electors
Turnout
Democratic hold

1996

1996[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Kansei Nakano 74,723 44.15 New
Democratic Issei Inoue
(Won PR seat)
34,563 20.42 New
JCP Hiroki Asano 29,622 17.50 New
LDP Yōko Ōmura 25,881 15.29 New
Liberal League Takeshi Shimanuki 4,450 2.63 New
Majority 40,160 23.73
Registered electors
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

References

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