Wakayama 1st district (和歌山県第1区, Wakayama-ken dai-ikku) is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. The current representative is Yumi Hayashi, member of the Nippon Ishin no Kai. She won the seat in a special election in April 2023.[1] The previous representative, Shuhei Kishimoto, resigned on 1 September 2022 to successfully run for office as governor of Wakayama Prefecture.[2]

Wakayama 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Wakayama Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureWakayama
Proportional DistrictKinki
Electorate403,217 [3]
Current constituency
SeatsOne
PartyInnovation
RepresentativeYumi Hayashi
MunicipalitiesWakayama, Kinokawa, Iwade

Geography

The first constituency of Wakayama Prefecture covers the cities of Wakayama, Kinokawa and Iwade.[4]

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996 Keisuke Nakanishi New Frontier
2000 Tatsuya Tanimoto Independent
2003 Liberal Democratic
2005
2009 Shuhei Kishimoto Democratic Resigned to run for office as governor
2012
2014
2017 Kibō no Tō
2021 DPP
Vacant (September 2022–April 2023)
2023 by-el Yumi Hayashi Innovation

Election Results

2023 by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Yumi Hayashi 61,720 47.47 New
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Kado 55,657 42.80 Increase 5.53
Communist Hideaki Kunishige 11,178 8.60 Decrease 1.38
Seijika Joshi Takahira Yamamoto 1,476 1.14 New
Registered electors 304,221
Turnout 44.11 Decrease 11.05
Innovation gain from DPP
2021[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPP Shuhei Kishimoto
(Incumbent)		 103,676 62.73 New
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Kado
(Incumbent-Kinki PR block)		 61,608 37.27 Decrease 2.39
Registered electors 307,817
Turnout 55.16 Increase 7.89
DPP hold
2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kibō no Tō Shuhei Kishimoto
(Incumbent)		 72,517 50.36 New
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Kado
(Incumbent-Kinki PR block)
(reelected by Kinki PR block)		 57,111 39.66 Decrease 2.64
Communist Yasuhisa Hara 14,372 9.98 Increase 0.08
Registered electors 312,819
Turnout 47.27 Increase 0.45
Kibō no Tō hold


2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuhei Kishimoto
(Incumbent)		 67,740 47.80 Increase 12.85
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Kado
(Incumbent-Kinki PR block)
(reelected by Kinki PR block)		 59,937 42.30 Increase 7.53
Communist Hideaki Kunishige 14,027 9.90 Increase 2.35
Registered electors 309,449
Turnout 46.82 Decrease 10.44
Democratic hold
2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuhei Kishimoto
(Incumbent)		 60,577 34.95 Decrease 23.20
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Kado
(elected by Kinki PR block)		 60,277 34.77 Decrease 0.08
Restoration Jun Hayashi 39,395 22.73 New
Communist Hideaki Kunishige 13,094 7.55 Increase 1.49
Registered electors 311,046
Turnout 57.26 Decrease 10.05
Democratic hold
2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shuhei Kishimoto 120,309 58.15 Increase 18.42
Liberal Democratic Tatsuya Tanimoto
(Incumbent)		 72,109 34.85 Decrease 16.12
Communist Hideaki Kunishige 12,529 6.06 Decrease 3.25
Happiness Realization Masahiro Saitō 1,956 0.95 New
Registered electors 313,226
Turnout 67.31 Increase 2.79
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tatsuya Tanimoto
(Incumbent)		 100,868 50.97 Decrease 17.93
Democratic Shuhei Kishimoto 78,621 39.73 New
Communist Tsutomu Shimokado 18,418 9.31 Decrease 21.79
Registered electors 314,432
Turnout 64.52 Increase 13.35
Liberal Democratic hold
2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tatsuya Tanimoto
(Incumbent)		 101,602 68.90 Increase 50.09
Communist Tsutomu Shimokado 45,851 31.10 Increase 12.60
Registered electors 314,436
Turnout 51.17 Decrease 9.50
Liberal Democratic hold
2000[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tatsuya Tanimoto 83,830 45.76 New
New Conservative Keisuke Nakanishi
(Incumbent)		 65,468 35.74 New
Communist Yasuhisa Hara 33,899 18.50 Increase 5.00
Registered electors 315,298
Turnout 60.67 Increase 0.08
Independent gain from New Conservative
1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Keisuke Nakanishi 66,428 35.85 New
Independent Takusō Tabita 58,119 31.37 New
Liberal Democratic Chikara Azuma 34,851 18.81 New
Communist Akiharu Okumura 25,016 13.50 New
Independent Masako Tabata 872 0.47 New
Registered electors 313,750
Turnout 60.59

References

  1. ↑ "Japan ruling party candidates win four of five by-elections - NHK". Reuters. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. ↑ "岸本周平氏の辞職許可 和歌山知事選出馬へ―衆院：時事ドットコム". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. ↑ Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022
  4. ↑ "総務省｜令和3年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  5. ↑ "衆議院議員補欠選挙　和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  6. ↑ "2021年衆議院総選挙 和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  7. ↑ "開票結果 小選挙区 和歌山". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  8. ↑ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  9. ↑ "開票結果 小選挙区 和歌山". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  10. ↑ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  11. ↑ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  12. ↑ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  13. ↑ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  14. ↑ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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