Gifu 2nd district

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

Gifu 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Gifu Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Gifu
Proportional District	Tōkai
Electorate	298,922[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Yasufumi Tanahashi
Municipalities	Ōgaki, Kaizu, Anpachi District, Fuwa District, Ibi District and Yōrō District

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996	Yasufumi Tanahashi		Liberal Democratic
2000
2003
2005
2009
2012
2014
2017
2021

Election Results

2021^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	108,755	65.79
	DPP	Yuriko Ohtani	40,179	24.31	New
	Communist	Keiji Mio	16,374	9.91
Registered electors			300,608
Turnout				56.09	3.65
	LDP hold

2017^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	117,278	75.40
	Communist	Fusayoshi Morizakura	38,270	24.60
Registered electors			309,088
Turnout				52.44	3.40
	LDP hold

2014^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	108,234	75.52
	Communist	Fusayoshi Morizakura	35,092	24.48
Registered electors			306,240
Turnout				49.04	11.32
	LDP hold

2012^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	114,983	63.44
	Tomorrow	Ben Hashimoto [ja] (PR seat Incumbent)	31,622	17.45	New
	Democratic	Makoto Hori	22,790	12.57
	Communist	Mitsuhiro Takagi	11,855	6.54
Registered electors			309,921
Turnout				60.36	10.84
	LDP hold

2009^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	118,198	54.19
	Democratic	Ben Hashimoto [ja] (Won PR seat)	95,750	43.90
	Happiness Realization	Akira Hamanishi	4,150	1.90	New
Registered electors			311,445
Turnout				71.20
	LDP hold

2005^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	130,953	61.77
	Democratic	Rina Ōishi	66,823	31.52
	Communist	Mitsuhiro Takagi	14,224	6.71
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	118,748	61.62
	Democratic	Rina Ōishi	60,118	31.20
	Communist	Mitsuhiro Takagi	13,846	7.18
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasufumi Tanahashi (Incumbent)	120,053	57.26
	Democratic	Shojiro Kojima	75,983	36.24	New
	Communist	Fusayoshi Morizakura	13,635	6.50
Turnout				73.98
	LDP hold

1996^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasufumi Tanahashi	94,796	51.73	New
	New Frontier	Shojiro Kojima	69,808	38.10	New
	Communist	Yuji Nishimoto	18,640	10.17	New
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

References

1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
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