Hyōgo 9th district

Hyōgo 9th district (兵庫県第9区, Hyōgo-ken dai-kyūku or simply 兵庫9区, Hyōgo-kyūku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan.

Hyōgo 9th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Hyōgo Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Hyōgo
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	363,654[1]
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Yasutoshi Nishimura
Municipalities	Akashi, Awaji, Sumoto, and Minamiawaji

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja]		New Frontier
2000			Liberal Democratic
2003	Yasutoshi Nishimura		Independent
2005			Liberal Democratic
2009
2012
2014
2017
2021

Election Results

2021^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	141,973	76.27	6.72
	Communist	Yukari Fukuhara	44,172	23.73	1.51
Registered electors			363,347
Turnout				53.23	4.06
	LDP hold

2017^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	122,026	69.55	5.21
	Kibō no Tō	Yasushi Kawato	30,937	17.63	New
	Independent	Noriyuki Kikuchi	22,497	12.82	New
Registered electors			365,836
Turnout				49.17	0.41
	LDP hold

2014^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	126,491	74.76	15.38
	Communist	Michiyo Shinmachi	42,694	25.24	17.17
Registered electors			358,073
Turnout				49.58	8.31
	LDP hold

2012^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	120,590	59.38	1.27
	Restoration	Shunji Tani	45,097	22.20	New
	Democratic	Hiroshi Hamamoto [ja]	21,016	10.35	15.94
	Communist	Michiyo Shinmachi	16,393	8.07	1.87
Turnout				57.89	7.35
	LDP hold

2009^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	137,190	60.65	2.37
	People's New	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja]	76,991	34.03	New
	Happiness Realization	Yoshiaki Takagi	12,033	5.32	New
Turnout				65.24
	LDP hold

2005^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	136,605	58.28	27.46
	Democratic	Mitsunari Hatanaka [ja]	61,617	26.29	3.94
	New Party Nippon	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja]	21,647	9.23	New
	Communist	Tetsuo Ōsugi	14,539	6.20	0.22
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yasutoshi Nishimura	86,631	40.84	10.19
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja] (Incumbent)	65,374	30.82	2.43
	Democratic	Mitsunari Hatanaka [ja]	47,406	22.35	1.68
	Communist	Naoki Kakei	12,694	5.98	4.90
Turnout
	Independent gain from LDP

2000^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja] (Incumbent)	70,119	33.25	1.10
	Independent	Yasutoshi Nishimura	64,630	30.65	New
	Democratic	Kinzō Fujimoto	50,677	24.03	New
	Communist	Yukimi Ichikawa	22,946	10.88	1.81
	Liberal League	Shūichi Ashimura	2,502	1.19	New
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Ichizō Miyamoto [ja]	75,274	38.41	New
	Liberal Democratic	Kenzaburo Hara (elected by Kinki PR block)	67,329	34.35	New
	Democratic	Kiyoshi Wakamiya [ja]	28,515	14.55	New
	Communist	Susumu Ishii	24,865	12.69	New
Turnout

References

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