Draft:2021 Japanese general election in Kyushu

The 2021 Japanese general election in Kyushu were held on October 31, 2021, to elect 55 representatives, one from each of 35 Electoral districts and 20 proportional seats.

2021 Japanese general election in Kyushu
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All 55 seats to the House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Komeito
Last election 35 seats Did not exist 3 seats
Constituency 22 6 0
Constituency votes 3,263,943 1,701,834 -
PR seats 8 4 4
Popular votes 2,250,966 1,266,801 1,040,756
Total 30 10 4
Seat change Decrease5 New Increase1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Ishin
Last election 2 seats 1 seat
Constituency 4 0
Constituency votes 161,379
PR seats 0 2
Popular votes - 540,338
Total 4 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase1

Results by constituencies

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Constituency 2017
result
2021 winning party Votes
Party Votes Share Majority LDP CDP Ishin DPFP JCP SDP Reiwa Others[a] Total
Fukuoka District 1 LDP LDP 99,430 47.51% 45,675 99,430 53,755 37,604 18,487
District 2 LDP LDP 109,382 45.97% 8,124 109,382 101,258 27,302
District 3 LDP LDP 135,031 57.87% 36,727 135,031 98,304
District 4 LDP LDP 96,023 49.42% 46,088 96,023 49,935 36,998 11,338
District 5 LDP CDP 125,315 53.09% 14,609 110,706 125,315
District 6 LDP LDP 125,366 67.45% 86,788 125,366 38,578 12,565 9,365[b]
District 7 LDP LDP 92,233 62.30% 36,413 92,233 55,820
District 8 LDP LDP 104,924 59.63% 66,841 104,924 38,083 32,964
District 9 LDP Ind 91,591 48.12% 15,110 76,481 22,273 91,591
District 10 LDP CDP 85,361 44.48% 3,479 81,882 85,361 21,829 2,840
District 11 LDP LDP 75,997 55.76% 35,001 75,997 19,310 40,996
Kagoshima District 1 CDP LDP 101,251 53.15% 12,019 101,251 89,232
District 2 LDP Ind 92,614 47.70% 12,145 80,469 21,084 92,614
District 3 LDP CDP 104,053 53.87% 14,943 89,110 104,053
District 4 LDP LDP 127,131 69.54% 78,054 127,131 49,077 6,618
Kumamoto District 1 LDP LDP 131,371 61.04% 47,529 131,371 83,842
District 2 LDP Ind 110,310 60.64% 50,219 60,091 11,521 110,310
District 3 LDP LDP 125,158 71.15% 87,326 125,158 37,832 12,909
District 4 LDP LDP 155,572 68.07% 82,606 155,572 72,966
Miyazaki District 1 LDP CDP 60,719 32.60% 1,070 59,649 60,719 22,350 43,555
District 2 LDP LDP 94,156 62.20% 36,946 94,156 57,210
District 3 LDP LDP 111,845 80.73% 91,503 111,845 20,342 6,347
Nagasaki District 1 Kibō DPFP 101,877 56.07% 32,824 69,053 101,877 10,754
District 2 LDP LDP 95,271 58.21% 26,866 95,271 68,405
District 3 LDP LDP 57,223 40.66% 2,034 57,223 55,189 28,316[c]
District 4 LDP LDP 55,968 42.06% 391 55,968 55,577 21,535[d]
Ōita District 1 LDP Ind 97,117 48.76% 21,185 75,932 15,889 107,334[e]
District 2 LDP LDP 79,433 50.21% 654 79,433 78,779
District 3 LDP LDP 102,807 58.42% 29,648 102,807 73,159
Okinawa District 1 JCP JCP 61,519 42.17% 6,987 54,532 61,519 29,827
District 2 SDP SDP 74,665 47.39% 10,123 64,542 15,296 74,665 3,053
District 3 Ind LDP 87,710 52.14% 7,214 87,710 80,496
District 4 LDP LDP 87,671 54.90% 15,640 87,671 72,031
Saga District 1 Ind CDP 92,452 50.04% 133 92,319 92,452
District 2 Kibō CDP 106,608 52.05% 8,384 98,224 106,608

Fukuoka 1st district

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2021 Fukuoka 1st district election
 
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Nominee Takahiro Inoue Susumu Tsubota Gōsei Yamamoto
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Ishin
Popular vote 99,430 53,755 37,604
Percentage 47.51% 25.69% 17.97%

Representative before election

Takahiro Inoue
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Takahiro Inoue
Liberal Democratic

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Takahiro Inoue Liberal Democratic Incumbent reelected. Takahiro Inoue Liberal Democratic

Candidates

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Candidate(s) Age Party Current position
Takahiro Inoue 59 Liberal Democratic Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1912)
Vice chairman of the LDP’s Diet Affairs Committee
  • Takahiro Inoue
    • Liberal Democratic Party
    • 59 years old
    • Member of the House of Representatives (2012 - )
    • Vice chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Diet Affairs Committee
  • Susumu Tsubota
    • Constitutional Democratic Party
    • 37 years old
    • Social insurance labor consultant
  • Gōsei Yamamoto
    • Nippon Ishin no Kai
    • 49 years old
    • Member of the House of Representatives (2009 - 2012)
  • Takuji Kimura
    • Japanese Communist Party
    • 35 years old

Result

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2021 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democratic Takahiro Inoue
(incumbent)
99,430 47.51%
Constitutional Democratic Susumu Tsubota 53,755 25.69%
Ishin Gōsei Yamamoto 37,604 17.97%
Communist Takuji Kimura 18,487 8.83%
Total votes 209,276 100%
Liberal Democratic hold

Inoue, the LDP’s incumbent, was re-elected. Yamamoto, the Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate, lost Inoue but won the seat by proportional representation block.[1]

Fukuoka 2nd district

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2021 Fukuoka 2nd district election
 
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Nominee Makoto Oniki Shuji Inatomi Takashi Shinkai
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Ishin
Popular vote 109,382 101,258 27,302
Percentage 45.97% 42.56% 11.47%

Representative before election

Makoto Oniki
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Makoto Oniki
Liberal Democratic

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Makoto Oniki Liberal Democratic Incumbent reelected. Makoto Oniki Liberal Democratic
Candidates
  • Makoto Oniki
    • Liberal Democratic Party
    • 49 years old
    • Incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Fukuoka 2nd district (2012 - )
    • State Minister of Defense
  • Shuji Inatomi
    • Constitutional Democratic Party
    • 51 years old
    • Incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Kyushu proportional representation block (2017 - )
    • Vice-Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party’s Fukuoka Prefectural Federation
  • Takashi Shinkai
    • Nippon Ishin no Kai
    • 50 years old
    • Consulting firm employee
Result
2021 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democratic Makoto Oniki (incumbent) 109,382 45.97%
Constitutional Democratic Shuji Inatomi 101,258 42.56%
Ishin Takashi Shinkai 27,302 11.47%
Total votes 237,942 100%
Liberal Democratic hold

Oniki who is a candidate of LDP, and Inatomi who is a candidate of CDP, fought a close race. Eventually, Oniki defeated Inatomi by 8,124 votes. Inatomi won a seat in the Kyushu proportional representation block following the previous one.[1]

Fukuoka 3rd district

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2021 Fukuoka 3rd district election
 
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Nominee Atsushi Koga Koichi Yamauchi
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic
Popular vote 135,031 98,304
Percentage 57.87% 42.13%

Japanese Representative before election

Atsushi Koga
Liberal Democratic

Elected Japanese Representative

Atsushi Koga
Liberal Democratic

[2]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party First
elected
Status Member Party
Atsushi Koga LDP 2012 Incumbent reelected. Atsushi Koga LDP

Fukuoka 4th district

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2021 Fukuoka 4th district election
 
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Nominee Hideki Miyauchi Shintaro Morimoto Hiroki Abe
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Ishin
Popular vote 96,023 49,935 36,998
Percentage 49.42% 25.70% 19.04%

Japanese Representative before election

Hideki Miyauchi
Liberal Democratic

Elected Japanese Representative

Hideki Miyauchi
Liberal Democratic

[3]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party First
elected
Status Member Party
Hideki Miyauchi LDP 2012 Incumbent reelected. Hideki Miyauchi LDP

Fukuoka 5th district

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2021 Fukuoka 5th district election
 
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Nominee Kaname Tsutsumi Yoshiaki Harada
Party Constitutional Democratic Liberal Democratic
Popular vote 125,315 110,706
Percentage 53.09% 46.91%

Japanese Representative before election

Yoshiaki Harada
Liberal Democratic

Elected Japanese Representative

Kaname Tsutsumi
Constitutional Democratic

[4]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party First
elected
Status Member Party
Yoshiaki Harada LDP 1990 Incumbent defeated. Kaname Tsutsumi CDP

Fukuoka 6th district

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2021 Fukuoka 6th district election
 
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Nominee Jiro Hatoyama Toru Watanabe Kazuhiro Kono
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Communist
Popular vote 125,366 38,578 12,565
Percentage 67.45% 20.75% 6.76%

Representative before election

Jiro Hatoyama
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Jiro Hatoyama
Liberal Democratic

[5]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party First
elected
Status Member Party
Jiro Hatoyama LDP 2016 Incumbent reelected. Jiro Hatoyama LDP

Fukuoka 7th district

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2021 Fukuoka 7th district election
 
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Nominee Satoshi Fujimaru Tsuyoshi Aoki
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic
Popular vote 92,233 55,820
Percentage 62.30% 37.70%

Representative before election

Satoshi Fujimaru
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Satoshi Fujimaru
Liberal Democratic

[6]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Satoshi Fujimaru LDP Incumbent reelected. Satoshi Fujimaru LDP

Fukuoka 8th district

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2021 Fukuoka 8th district election
 
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Nominee Tarō Asō Shoko Kono Kusuo Oshima
Party Liberal Democratic Communist Reiwa
Popular vote 104,924 38,083 32,964
Percentage 59.63% 21.64% 18.73%

Representative before election

Tarō Asō
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Tarō Asō
Liberal Democratic

[7]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Tarō Asō LDP Incumbent reelected. Tarō Asō LDP

Fukuoka 9th district

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2021 Fukuoka 9th district election
 
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Nominee Rintaro Ogata Asahiko Mihara Shozo Majima
Party Independent Liberal Democratic Communist
Popular vote 91,591 76,481 22,273
Percentage 48.12% 40.18% 11.70%

Representative before election

Asahiko Mihara
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Rintaro Ogata
Independent

[8]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Asahiko Mihara LDP Incumbent defeated. Rintaro Ogata Independent

Fukuoka 10th district

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2021 Fukuoka 10th district election
 
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Nominee Takashi Kii Kozo Yamamoto Chikara Nishida
Party Constitutional Democratic Liberal Democratic Ishin
Popular vote 85,361 81,882 21,829
Percentage 44.48% 42.67% 11.37%

Representative before election

Kozo Yamamoto
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Takashi Kii
Constitutional Democratic

[9]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Kozo Yamamoto LDP Incumbent defeated. Takashi Kii CDP

Fukuoka 11th district

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2021 Fukuoka 11th district election
 
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Nominee Ryota Takeda Tomonobu Murakami Reiko Shiki
Party Liberal Democratic Independent Social Democratic
Popular vote 75,997 40,996 19,310
Percentage 55.76% 30.08% 14.17%

Representative before election

Ryota Takeda
Liberal Democratic

Elected Representative

Ryota Takeda
Liberal Democratic

[10]

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Ryota Takeda LDP Incumbent reelected. Ryota Takeda LDP

Kagoshima 1st district

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2021 Kagoshima 1st district election
 
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Nominee Takuma Miyaji Hiroshi Kawauchi
Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic
Popular vote 101,251 89,232
Percentage 53.15% 46.85%

Representative before election

Hiroshi Kawauchi
Constitutional Democratic

Elected Representative

Takuma Miyaji
Liberal Democratic

Incumbent Elected Member
Member Party Status Member Party
Hiroshi Kawauchi CDP Incumbent defeated. Takuma Miyaji Liberal Democratic
Candidates
  • Takahiro Inoue
    • Liberal Democratic Party
    • 59 years old
    • Member of the House of Representatives (2012 - )
    • Vice chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Diet Affairs Committee
  • Susumu Tsubota
    • Constitutional Democratic Party
    • 37 years old
    • Social insurance labor consultant
  • Gōsei Yamamoto
    • Nippon Ishin no Kai
    • 49 years old
    • Member of the House of Representatives (2009 - 2012)
  • Takuji Kimura
    • Japanese Communist Party
    • 35 years old
Result
2021 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democratic Takuma Miyaji 101,251 53.15%
Constitutional Democratic Hiroshi Kawauchi (incumbent) 89,232 46.85%
Total votes 190,483 100%
Liberal Democratic hold

Inoue, the LDP’s incumbent, was re-elected. Yamamoto, the Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate, lost Inoue but won the seat by proportional representation block.[11]

Proportional representation block

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Proportional Representation block results [12]
Party Votes Percentage Seats
LDP 863,300 33.6% 4
CDP 682,912 26.6% 3
Komeito 294,371 11.5% 1
Ishin 215,344 8.4% 0
Communist 207,189 8.1% 0
Reiwa 102,086 4.0% 0
DPP 73,621 2.9% 0
Shiji Seitō Nashi 46,142 1.8% 0
Anti-NHK 42,916 1.7% 0
SDP 41,248 1.6% 0
Party Elected Member District
LDP   Takako Suzuki
  Koichi Watanabe
  Manabu Horii Hokkaido 9th
  Yūko Nakagawa Hokkaido 11th
CDP Kureha Ōtsuki Hokkaido 4th
Yutaka Arai Hokkaido 3rd
  Hiroshi Kamiya Hokkaido 10th
Komeito   Hidemichi Sato

References

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  1. ^ a b "2021年衆議院総選挙 福岡". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. ^ 北海道3区
  3. ^ 北海道4区
  4. ^ 北海道5区
  5. ^ 北海道6区
  6. ^ 北海道7区
  7. ^ 北海道8区
  8. ^ 北海道9区
  9. ^ 北海道10区
  10. ^ 北海道11区
  11. ^ "2021年衆議院総選挙 鹿児島". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  12. ^ "2021年衆議院議員総選挙 比例北海道". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  1. ^ Includes all other parties
  2. ^ Includes a independent candidate(I) and an other party candidate(II).
    (I)5,612
    (II)3,753
  3. ^ Includes a independent candidate (I) and an other party candidate (II)
    (I) 25,566
    (II) 2,750
  4. ^ Includes two independent candidates
    (I) 16,860
    (II) 4,675
  5. ^ Includes two independent candidates (I)(II) and a other party candidate (III)
    (I) 97,117
    (II) 6,216
    (III) 4,001