Fukuoka 8th district
{{short description|Legislative district of Japan}}
{{Infobox constituency|name=Fukuoka 8th District|type=Parliamentary|parl_name=Japanese House of Representatives|image=衆議院小選挙区 福岡県.svg|district_label=Prefecture|district=Fukuoka Prefecture|region_label=Proportional Block|region=Kyushu|electorate=347,369 (as of September 2022){{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R04.html|access-date=2023-01-04|title=総務省｜令和4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|language=ja|trans-title=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022}}|year=1994|seats=One|party_label=Party|party=LDP|member_label=Representative|member=Taro Aso}}
{{Nihongo|Fukuoka 8th district|福岡県第8区|Fukuoka-ken dai-hachi-ku}} is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern central parts of Fukuoka including the city of Iizuka, home to the Asō family (Asō Corp./KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only representative for the 8th district since its creation. He was elected LDP president in 2008 against Kaoru Yosano (without faction) and three other candidates, but resigned one year later following the most devastating general election result in party history – his successor would be the second LDP president in history not to become prime minister after his election. Yet, Asō carried his own district by an overwhelming margin in 2009.
In detail, the district consists of the cities of Nōgata, Iizuka, Kama, Nakama, Miyawaka and the districts of Onga, Kurate and Kaho. As of 2012, 367,966 eligible voters were registered in the district.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h24.html 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等] {{in lang|ja}}
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of the multi-member Fukuoka 2nd district that elected five Representatives by single non-transferable vote, among them from 1979 to 1983 and since 1986 Tarō Asō.
List of representatives
Election results
{{Election box begin | title=2024}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 92,534
|percentage = 56.97
|change ={{decrease}}2.66
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Shoko Kawano
|votes = 35,493
|percentage = 21.85
|change ={{increase}} 0.21
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Independent Politician}} | ||Independent
|party = Independent
|candidate = Toshifumi Morita
|votes = 24,407
|percentage = 21.18
|change =New
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2021}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 104,924
|percentage = 59.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Sachiko Kohno
|votes = 38,083
|percentage = 21.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2017{{cite web|url=http://sp.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2017/profile/YTPSRCYA40008XXX001.html|script-title=ja:総選挙2017>開票結果 小選挙区 福岡|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2017-10-22|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 135,334
|percentage = 72.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Tsuyoko Miyajima
|votes = 52,207
|percentage = 27.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya40.htm|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 福岡|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2013-05-21|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 146,712
|percentage = 68.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ
|party = DPJ
|candidate = Gōsei Yamamoto
|votes = 46,213
|percentage = 21.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Takao Arai
|votes = 21,678
|percentage = 10.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2009{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23978.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区|work=ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-05-11|publisher=K.K. VoiceJapan|language=ja|archive-date=2011-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712035025/http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23978.html|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 165,327
|percentage = 62.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ
|candidate = Gōsei Yamamoto (elected by PR)
|votes = 96,327
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Happiness Realization Party}} | ||HRP
|party = HRP
|candidate = Yūko Ōtsuka
|votes = 4,095
|percentage = 1.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 271,173
|percentage = 72.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2005{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_686.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-05-11|publisher=K.K. VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 145,229
|percentage = 56.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ
|party = DPJ
|candidate = Kusuo Ōshima
|votes = 87,856
|percentage = 34.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Kazuyuki Watanabe
|votes = 22,176
|percentage = 8.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 262,166
|percentage = 69.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_6046.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区|work=ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-05-11|publisher=K.K. VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 132,646
|percentage = 57.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ
|party = DPJ
|candidate = Kusuo Ōshima
|votes = 75,879
|percentage = 33.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Kazuyuki Watanabe
|votes = 21,272
|percentage = 9.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 237,626
|percentage = 62.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2000{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_6046.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区|work=ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-05-11|publisher=K.K. VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 120,178
|percentage = 49.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ
|party = DPJ
|candidate = {{ill|Junsuke Iwata|ja|岩田順介}}
|votes = 65,280
|percentage = 27.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Masako Sakamoto
|votes = 26,266
|percentage = 10.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||SDP
|party = SDP
|candidate = Kazuhiro Ōtsuka
|votes = 25,021
|percentage = 10.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal League (Japan)}} | ||LL
|party = LL
|candidate = Mieko Yamamoto
|votes = 4,029
|percentage = 1.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1996{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5294.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>福岡県>福岡8区|work=ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-05-11|publisher=K.K. VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP
|party = LDP
|candidate = Tarō Asō
|votes = 114,408
|percentage = 50.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)}} | ||DPJ
|party = DPJ
|candidate = {{ill|Junsuke Iwata|ja|岩田順介}}
|votes = 80,974
|percentage = 35.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP
|party = JCP
|candidate = Bunkichi Honda
|votes = 31,206
|percentage = 13.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 234,762
|percentage = 63.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:1994 establishments in Japan