Iwate 4th district
{{short description|Legislative district of Japan}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Iwate 4th District
|type = Parliamentary
|constituency_link = Iwate 4th district
|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives
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|caption = Numbered map of Iwate Prefecture single-member districts
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|district_label = Prefecture
|district = Iwate
|region_label = Proportional District
|region = Tohoku
|population =
|electorate = 305,917
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|year = 1994
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|abolished = 2017
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|seats = One
|elects_howmany = One
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|previous = Iwate's 2nd "medium-sized" district
|blank1_name = Municipalities
|blank1_info = The cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami, Ōshū, and the districts of Waga and Isawa
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Iwate 4th district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It was located in southwestern Iwate and consisted of the cities of Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ōshū as well as the Waga and Isawa Districts. As of 2012, 305,917 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] {{in lang|ja}}
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Iwate 2nd district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. In a 2017 reapportionment, Iwate lost one seat and was subdivided into three districts. The area of the old 4th district is now part of the new 3rd districtMIC: [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/news/senkyo/shu_kuwari/shu_kuwari_3.html Summary of changes to the House of Representatives single-member districts (also contains the changes to the proportional districts)] & [http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000490471.pdf Map of changes in Iwate] {{in lang|ja}}
The only representative for Iwate 4th district from its creation in 1996 to its abolition has been former Liberal Democratic Party secretary-general Ichirō Ozawa (LDP→JRP→NFP→LP→DPJ→LF→TPJ→PLP).
List of representatives
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! Election ! Representative ! Party ! Notes |
| 1996
|rowspan="7"|Ichirō Ozawa |style = "background:lightsalmon" |NFP | |
| 2000
|style = "background:gold" |LP | |
| 2003
|rowspan ="3" style = "background:darkorange" |DPJ | |
| 2005
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| 2009
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| 2012
|style = "background:navajowhite"|TPJ | |
| 2014
|style = "background:navajowhite"|PLP | |
Election results
{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2014/kaihyou/ya03.html|script-title=ja:総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2014-12-16|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = People's Life Party
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 75,293
|percentage = 47.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Takashi Fujiwara (endorsed by Komeito) (elected by PR)
|votes = 57,824
|percentage = 36.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Tsunaki Takahashi
|votes = 24,421
|percentage = 15.5
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya03.htm|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 岩手|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2013-02-06|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Tomorrow Party of Japan
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa (endorsed by NPD)
|votes = 78,057
|percentage = 45.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Takashi Fujiwara (elected by PR)
|votes = 47,887
|percentage = 27.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Toshiaki Oikawa
|votes = 28,593
|percentage = 16.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Kōki Takahashi
|votes = 17,033
|percentage = 9.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2009{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23728.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区|work= ザ･選挙 |access-date=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa (supported by PNP)
|votes = 133,978
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Yoshinobu Takahashi (endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 41,690
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Senryū Obara
|votes = 28,925
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japan Communist Party
|candidate = Sadakiyo Segawa
|votes = 8,288
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Akira Yasunaga
|votes = 1,280
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 216,754
|percentage = 76.18
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2005{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_436.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区|work= ザ･選挙 |access-date=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 124,578{{0|.000}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Tokuichirō Tamazawa
|votes = 48,093{{0|.000}}
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kōki Kubo
|votes = 23,727.697
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japan Communist Party
|candidate = Kōki Takahashi
|votes = 11,420.291
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 210,247{{0|.000}}
|percentage = 73.36
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2003{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5796.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区|work= ザ･選挙 |access-date=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 128,458{{0|.000}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Tokuichirō Tamazawa
|votes = 37,251{{0|.000}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kōki Kubo
|votes = 20,936.334
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japan Communist Party
|candidate = Kōki Takahashi
|votes = 10,642.653
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 200,128{{0|.000}}
|percentage = 69.87
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2000{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5497.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区|work= ザ･選挙 |access-date=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 119,099
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Yukihiro Kimura
|votes = 37,417
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kōichi Igata
|votes = 28,926
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japan Communist Party
|candidate = Ryōko Sakamoto
|votes = 14,051
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1996{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5045.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>岩手県>岩手4区|work= ザ･選挙 |access-date=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Frontier Party (Japan)
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 125,619
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Reijirō Sawafuji
|votes = 38,482
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kōichi Igata
|votes = 20,179
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Japan Communist Party
|candidate = Natsuko Yaegashi
|votes = 9,933
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 197,093
|percentage = 71.45
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Diet of Japan Iwate electoral districts}}
{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}
{{coord missing|Iwate Prefecture}}
Category:Former districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Iwate Prefecture
Category:Constituencies established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in Japan