Kyoto 2nd district

{{Short description|One of Japanese districts}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Kyoto 2nd District|nativename={{nobold|京都府第2区}}|type=Parliamentary|parl_name=Japanese House of Representatives|image=衆議院小選挙区 京都府.svg|district_label=Prefecture|district=Kyoto|region_label=Proportional District|region=Kinki|electorate=263,524 (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=Ishin|member_label=Representative|member=Seiji Maehara}}

Kyōto 2nd district (京都府第2区 Kyōto-fu dai-ni-ku or simply 京都2区 Kyōto niku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in central Kyoto and consists of the Kyoto city wards of Sakyō, Higashiyama and Yamashina. As of 2012, 267,926 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]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed part of Kyoto 1st district where five representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV).

Kyoto had been a traditional stronghold of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), but following the electoral reform that replaced the SNTV multi-member districts with FPTP single-member districts, the JCP could only win the new Kyoto 3rd district while losing the other three districts in Kyoto city (Kyoto 1, 2 and 4) in the 1996 general election, the first under the new system. In the 2nd district JCP newcomer Satoshi Inoue lost narrowly to Liberal Democrat Mikio Okuda, who had previously represented the old multi-member 1st district. Democrat Seiji Maehara ranked third, but won a seat via the Kinki PR block. After the main opposition New Frontier Party had dissolved and its successor groups had mainly been absorbed by the Democratic Party, Maehara won Kyoto 2 in the 2000 general election and has held onto the seat since. Maehara went on to become Democratic Party president in 2005, but resigned following the Livedoor scandal in 2006 and later was a minister of state in the Democratic-led Hatoyama and Kan cabinets.

Areas covered

= Current district =

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:{{Cite web |title=法律第百四号(平六・一一・二五) |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/13119941125104.htm |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}

List of representatives

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! Representative

! colspan="2" | Party

! Dates

! Notes

Mikio Okuda

| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|

LDP

| 1996–2000

| Retired from politics in 2000

rowspan="7"|File:Seiji Maehara 20230703.jpg

Seiji Maehara

| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} |

DPJ

| 2000–2016

| rowspan="7"| Incumbent

bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)}} |DP

| 2016–2017

bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} |Ind.

| 2017

bgcolor={{party color|Kibō no Tō}} |Kibō

| 2017–2018

bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party For the People}} |DPP

| 2018–2023

bgcolor={{party color|Free Education For All}} |FEFA

| 2023–2024

bgcolor={{party color|Japan Innovation Party}} |Ishin

| 2024–present

Election results

{{Election box begin|title=2024

{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/26/|title=2024年衆議院議員総選挙 京都|website=NHK|access-date=December 30, 2024|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Innovation Party

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 60,922

|percentage = 45.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Akiko Horikawa {{small|(Won PR seat)}}

|votes = 30,697

|percentage = 23.1

|change = {{increase}}6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Eiji Sano

|votes = 29,638

|percentage = 22.3

|change = {{decrease}}6.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||

|party = Sanseitō

|candidate = Hiroaki Komatsu

|votes = 8,270

|percentage = 6.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|party = Independent

|candidate = Yūsuke Honda

|votes = 2,450

|percentage = 1.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|party = Independent

|candidate = Tetsuo Hirota

|votes = 851

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors= 257,842}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =

|percentage = 53.05

|change = {{decrease}}3.09

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/26/|script-title=ja: 開票速報 小選挙区:京都 - 2021衆議|access-date=2 November 2021|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party For the People

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 72,516

|percentage = 48.89

|change = {{increase}}0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Mamoru Shigemoto

|votes = 43,291

|percentage = 29.19

|change = {{decrease}}0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Takuaki Chisaka

|votes = 25,260

|percentage = 17.03

|change = {{decrease}}4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reiwa Shinsengumi

|candidate = Tatsuya Naka

|votes = 7,263

|percentage = 4.90

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes =

|percentage = 57.14

|change = {{decrease}}1.21

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

title=[[2017 Japanese general election|

2017]]{{cite web |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2017/kaihyou/ya26.html|script-title=ja:総選挙2017>開票結果 小選挙区 京都|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=18 October 2013|access-date=2017-09-30|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 65,480

|percentage = 48.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Mamoru Shigemoto

|votes = 40,336

|percentage = 30.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Takuaki Chisaka

|votes = 28,600

|percentage = 21.28

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2014/kaihyou/ya26.html|script-title=ja:総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 京都|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2017-09-30|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029051317/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2014/kaihyou/ya26.html|archive-date=2016-10-29|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 66,227

|percentage = 50.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Kōji Uenaka

|votes = 37,180

|percentage = 28.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Toshifumi Hara

|votes = 27,888

|percentage = 21.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya26.htm#k002|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 京都|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2013-04-02|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJPNP

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 72,170

|percentage = 49.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Kōji Uenaka

|votes = 42,017

|percentage = 28.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Toshifumi Hara

|votes = 24,633

|percentage = 16.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate||color = {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||SDP

|party = SDP

|candidate = Dai Satō

|votes = 7,416

|percentage = 5.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=2009{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23895.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都2区|website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙|access-date=2011-02-07|publisher=JANJAN|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107185046/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23895.html|archive-date=2010-01-07|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ (PNP support)

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 101,151

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Tomohiro Yamamoto

|votes = 42,771

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Toshifumi Hara

|votes = 25,856

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||SDP

|party = SDP

|candidate = Takakage Fujita

|votes = 5,028

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Happiness Realization Party}} | ||HRP

|party = HRP

|candidate = Yoshiteru Karube

|votes = 1,045

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 178,905

|percentage = 66.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=2005{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_603.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都2区|website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙|access-date=2011-02-07|publisher=JANJAN|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823080724/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_603.html|archive-date=2009-08-23|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 73,795

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Tomohiro Yamamoto (elected by PR)

|votes = 69,330

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Toshifumi Hara

|votes = 29,348

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 175,879

|percentage = 64.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=2003{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5963.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都2区|website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙|access-date=2011-02-07|publisher=JANJAN|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 73,934

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Naohiko Yamamoto

|votes = 47,962

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Toshifumi Hara

|votes = 26,768

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 151,842

|percentage = 55.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=2000{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5661.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都2区|website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙|access-date=2011-02-07|publisher=JANJAN|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Seiji Maehara

|votes = 52,077

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Naohiko Yamamoto

|votes = 48,057

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Satoshi Inoue

|votes = 41,541

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)}} | ||LP

|party = LP

|candidate = Tōru Taniguchi谷口徹

|votes = 11,296

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal League (Japan)}} | ||LL

|party = LL

|candidate = Masae Toita

|votes = 2,691

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1996{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5210.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都2区|website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙|access-date=2011-02-07|publisher=JANJAN|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125123646/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5210.html|archive-date=2010-01-25|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||LDP

|party = LDP

|candidate = Mikio Okuda

|votes = 43,060

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}} | ||JCP

|party = JCP

|candidate = Satoshi Inoue

|votes = 42,211

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)}} | ||DPJ

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Seiji Maehara (elected by PR)

|votes = 31,257

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|color = {{party color|New Frontier Party (Japan)}} | ||NFP

|party = NFP

|candidate = Kenji Hishida

|votes = 30,713

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 150,165

|percentage = 54.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{Diet of Japan Kyoto electoral districts}}

{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}

{{coord missing|Kyoto Prefecture}}

Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Kyoto Prefecture

Category:1994 establishments in Japan

Category:Constituencies established in 1994

Category:Politics of Kyoto