Toyama 1st district
{{short description|Legislative district of Japan}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name=Toyama 1st district
|type=single-member
|parl_name=House of Representatives
|image=衆議院小選挙区 富山県.svg
|electorate=266,166
|elects_howmany=1
|party=Liberal Democratic
|member_label=Representative
|member=Hiroaki Tabata}}
Toyama 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The district is located in the city of Toyama the capital of Toyama Prefecture.
In September 2023 the district had 266,166 eligible voters.{{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R05.html|access-date=2024-12-07|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 2023}}
The district has been represented by Hiroaki Tabata of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.{{Cite web |title=TABATA_Hiroaki_Shugiin |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_english.nsf/html/statics/member/e249.htm |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}{{cite web |title=LDP Members TABATA Hiroaki |url=https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/129638.html |website=LibDems |publisher=Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |access-date=4 July 2023}} After narrowly winning the seat in the 2024 Japanese general election Tabata faced criticism for registering people as LDP party members without their permission, as well as coverup.{{cite web |title=LDP member reportedly tried to hide membership scandal |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/30/japan/politics/hiroaki-tabata-ldp-membership-scandal/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=10 December 2024}}
List of representatives
| class=wikitable | |
| valign=bottom
! Representative ! colspan="2" | Party ! Dates ! Notes | |
| Jinen Nagase
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | | LDP
| 1996–2009 | Won seat in PR Block in 2009 |
| Muneaki Murai
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} | | DPJ
| 2009–2012 | |
| Hiroaki Tabata
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | | LDP
| 2012– | |
Election results
{{Election box begin|title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/18/|script-title=ja: 開票速報 小選挙区：-富山 - 2024衆議|access-date=10 December 2024|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroaki Tabata
|votes = 45,917
|percentage = 35.1
|change = {{decrease}}15.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Toshihiro Yama (elected by PR)
|votes = 45,179
|percentage = 34.5
|change = {{increase}}24.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Toyofumi Yoshida
|votes = 19,870
|percentage = 15.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japan Innovation Party
|candidate = Hirohiko Asaoka
|votes = 12,995
|percentage = 9.9
|change = {{decrease}}22.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Ryōsuke Aoyama
|votes = 6,903
|percentage = 5.3
|change = {{increase}}0.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 51.66
|change= {{decrease}}0.77
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/18/#senk47481|script-title=ja: 小選挙区 富山1区|access-date=4 July 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroaki Tabata
|votes = 71,696
|percentage = 51.8
|change = {{decrease}}7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nippon Ishin no Kai
|candidate = Toyofumi Yoshida (elected by PR)
|votes = 45,411
|percentage = 32.8
|change = {{increase}}2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Masaei Nishio
|votes = 14,563
|percentage = 10.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Ryōsuke Aoyama
|votes = 6,800
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}}5.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 52.43
|change= {{increase}}4.24
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2017/#!skh_1801|script-title=ja: 小選挙区 富山1区|access-date=4 July 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroaki Tabata
|votes = 74,876
|percentage = 59.2
|change = {{increase}}0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nippon Ishin no Kai
|candidate = Toyofumi Yoshida
|votes = 38,219
|percentage = 30.2
|change = {{decrease}}2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Ryōsuke Aoyama
|votes = 13,471
|percentage = 10.6
|change = {{increase}}2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 48.19
|change= {{increase}}1.72
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}
{{coord missing|Toyama Prefecture}}
Category:Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Politics of Toyama Prefecture
Category:Constituencies established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in Japan
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