Okinawa 4th district

Okinawa 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Miyakojima, Ishigaki, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Nanjō, the village of Tarama, Yaeyama District and parts of Shimajiri District (Haebaru, Yaese and Yonabaru). The district was formed after the 2002 national electoral district review assigned Okinawa an extra district. Constituency cities and towns in the 1st and 2nd district were reassigned to form the 4th district. As of 2016, 286,832 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Okinawa 4th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureOkinawa
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate286,832 (2016)
Current constituency
Created2002
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic Party
RepresentativeKōsaburō Nishime
Created fromOkinawa's 1st and 2nd district
MunicipalitiesMiyakojima, Ishigaki, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Nanjō, Tarama, Yaeyama District and parts of Shimajiri District (Haebaru, Yaese and Yonabaru)

The district is currently represented by Kōsaburō Nishime of the Liberal Democratic Party.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates
Kōsaburō Nishime LDP 2003 – 2009
Chōbin Zukeran DPJ 2009 – 2012
Kōsaburō Nishime LDP 2012 – 2014
Toshinobu Nakasato Ind 2014 – 2017
Kōsaburō Nishime LDP 2017 –

Election results
2017[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 82,199 50.51 2.48
Independent Toshinobu Nakasato 75,887 46.63 5.34
Happiness Realization Yasumasa Tomikawa 4,650 2.86 N/A
Majority 6,312 3.88
Turnout 58.32 7.15
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent Swing 3.91
2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Toshinobu Nakasato (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai) 71,227 51.97 N/A
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 65,838 48.03 4.18
Majority 5,389 3.94
Turnout 51.17 2.20
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic Swing N/A
2012 Japanese general election – Okinawa 4th district[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) 72,912 52.21 8.50
Independent Chōbin Zukeran 33,791 24.20 30.51
Restoration Kōtarō Uomori 12,918 9.25 N/A
Communist Tamotsu Maesato 11,825 8.47 N/A
Democratic Nobuhiko Ōshiro 8,193 5.87 N/A
Majority 39,121 28.01
Turnout 143,214 53.37 10.96
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent Swing 19.51
2009 Japanese general election – Okinawa 4th district[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chōbin Zukeran (endorsed by PNP and OSMP) 89,680 54.71 24.94
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) 71,653 43.71 5.33
Happiness Realization Mitsunari Tomikawa 2,598 1.58 N/A
Majority 18,027 11.00
Turnout 167,219 64.33 6.93
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing 16.14
2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) 68,419 49.04 5.43
Democratic Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by OSMP) 41,532 29.77 1.22
Communist Tamotsu Maesato 15,068 10.80 N/A
People's New Hiroshi Kinjō 14,491 10.39 N/A
Majority 26,887 19.27 4.21
Turnout 142,690 57.40 2.46
Liberal Democratic hold Swing 2.11
2003[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democratic Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) 67,752 54.47
Democratic Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by SDP and OSMP) 38,550 30.99
Independent Takeshi Miyazato 18,074 14.53
Majority 29,202 23.48
Turnout 127,745 59.86
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. 小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県（定数4） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. 小選挙区：沖縄県 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. 小選挙区開票結果ー沖縄県４区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ２００５総選挙>小選挙区開票結果ー沖縄県４区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  7. 第43回衆議院議員選挙ー沖縄4区 立候補者情報 (in Japanese). 選挙ドットコム. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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