Nagano 1st district

Nagano 1st District
Nagano 1st District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Nagano Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Nagano
Proportional District	Hokurikushin'etsu
Electorate	424,275
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Kenta Wakabayashi [ja]
Municipalities	Iiyama, Nakano, Suzaka, part of Nagano, Kamitakai District, Shimominochi District, and Shimotakai District

Nagano 1st district (長野県第1区, Nagano-ken dai-ikku or simply 長野1区, Nagano-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture.

List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996	Kenji Kosaka	New Frontier
2000		Liberal Democratic
2003
2005
2009	Takashi Shinohara	Democratic
2012
2014
2017		Independent
2021	Kenta Wakabayashi [ja]	Liberal Democratic

Election Results

2024
Party		Candidate
	LDP	Kenta Wakabayashi [ja]
	CDP	Takashi Shinohara
	Ishin	Kiyoshi Wakasa
Turnout

2021^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kenta Wakabayashi	128,423	51.29	16.26
	CDP	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent) (elected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	121,962	48.71	New
Registered electors			425,440
Turnout				59.74	2.36
	LDP gain from CDP

2017^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent)	131,883	54.06	New
	Liberal Democratic	Yutaka Komatsu [ja] (Incumbent-Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	85,460	35.03	0.23
	Innovation	Masayuki Hashimoto	22,817	9.35	New
	Society for Making Nagano Prefecture the Best Economy in Japan	Yukinari Komamura	18,675	1.55	New
Registered electors			432,700
Turnout				57.38	6.79
	Independent hold

2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent)	96,333	45.82	9.22
	Liberal Democratic	Yutaka Komatsu [ja] (Incumbent-Hokurikushin'etsu PR block) (reelected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	74,137	35.26	2.56
	Communist	Ryosuke Takeda	26,903	12.80	1.70
	Future Generations	Takahito Miyazawa [ja] (Incumbent-Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	12,888	6.13	New
Registered electors			425,446
Turnout				50.59	8.17
	Democratic hold

2012^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent)	89,400	36.60	14.67
	Liberal Democratic	Yutaka Komatsu [ja] (elected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	79,860	32.70	6.70
	Restoration	Takahito Miyazawa [ja] (elected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	47,870	19.60	New
	Communist	Ryosuke Takeda	27,119	11.10	2.57
Registered electors			427,377
Turnout				58.76	15.51
	Democratic hold

2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent-Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	161,543	51.27	10.45
	Liberal Democratic	Kenji Kosaka (Incumbent)	124,136	39.40	8.04
	Communist	Norihira Yamaguchi	26,872	8.53	3.21
	Happiness Realization	Motofumi Yokota	2,535	0.80	New
Registered electors			429,859
Turnout				74.27	4.09
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kenji Kosaka (Incumbent)	140,831	47.44	2.49
	Democratic	Takashi Shinohara (Incumbent-Hokurikushin'etsu PR block) (reelected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	121,185	40.82	1.76
	Communist	Sanae Nakano	34,869	11.74	0.73
Registered electors			430,657
Turnout				70.18	7.77
	LDP hold

2003^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kenji Kosaka (Incumbent)	118,065	44.95	3.76
	Democratic	Takashi Shinohara (elected by Hokurikushin'etsu PR block)	111,821	42.58	11.40
	Communist	Sanae Nakano	32,757	12.47	7.64
Registered electors			429,585
Turnout				62.41	0.59
	LDP hold

2000^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kenji Kosaka (Incumbent)	127,010	48.71	25.64
	Democratic	Yoshikazu Kanakubo	81,289	31.18	New
	Communist	Sanae Nakano	52,445	20.11	12.59
Turnout				63.00
	LDP hold

1996^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Kenji Kosaka	118,386	41.76	New
	New Party Sakigake	Shusei Tanaka	78,401	27.65	New
	Liberal Democratic	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	65,403	23.07	New
	Communist	Kazuhiro Miyagawa	21,329	7.52	New
Turnout

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ "2021年衆議院総選挙　長野1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
^ "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
^ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区長野". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[2] "2021年衆議院総選挙　長野1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.

[3] "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.

[4] "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[5] "開票結果小選挙区長野". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[6] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[7] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[8] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[9] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[10] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 長野1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō (8 block seats, 12 district seats)	Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku (12 block seats, 21 district seats)	Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō (19 block seats, 33 district seats)	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō (23 block seats, 36 district seats)	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo (19 block seats, 30 district seats)	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu (10 block seats, 18 district seats)	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai (21 block seats, 33 district seats)	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki (28 block seats, 45 district seats)	Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku (10 block seats, 17 district seats)	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku (6 block seats, 10 district seats)	Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū (20 block seats, 34 district seats)	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments	Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4
Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments	Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments	Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5
Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments	Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4