Aichi 7th district

Aichi 7th district (愛知県[第]7区, Aichi-ken-[dai-]nanaku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It covers the commuter and industrial towns northeast of Nagoya. The district consists of the cities of Ōbu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Nagakute, Aichi District and parts of Seto City. As of 2016, 448,591 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Aichi 7th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aichi Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureAichi
Proportional DistrictTōkai
Electorate448,591 (2016)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyConstitutional Democratic Party
RepresentativeShiori Yamao
Created fromAichi's 2nd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesCities of Ōbu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Nagakute, Aichi District and parts of Seto City.

The district is currently represented by Shiori Yamao. While currently not a member of any party, Yamao sits within the Constitutional Democratic Party caucus in the House.[2]

Background

The commuter and industrial towns surrounding Nagoya have long been regarded as a bastion for anti-LDP forces and this district is no exception. The 7th district and its predecessors have continuously elected non-LDP members to the Diet. After the introduction of parallel voting and single-member districts in 1996, the district has only elected one LDP member, Junji Suzuki, who was elected in the LDP landslides of 2005 and 2012.[3]

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Takashi Aoyama NFP 1996 – 2000
Kenji Kobayashi DPJ 2000 – 2005 Also lost in the PR block
Junji Suzuki LDP 2005 – 2009 Also lost in the PR block
Shiori Yamao DPJ 2009 – 2012 Also lost in the PR block
Junji Suzuki LDP 2012 – 2014 Won in the PR block
Shiori Yamao DPJ 2014 – 2016 Incumbent
DP 2016 – 2017
Ind 2017
CDP 2017 –

Election results
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shiori Yamao 128,163 50.16 4.56
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 127,329 49.84 5.42
Majority 834 0.32
Turnout 59.55 1.80
Independent hold Swing 0.43
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shiori Yamao 113,474 46.60 10.74
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 108,151 44.42 1.58
Communist Osamu Gōukon 21,872 8.98 2.87
Majority 4,677 2.18
Turnout 57.75 4.56
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing 4.58
2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 110,390 42.84 6.32
Democratic Shiori Yamao (endorsed by PNP) 92,398 35.86 25.26
Tomorrow Hiromi Masaki (endorsed by NPD) 39,141 15.19 N/A
Communist Osamu Gōukon 15,732 6.11 3.75
Majority 17,992 6.98
Turnout 62.31 10.38
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing 15.79
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shiori Yamao 182,028 61.12 19.63
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki 108,783 36.52 13.48
Communist Kumiko Nagata 7,032 2.36 6.15
Majority 73,245 24.60
Turnout 72.69
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing 16.56
2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki 134,535 50.00
Democratic Kenji Kobayashi 111,654 41.49
Communist Takumi Sakabayashi 22,902 8.51
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kenji Kobayashi 102,710 44.1
Liberal Democratic Takashi Aoyama (elected by PR) 93,882 40.3
Social Democratic Reiko Ōshima 20,172 8.7
Communist Takumi Sakabayashi 16,255 7.0
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kenji Kobayashi 86,651 38.5
Liberal Democratic Junji Suzuki 83,601 37.2
Social Democratic Reiko Ōshima (elected by PR) 28,125 12.5
Communist Takumi Sakabayashi 23,095 10.3
Liberal League Isamu Harada 1,841 0.8
Independent Akihiro Ozaki 1,621 0.7
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Takashi Aoyama 91,439 47.5
Liberal Democratic Taichi Niwa 49,727 25.9
Democratic Keiko Itō 24,620 12.8
Communist Hidetoshi Harada 23,009 12.0
Liberal League Tsuneo Ichikawa 2,045 2.0
People's Yōko Ōshima 1,080 0.6
Culture Forum Hiromichi Ebata 442 0.2

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2017-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "山尾志桜里のリベンジ選挙に、あの共産党が「裏支援」説" [In Shiori Yamao's Revenge Election, the Theory of JCP Tacit Support] (in Japanese). Livedoor news. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. 小選挙区開票速報：愛知県（定数15） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. 小選挙区：愛知県 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：愛知県 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  7. 小選挙区開票結果ー愛知県７区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. ２００５総選挙>小選挙区開票結果ー愛知県７区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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