Aichi 7th district

Aichi 7th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aichi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Aichi
Proportional District	Tōkai
Electorate	448,591 (2016)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic Party
Representative	Junji Suzuki
Created from	Aichi's 2nd "medium-sized" district
Municipalities	Cities of Ōbu, Owariasahi, Toyoake, Nisshin, Nagakute, Aichi 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 and Aichi District. As of 2016, 448,591 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Junji Suzuki from Liberal Democratic Party.

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, 2012, and 2021.^[2]

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
		DP	2016 – 2017
		Ind	2017
		CDP	2017 – 2021
Junji Suzuki		LDP	2021 –

Election results

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Junji Suzuki	144,725	54.7	4.9
	CDP	Kazuyoshi Morimoto	88,914	33.6
	JCP	Hatsumi Suyama	30,956	11.7
Turnout				59.54	0.01
	LDP gain from Independent

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shiori Yamao	128,163	50.16	4.56
	LDP	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
	LDP	Junji Suzuki (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō)	108,151	44.42	1.58
	JCP	Osamu Gōukon	21,872	8.98	2.87
Majority			4,677	2.18
Turnout				57.75	4.56
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing	4.58

2012^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	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
	JCP	Osamu Gōukon	15,732	6.11	3.75
Majority			17,992	6.98
Turnout				62.31	10.38
	LDP gain from Democratic		Swing	15.79

2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shiori Yamao	182,028	61.12	19.63
	LDP	Junji Suzuki	108,783	36.52	13.48
	JCP	Kumiko Nagata	7,032	2.36	6.15
Majority			73,245	24.60
Turnout				72.69
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing	16.56

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Junji Suzuki	134,535	50.00
	Democratic	Kenji Kobayashi	111,654	41.49
	JCP	Takumi Sakabayashi	22,902	8.51

2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kenji Kobayashi	102,710	44.1
	LDP	Takashi Aoyama (elected by PR)	93,882	40.3
	Social Democratic	Reiko Ōshima	20,172	8.7
	JCP	Takumi Sakabayashi	16,255	7.0

2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kenji Kobayashi	86,651	38.5
	LDP	Junji Suzuki	83,601	37.2
	Social Democratic	Reiko Ōshima (elected by PR)	28,125	12.5
	JCP	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
	LDP	Taichi Niwa	49,727	25.9
	Democratic	Keiko Itō	24,620	12.8
	JCP	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): [1] (in Japanese)
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3. 小選挙区 愛知 5区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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