Toyama 1st district

Toyama 1st district
Single-member constituency for the House of Representatives
Electorate	266,166
Current constituency
Number of members	1
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	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.^[1]

The district has been represented by Hiroaki Tabata of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Jinen Nagase		LDP	1996–2009	Won seat in PR Block in 2009
Muneaki Murai		DPJ	2009–2012
Hiroaki Tabata		LDP	2012–

Election results

2024^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroaki Tabata	45,917	35.1	15.8
	CDP	Toshihiro Yama (elected by PR)	45,179	34.5	24.0
	Independent	Toyofumi Yoshida	19,870	15.2
	Ishin	Hirohiko Asaoka	12,995	9.9	22.9
	JCP	Ryōsuke Aoyama	6,903	5.3	0.3
Turnout				51.66	0.77
	LDP hold

2021^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroaki Tabata	71,696	51.8	7.4
	Ishin	Toyofumi Yoshida (elected by PR)	45,411	32.8	2.6
	CDP	Masaei Nishio	14,563	10.5
	JCP	Ryōsuke Aoyama	6,800	4.9	5.3
Turnout				52.43	4.24
	LDP hold

2017^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroaki Tabata	74,876	59.2	0.3
	Ishin	Toyofumi Yoshida	38,219	30.2	2.8
	JCP	Ryōsuke Aoyama	13,471	10.6	2.4
Turnout				48.19	1.72
	LDP hold

References

1. "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" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2023] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
2. "TABATA_Hiroaki_Shugiin". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. "LDP Members TABATA Hiroaki". LibDems. Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
4. "LDP member reportedly tried to hide membership scandal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. 開票速報 小選挙区：-富山 - 2024衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
7. 小選挙区 富山1区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 4 July 2023.