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Kyoto 1st district
Kyoto 1st district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Kyoto Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kyoto
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	389,304
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representatives	Yasushi Katsume [ja]
Municipalities	Kamigyō-ku, Kita-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Shimogyō-ku of Kyoto City

Kyoto 1st district (京都府第1区, Kyoto-fu dai-ikku or simply 京都1区, Kyoto-ikku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kyoto Prefecture.

Areas covered

1994–present

Kyoto City

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List of representatives

Election	Representative		Notes
1996^[4]	Bunmei Ibuki	Liberal Democratic
2000^[5]
2003^[6]
2005^[7]
2009^[8]	Tomoyuki Taira [ja]	Democratic	^[a]
		Independent
		Your
2012^[12]	Bunmei Ibuki	Liberal Democratic
2014^[13]
2017^[14]
2021^[15]	Yasushi Katsume [ja]	Liberal Democratic

Election results

2021^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasushi Katsume [ja]	86,238	40.40	6.92
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	65,201	30.55	2.72
	Innovation	Sachiko Horiba [ja] (won PR seat)	62,007	29.05	New
Majority			21,037	9.85
Registered electors			390,373
Turnout				55.90	7.06
	LDP hold

2017^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent)	88,106	47.32	6.76
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	61,938	33.27	3.89
	Kibō no Tō	Seiko Shimamura [ja]	36,134	19.41	New
Majority			26,168	14.05
Registered electors			393,178
Turnout				48.84	0.14
	LDP hold

2014^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent)	73,684	40.56	7.34
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	53,379	29.38	9.55
	Innovation	Ikuta Tasaka	36,353	20.01	New
	Independent	Tomoyuki Taira [ja]	17,307	9.53	New
	Independent	Sumimura Ninagawa	960	0.53	New
Majority			20,305	11.18
Turnout				48.70
	LDP hold

2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Bunmei Ibuki (PR seat incumbent)	69,287	33.22	0.09
	Restoration	Ikuta Tasaka	47,273	22.67	New
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	41,349	19.83	2.38
	Your	Tomoyuki Taira [ja] (incumbent)	24,591	11.79	New
	Democratic (endorsed by PNP)	Megumi Yūno	24,129	11.57	31.46
	Happiness Realization	Yūji Tanabe	1,932	0.93	0.52
Majority			22,014	10.55
Turnout
	LDP gain from Your

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (endorsed by PNP)	Tomoyuki Taira [ja]	105,818	43.03	14.04
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent) (won PR seat)	81,913	33.31	14.40
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	54,605	22.21	1.09
	Happiness Realization	Yumiko Tanemura	3,576	1.45	New
Majority			23,905	9.72
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent)	112,848	47.71	5.44
	Democratic	Kazuya Tamaki [ja] (PR seat incumbent)	68,563	28.99	3.09
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	55,097	23.30	2.35
Majority			44,285	18.72
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent)	83,644	42.27	0.13
	Democratic	Kazuya Tamaki [ja] (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	63,487	32.08	7.59
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	50,762	25.65	7.72
Majority			20,157	10.19
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Bunmei Ibuki (incumbent)	86,490	42.14	10.87
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	68,493	33.37	3.42
	Democratic	Kenji Hishida	50,256	24.49	New
Majority			17,997	8.77
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Bunmei Ibuki	63,094	31.27	New
	Communist	Keiji Kokuta (won PR seat)	60,441	29.95	New
	New Frontier	Yuzuru Takeuchi [ja]	47,103	23.34	New
	Democratic	Tetsuro Fukuyama	29,275	14.51	New
	Liberal League	Sumimura Ninagawa	1,877	0.93	New
Majority			2,653	1.32
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

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^ Taira left the Democratic Party in protest against Noda Cabinet’s decision to restart Kansai Electric Power Company's Ōi Nuclear Power Plant. After becoming an independent, he joined Your Party.^[9]^[10]^[11]