Fukui 1st district

Fukui 1st district (福井県第1区, Fukui-ken dai-ikku or 福井1区, Fukui ikku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature).

Fukui 1st District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Fukui single-member districts
Prefecture	Fukui
Proportional District	Hokuriku-Shin'etsu
Electorate	373,413(2022)Ministry of Inner Affairs and Communications
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Tomomi Inada

Areas covered

Current district

Areas covered from 2013

The districts after its revision of the Public Offices Election Act 2013 are as follows.^[1][2] As a result of the change in the redistricting 2013, areas that used to be Fukui 3rd district and Fukui 2nd district were included.

• Fukui
• Ōno
• Katsuyama
• Awara
• Sakai
• Yoshida district

Areas covered before 2013

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Fukui at-large district where four representatives had been elected. From the area's establishment in 1994 until its redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:^[3]

• Fukui
• Asuwa District
• Yoshida District

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Ryuzo Sasaki		NFP	1996–1997
		Independent	1997-2000
Isao Matsumiya		LDP	2000–2005
		Independent	2005
Tomomi Inada		LDP	2005–present

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

‡‡ -Also ran and won in the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR district election

2024^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada (incumbent)	86,906	43.89	21.57
	CDP	Tsubasa Hatano‡‡	70,328	35.52	0.98
	Sanseitō	Koharu Tanaka	19,716	9.96	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	11,215	5.66	New
	Independent	Rie Nishiyama	9,845	4.97	New
Turnout			198,010	55.61	1.21

2021^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	136,171	65.46	8.12
	CDP	Tomihisa Noda‡	71,845	34.54	New
Registered electors			375,210
Turnout				56.82	2.03
	LDP hold

2017^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	116,969	57.34	7.50
	Kibō no Tō	Kōji Suzuki‡	64,086	31.42	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	22,931	11.24	2.61
Registered electors			383,767
Turnout				54.79	6.15
	LDP hold

2014^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	116,855	64.84	12.24
	Ishin	Kōji Suzuki‡	47,802	26.52	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	15,561	8.63	3.98
Registered electors			378,855
Turnout				48.64
	LDP hold

2012^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	68,027	52.60	2.63
	Restoration	Kōji Suzuki‡	29,622	22.90	New
	Democratic	Ryuzo Sasaki‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR)	22,985	17.77	27.87
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto‡	6,014	4.65	0.26
	Social Democratic	Takatoshi Yamazaki‡	2,681	2.07	New
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2009^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡ (incumbent)	78,969	49.97	16.57
	Democratic	Ryuzo Sasaki‡‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR)	72,119	45.64	12.49
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	6,940	4.39	0.49
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2005^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomomi Inada‡	51,242	33.40	8.67
	Democratic	Ryuzo Sasaki‡‡	50,869	33.15	20.83
	Independent	Isao Matsumiya (incumbent)	45,332	29.55	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	5,988	3.90	0.90
Registered electors
Turnout
	Swing to LDP from Independent		Swing

2003^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Isao Matsumiya‡ (incumbent)	55,698	42.07	0.95
	Independent	Ryuzo Sasaki	54,019	40.81	3.00
	Democratic	Humitake Hongō‡	16,309	12.32	0.81
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	5,988	4.80	2.87
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Isao Matsumiya‡	61,707	43.02	20.25
	Independent	Ryuzo Sasaki (incumbent)	54,234	37.81	New
	Democratic	Yasushi Aoki‡	16,507	11.51	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	10,998	7.67	1.76
Registered electors
Turnout
	Swing to LDP from Independent		Swing

1996^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Ryuzo Sasaki (incumbent)	48,214	34.02	New
	Independent	Isao Matsumiya	40,840	28.82	New
	LDP	Wataru Hiraizumi‡ (incumbent)	32,263	22.77	New
	Democratic	Tasaburo Furukawa	12,022	8.48	New
	JCP	Yukie Kanemoto	8,369	5.91	New
Registered electors
Turnout
	New Frontier win (new seat)