Fukushima 1st district

Fukushima 1st district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.

Fukushima 1st district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Fukushima Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Fukushima
Proportional District	Tōhoku
Electorate	385,061[1] (1.698 times the population of Tottori 1st district)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Emi Kaneko
Municipalities	Fukushima, Nihonmatsu, Date City, Motomiya, Date District, Adachi District

History

The constituency primarily consists of Fukushima and Date City, alongside Nihonmatsu. From the districts formation in 1994 and the first election in 1996 to 2012, the district primarily consisted of match-ups between the Ishihara family (unrelated to Shintaro Ishihara, of descent from Takuya Inoue [ja]) and LDP candidates, either Yoshitami Kameoka or, pre-2003, Tatsuo Sato. Kameoka has run in the district since 1996, and joined the LDP after Sato retired.

In 2014, the Democratic Party of Japan broke away from running Ishihara descendants after their past representative, Yosaburo Ishihara [ja], had joined the Tomorrow Party of Japan. Instead, they ran Emi Kaneko, a former member of the House of Councillors. She managed to close the gap to 3%, but ultimately lost, and was revived on proportional representation.

The two had a rematch in 2017, with Kaneko running as an independent following the merger of the Democratic Party with Kibō no Tō shortly before for the election. As an independent, she would not have been revived on the proportional block had she lost, but she managed to defeat Kameoka for the first time since 2012. She held the district again in 2021 after joining the CDP, but with a slightly narrower margin. Kameoka was revived proportionally both times.

In 2024, Kameoka was found to have been involved in the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal. He was allowed to stay in the party, but was kicked off of the proportional list, meaning that he would not be revived under any circumstance due to his involvement. In the end, Kaneko managed to beat him by nearly twenty points. This left Kameoka without a seat in the Diet.

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Years served	Notes
Tatsuo Sato		LDP	1996-2005
Yoshitami Kameoka		LDP	2005-2009
Yosaburo Ishihara		DPJ	2009-2012
		PLF	2012	Left DPJ after consumption tax vote.
		TPJ	2012	Joined TPJ when PLF merged. Lost re-election.
Yoshitami Kameoka		LDP	2012-2017	Lost re-election. Revived on proportional block, until 2024.
Emi Kaneko		Independent	2017-2019
		CDP	2019-	Joined CDP.

Election results

2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Emi Kaneko	124,441	59.60	8.45
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka	84,351	40.40	8.45
Turnout			208,792	56.34	4.27
	CDP hold

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Emi Kaneko	123,620	51.15	New
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka (won a seat in PR block)	118,074	48.85	1.59
Turnout			241,694	60.61	2.17
	CDP hold

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Emi Kaneko	126,664	52.74	New
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka (won a seat in PR block)	113,514	47.26	0.10
Turnout			240,178	58.44	4.91
	Independent gain from LDP

2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka	102,950	47.36	3.61
	Democratic	Emi Kaneko (won a seat in PR block)	97,643	44.92	26.17
	JCP	Yasuko Wantanabe	16,787	7.72	1.48
Turnout			217,380	53.53	5.47
	LDP hold

2012^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka	121,235	50.97	7.21
	Tomorrow	Yosaburo Ishihara	50,141	21.08	New
	Democratic	Hideki Ohba	44,599	18.75	31.28
	JCP	Chiiko Wanatanabe	21,896	9.20	4.11
Turnout			237,871	59.00	14.86
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

2009^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yosaburo Ishihara	156,060	50.03	13.64
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka	136,526	43.76	13.08
	JCP	Yutaka Yamada	15,879	5.09	1.68
	Happiness Realization	Kazuyuki Ohashi	3,492	1.12	New
Turnout			311,957	73.86	2.50
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yoshitami Kameoka	171,507	56.84	21.92
	Democratic	Nobuichiro Ishihara	109,795	36.39	10.94
	JCP	Yutaka Yamada	20,412	6.77	1.39
Turnout			301,714	71.36	4.42
	LDP hold

2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tatsuo Sato	98,896	34.92	4.67
	Independents	Yoshitami Kameoka	96,954	34.23	New
	Democratic	Nobuichiro Ishihara	72,076	25.45	6.21
	JCP	Yutaka Yamada	15,241	5.38	1.37
Turnout			283,167	66.94
	LDP hold

2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tatsuo Sato	89,353	30.25	10.13
	Independent	Yoshitami Kameoka	68,874	23.31	New
	Democratic	Hiromichi Kibata	56,838	19.24	New
	Liberal	Kentaro Ishihara	32,166	10.89	New
	Social Democratic	Tsuneharu Sato	28,251	9.56	5.42
	JCP	Shinmi Masayo	19,927	6.75	1.27
Turnout			295,409
	LDP hold

1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kenzo Muraoka	102,950	40.38	New
	Independent	Kentaro Ishihara	93,347	36.61	New
	Social Democratic	Tsuneharu Sato	38,196	14.98	New
	JCP	Katsuo Okazaki	20,451	8.02	New
Turnout			254,944
	LDP hold

Notes