Tochigi 2nd district

Tochigi 2nd district (栃木県[第]2区, Tochigi-ken-[dai-]nikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in northeastern Tochigi and consists of the cities of Kanuma, Nikkō and Sakura, part of Utsunomiya city and the two towns in Shioya District. As of 2016, 272,047 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

Tochigi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Tochigi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Tochigi
Proportional District	Kita-Kantō
Electorate	262,690 (2021)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Akio Fukuda
Created from	Tochigi's 1st and 2nd "medium-sized" district
Municipalities	Kanuma, Nikkō, Sakura, Utsunomiya (Kamikawachi and Kawachi towns) and Shioya District

The district is currently represented by former Governor of Tochigi Akio Fukuda. Previous representatives in the district include former Agriculture Minister Kōya Nishikawa and Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama.

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Kōya Nishikawa		LDP	1996 – 2003
Mayumi Moriyama		LDP	2003 – 2009
Akio Fukuda		DPJ	2009 – 2012	Won in the PR block
Kōya Nishikawa		LDP	2012 – 2014	Won in the PR block
Akio Fukuda		DPJ	2014 – 2016	Incumbent
		DP	2016 – 2018
		CDP	2018 –

Election results

2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Akio Fukuda	68,377	56.8	3.4
	LDP	Kiyoshi Igarashi (elected in PR block)	51,955	43.2	3.4
Turnout				49.56	4.19
	CDP hold

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Akio Fukuda	73,593	53.39	0.02
	LDP	Kiyoshi Igarashi (elected in PR block)	64,253	46.61	0.02
Turnout				53.75	0.12
	CDP hold		Swing	0.01

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Akio Fukuda (endorsed by CDP, SDP, DP, JCP)	75,031	53.41	6.72
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa (endorsed by Kōmeitō)	65,445	46.59	0.05
Majority			16,105	8.94
Turnout				53.63	2.17
	Independent hold		Swing	3.34

2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Akio Fukuda	62,439	46.69	14.68
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa (elected by PR)	62,240	46.54	7.90
	JCP	Hidemi Abe	9,054	6.77	3.76
Majority			199	0.15
Turnout				51.46	3.40
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing	3.89

2012^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa	55,853	38.64	2.96
	Democratic	Akio Fukuda	46,271	32.01	30.93
	Your	Yūji Kashiwakura	38,086	26.35	N/A
	JCP	Yutaka Fujii	4,348	3.01	N/A
Majority			9,582	6.63
Turnout				54.86
	LDP gain from Democratic		Swing	16.45

2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Akio Fukuda	115,046	62.94	16.25
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa	65,222	35.68	17.63
	Happiness Realization	Kunifumi Sakashita	2,526	1.38	N/A
Majority			49,824	27.26
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing	16.94

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Mayumi Moriyama	99,115	53.31
	Democratic	Akio Fukuda	86,818	46.69

2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Mayumi Moriyama	96,224	59.5
	Democratic	Mamoru Kobayashi	60,010	37.1
	JCP	Michio Fukuda	5,506	3.4

2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa	77,054	48.1
	Democratic	Mamoru Kobayashi	74,132	46.3
	JCP	Michio Fukuda	9,066	5.7

1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kōya Nishikawa	73,393	52.6
	Democratic	Mamoru Kobayashi	55,439	39.7
	JCP	Toshiharu Kobayashi	8,84	6.3
	Liberal League	Kō Takahashi	1,960	1.4