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Wakayama 1st District
Wakayama 1st District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Wakayama Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Wakayama
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	403,217
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	Innovation
Representative	Yumi Hayashi
Municipalities	Wakayama, Kinokawa, Iwade

Wakayama 1st district (和歌山県第1区, Wakayama-ken dai-ikku) is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. The current representative is Yumi Hayashi, member of the Nippon Ishin no Kai. She won the seat in a special election in April 2023.^[1] The previous representative, Shuhei Kishimoto, resigned on 1 September 2022 to successfully run for office as governor of Wakayama Prefecture.^[2]

Geography

The first constituency of Wakayama Prefecture covers the cities of Wakayama, Kinokawa and Iwade.^[4]

List of representatives

Election	Representative		Notes
1996	Keisuke Nakanishi [ ja]	New Frontier
2000	Tatsuya Tanimoto	Independent
2003		Liberal Democratic
2005		Liberal Democratic
2009	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja]	Democratic	Resigned to run for office as governor
2012
2014
2017		Kibō no Tō
2021		DPP
2021	Vacant (September 2022–April 2023)
2023 by-el	Yumi Hayashi	Innovation

Election Results

2023 by-election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Innovation	Yumi Hayashi	61,720	47.47	New
	Liberal Democratic	Hirofumi Kado [ ja]	55,657	42.80	5.53
	Communist	Hideaki Kunishige	11,178	8.60	1.38
	Seijika Joshi	Takahira Yamamoto	1,476	1.14	New
Registered electors			304,221
Turnout				44.11	11.05
	Innovation gain from DPP

2021^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPP	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja] (Incumbent)	103,676	62.73	New
	Liberal Democratic	Hirofumi Kado [ ja] (Incumbent- Kinki PR block)	61,608	37.27	2.39
Registered electors			307,817
Turnout				55.16	7.89
	DPP hold

2017^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kibō no Tō	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja] (Incumbent)	72,517	50.36	New
	Liberal Democratic	Hirofumi Kado [ ja] (Incumbent- Kinki PR block) (reelected by Kinki PR block)	57,111	39.66	2.64
	Communist	Yasuhisa Hara	14,372	9.98	0.08
Registered electors			312,819
Turnout				47.27	0.45
	Kibō no Tō hold

2014^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja] (Incumbent)	67,740	47.80	12.85
	Liberal Democratic	Hirofumi Kado [ ja] (Incumbent- Kinki PR block) (reelected by Kinki PR block)	59,937	42.30	7.53
	Communist	Hideaki Kunishige	14,027	9.90	2.35
Registered electors			309,449
Turnout				46.82	10.44
	Democratic hold

2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja] (Incumbent)	60,577	34.95	23.20
	Liberal Democratic	Hirofumi Kado [ ja] (elected by Kinki PR block)	60,277	34.77	0.08
	Restoration	Jun Hayashi	39,395	22.73	New
	Communist	Hideaki Kunishige	13,094	7.55	1.49
Registered electors			311,046
Turnout				57.26	10.05
	Democratic hold

2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja]	120,309	58.15	18.42
	Liberal Democratic	Tatsuya Tanimoto (Incumbent)	72,109	34.85	16.12
	Communist	Hideaki Kunishige	12,529	6.06	3.25
	Happiness Realization	Masahiro Saitō	1,956	0.95	New
Registered electors			313,226
Turnout				67.31	2.79
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic

2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tatsuya Tanimoto (Incumbent)	100,868	50.97	17.93
	Democratic	Shuhei Kishimoto [ ja]	78,621	39.73	New
	Communist	Tsutomu Shimokado	18,418	9.31	21.79
Registered electors			314,432
Turnout				64.52	13.35
	Liberal Democratic hold

2003^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tatsuya Tanimoto (Incumbent)	101,602	68.90	50.09
	Communist	Tsutomu Shimokado	45,851	31.10	12.60
Registered electors			314,436
Turnout				51.17	9.50
	Liberal Democratic hold

2000^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tatsuya Tanimoto	83,830	45.76	New
	New Conservative	Keisuke Nakanishi [ ja] (Incumbent)	65,468	35.74	New
	Communist	Yasuhisa Hara	33,899	18.50	5.00
Registered electors			315,298
Turnout				60.67	0.08
	Independent gain from New Conservative

1996^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Keisuke Nakanishi [ ja]	66,428	35.85	New
	Independent	Takusō Tabita [ ja]	58,119	31.37	New
	Liberal Democratic	Chikara Azuma [ ja]	34,851	18.81	New
	Communist	Akiharu Okumura	25,016	13.50	New
	Independent	Masako Tabata	872	0.47	New
Registered electors			313,750
Turnout				60.59

References

^ "Japan ruling party candidates win four of five by-elections - NHK". Reuters. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "岸本周平氏の辞職許可和歌山知事選出馬へ―衆院：時事ドットコム". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-19.
^ Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022
^ "総務省｜令和3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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ "衆議院議員補欠選挙和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
^ "2021年衆議院総選挙和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区和歌山". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区和歌山". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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[1] "Japan ruling party candidates win four of five by-elections - NHK". Reuters. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[2] "岸本周平氏の辞職許可和歌山知事選出馬へ―衆院：時事ドットコム". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-19.

[3] Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022

[4] "総務省｜令和3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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[5] "衆議院議員補欠選挙和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-31.

[6] "2021年衆議院総選挙和歌山1区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[7] "開票結果小選挙区和歌山". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[8] "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[9] "開票結果小選挙区和歌山". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[10] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[11] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[12] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[13] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[14] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 和歌山1区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō ( 8 block seats, 12 district seats)	Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku ( 12 block seats, 23 district seats)	Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō ( 19 block seats, 32 district seats)	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō ( 23 block seats, 33 district seats)	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo ( 19 block seats, 25 district seats)	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku- Shin'etsu ( 10 block seats, 19 district seats)	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai ( 21 block seats, 32 district seats)	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki ( 28 block seats, 47 district seats)	Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku ( 10 block seats, 20 district seats)	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku ( 6 block seats, 11 district seats)	Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū ( 20 block seats, 35 district seats)	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments	Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4
Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments	Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments	Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5
Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments	Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4

Wakayama 1st District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Wakayama Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Wakayama
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	403,217 ^[3]
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	Innovation
Representative	Yumi Hayashi
Municipalities	Wakayama, Kinokawa, Iwade