Gifu 1st district

Legislative district of Japan

Gifu 1st District

Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Numbered map of Gifu Prefecture
single-member districts

Prefecture| Gifu
Major settlements| Gifu
Current constituency
Party| LDP
Representative| Seiko Noda

Gifu 1st district (Gifu-ken dai-ikku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in central Gifu and consists of the capital city Gifu excluding the former town of Yanaizu. As of 2012, 325,090 eligible voters resided in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Western Gifu including Gifu City had formed the five-member Gifu 1st district. In the last pre-reform House of Representatives election of 1993, representatives included top-elected Iwao Matsuda for the Renewal Party, third-ranking Seiko Noda for the Liberal Democratic Party and fourth-ranking Socialist Kazō Watanabe. These three representatives were the main contestants of the new single-member 1st district in the 1996 election. Noda won and held on to the seat in subsequent elections. In 2005, she was a postal privatization rebel, but defended the seat against "assassin" candidate Yukari Satō. Noda returned to the party in 2006.

In the landslide Liberal Democratic defeat of 2009, Noda lost the seat to Democrat Masanao Shibahashi and only remained in the House via the Tōkai proportional block. In the landslide Democratic defeat of 2012, Noda regained the district at low turnout.

## List of representatives

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Representative  | Party  | Dates  | Notes

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Seiko Noda |  | LDP | 1996–2005  |
| Independent (postal privatization rebel)  | 2005–2009  | Returned to the LDP in 2006, re-elected in the Tōkai block
Masanao Shibahashi |  | DPJ | 2009–2012  | Failed re-election in the Tōkai block
Seiko Noda |  | LDP | 2012–  | Incumbent

## Election results

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2021[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda | 103,805  | 62.5  | 2.0
| CDP | Keisuke Kawamoto | 48,629  | 29.3  |
| JCP | Toru Yamakoshi | 9,846  | 5.9  |
| Reform Future Party  | Masamitsu Tsuchida  | 3,698  | 2.2  |
Turnout |  | 52.31  | 1.83
| LDP hold
2017[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda  | 103,453  | 64.5  | 7.0
| Independent | Rie Yoshida  | 43,688  | 27.2  |
| Independent | Taisuke Hattori  | 8,113  | 5.1  |
| Happiness Realization | Noriko Nohara  | 5,124  | 3.2  |
Turnout |  | 50.48  | 4.44
| LDP hold
2014[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda  | 82,434  | 57.5  | 7.5
| Democratic | Rie Yoshida  | 38,402  | 26.8  | 3.2
| JCP | Shizuka Ōsuga  | 22,647  | 15.8  | 8.8
Turnout |  | 46.04  | 11.83
| LDP hold
2012[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda  | 90,164  | 49.9  | +5.4
| Democratic | Masanao Shibahashi | 54,254  | 30.0  | −20.0
| Tomorrow | Tamiko Kasahara (endorsed by New Party Daichi | 21,294  | 11.8  | new
| JCP | Masanori Suzuki  | 12,687  | 7.0  | +2.6
| Happiness Realization | Noriko Nohara  | 2,179  | 1.2  | new
Turnout |  | 57.90  | 12.09
| LDP gain from Democratic
2009[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| DPJ | Masanao Shibahashi | 111,987  | 50.0  | +33.1
| LDP | Seiko Noda (won proportional seat)  | 99,500  | 44.5  | +1.7
| JCP | Masanori Suzuki  | 9,832  | 4.4  | new
| HRP | Kazue Ozawa  | 2,508  | 1.1  | new
2005[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Seiko Noda | 96,985  | 42.8  | −8.6
| LDP | Yukari Satō (won proportional seat)  | 84,189  | 35.9  | new
| DPJ | Masanao Shibahashi | 38,349  | 16.9  | new
| JCP | Satoru Ogawa | 9,970  | 4.4  | new
2003[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda | 92,717  | 51.4  | −0.9
| DPJ | Makoto Asano | 71,649  | 39.7  | new
| JCP | Ritsuko Kinoshita | 15,951  | 8.8  | −2.4
2000[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda | 100,425  | 52.3  | +15.2
| DPJ | Kazō Watanabe | 56,751  | 29.6  | +12.0
| JCP | Ritsuko Kinoshita | 21,523  | 11.2  | +1.0
| SDP | Jirō Toda | 11,171  | 5.8  | new
| LL | Kiyosuke Mamiya | 1,975  | 1.0  | new
1996[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Seiko Noda | 70,799  | 37.1  | N/A
| NFP | Iwao Matsuda | 66,892  | 35.1  | N/A
| DPJ | Kazō Watanabe | 33,640  | 17.6  | N/A
| JCP | Ritsuko Kinoshita | 19,509  | 10.2  | N/A

## References

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2. ^ "【2021年 衆院選】岐阜県(小選挙区)候補者一覧 | 朝日新聞デジタル | 衆議院選挙（2021年総選挙）特設サイト". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. ^ 小選挙区 岐阜１区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
4. ^ 2014年12月14日(日) 投票 小選挙区 岐阜１区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
5. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 岐阜. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-15.
6. ^ ２００９総選挙 開票結果 小選挙区・岐阜１区. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-15.
7. ^ 総選挙2015>開票結果 小選挙区 岐阜. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-15.
8. ^ 総選挙2003>小選挙区 岐阜. Mainichi Broadcasting System (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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