Saga 1st district

Legislative district of Japan

Saga 1st District

Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Numbered map of Saga Prefecture
single-member districts

Prefecture| Saga
Proportional District| Kyushu
Current constituency
Created| 1994
Seats| One
Party| CDP
Representative| Kazuhiro Haraguchi

Saga 1st district (佐賀県第1区, Saga-ken dai-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Saga Prefecture.

Kazuhiro Haraguchi initially won the district narrowly for the New Frontier Party (NFP) in 1996 but lost it in 2000 to Takanori Sakai (LDP) who was appointed as Cabinet Office Vice Minister in the 2nd realigned Mori cabinet. In March 2003, Sakai was arrested (and later sentenced to 32 months in prison) for having received illicit corporate donations in violation of the Political Funds Control Law.[1][2]
Takamaro Fukuoka replaced Sakai as LDP candidate for Saga 1 in the 2003 election and lost to Haraguchi. The "postal privatization" election of 2005 gave the LDP a landslide victory, and Fukuoka beat Haraguchi despite the fact that the DPJ's opposition ally, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), unlike in previous elections did not nominate a candidate in Saga 1st district. In the landslide LDP defeat of 2009, Haraguchi won the district for the third time and became the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the Hatoyama Cabinet.
Haraguchi was defeated by Kazuchika Iwata (LDP), a former second-generation Saga prefectural assemblyman, in 2012 but regained the seat in 2014.

In September 2023 the district had 331,037 eligible voters.[3] In 2012 they were 237,748.[4]

Before the 1994 electoral reform, the area had been part of Saga At-large district where five representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote.

## Area

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* Saga City
* Tosu
* Kanzaki
* Yoshinogari (town in Kanzaki District)
* Towns of Miyaki District

## List of representatives

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Election  | Representative  | Party  | Notes

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1996 | Kazuhiro Haraguchi |  | NFP | After the dissolution of NFP, Haraguchi joined DPJ through Voice of the people, GGP.
2000 | Takanori Sakai |  | LDP |
2003 | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  |  | DPJ |
2005 | Takamaro Fukuoka |  | LDP | Elected to the House of Councillors in 2010
2009 | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  |  | DPJ |
2012 | Kazuchika Iwata |  | LDP |
2014 | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  |  | DPJ |
2017 |  | Ind.  | Haraguchi tried to run for office in Kibō no Tō, but gave up.
2021 |  | CDP |
2024

## Election results

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2024[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| CDP | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | 96,083  | 54.7  |
| LDP | Kazuchika Iwata (Won PR seat) | 79,723  | 45.3  |
Registered electors | 330,285  |  |
Turnout |  | 54.48  |
| CDP hold
2021 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| CDP | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  | 92,452  | 50.04  |
| LDP (Komeito)  | Kazuchika Iwata (Won PR seat) | 92,319  | 49.96  |
2017 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent (DP) | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  | 105,487  | 55.65  |
| LDP (Komeito)  | Kazuchika Iwata (Won PR seat) | 78,972  | 41.66  |
| Happiness Realization Party | Toru Nakajima  | 5086  | 2.68  |
2014[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Kazuhiro Haraguchi  | 85,903  | 47.5  |
| LDP | Kazuchika Iwata (Won PR seat) | 83,421  | 46.1  |
| JCP | Makoto Koga  | 11,483  | 6.4  |
Registered electors | 327,125  |  |
Turnout |  | 56.43  |
| Democratic gain from LDP
2012[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP (Kōmeitō)  | Kazuchika Iwata | 70,547  | 49.2  |
| DPJ (PNP)  | Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Won PR seat) | 63,007  | 43.9  |
| JCP | Hitoshi Ōmori  | 9,857  | 6.9  |
2009[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| DPJ (SDP, PNP support)  | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | 96,618  |  |
| LDP (Kōmeitō support)  | Takamaro Fukuoka | 75,475  |  |
| Happiness Realization Party | Ken Koba  | 1,568  |  |
Turnout | 175,824  | 74.77  |
2005[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Takamaro Fukuoka | 84,643  |  |
| DPJ | Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Won PR seat) | 75,449  |  |
| JCP | Akemi Mutō  | 8,029  |  |
Turnout | 170,282  | 73.28  |
2003[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| DPJ | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | 70,271  |  |
| LDP | Takamaro Fukuoka | 66,446  |  |
| SDP | Hisahiro Shibata  | 8,315  |  |
| JCP | Yasutoshi Kamimura  | 4,977  |  |
Turnout | 152,297  | 66.13  |
2000[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LDP | Takanori Sakai | 70,155  |  |
| DPJ | Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Won PR seat) | 62,932  |  |
| SDP | Katsuyō Ogata  | 30,018  |  |
| JCP | Yasutoshi Kamimura  | 7,173  |  |
| Liberal League | Kō Nagai  | 1,612  |  |
1996[12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NFP | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | 62,515  |  |
| LDP | Takanori Sakai (Won PR seat) | 60,286  |  |
| SDP | Katsuyō Ogata  | 27,514  |  |
| JCP | Yasutoshi Kamimura  | 7,670  |  |
| Liberal League | Takashi Kimura  | 2,493  |  |

## References

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1. ^ The Japan Times, June 27, 2003: Sakai, cohort plead not guilty to defrauding state
2. ^ The Japan Times, March 23, 2007: Prosecutors drive ex-labor minister to penitentiary
3. ^ "総務省｜令和4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" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2023] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
4. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等 (in Japanese)
5. ^ "2024年衆議院議員総選挙 佐賀". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
6. ^ "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 December 28, 2024.
7. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 佐賀. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-06-05.
8. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>佐賀県>佐賀1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-07. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)
9. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>佐賀県>佐賀1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-12-30. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)
10. ^ 衆議院 >第43回衆議院議員選挙 >佐賀県>佐賀1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-12-30. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)
11. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>佐賀県>佐賀1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-12-30. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)[permanent dead link‍]
12. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙 >佐賀県>佐賀1区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-07. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)[permanent dead link‍]

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