Fukuoka 4th district

Fukuoka 4th district
Fukuoka 4th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Fukuoka Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Fukuoka
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	397,301
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representatives	Hideki Miyauchi
Municipalities	Part of Higashi-ku of Fukuoka city.; Cities Fukutsu, Koga, and Munakata.; District of Kasuya

Fukuoka 4th district (福岡県第4区, Fukuoka-ken dai-yonku or simply 福岡4区, Fukuoka-yonku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Areas covered

List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996^[8]	Tomoyoshi Watanabe	LDP
2000^[9]
2003^[10]
2005^[11]
2009^[12]	Takaaki Koga	Democratic
		PLF
		Tomorrow
2012^[13]	Hideki Miyauchi	LDP
2014^[14]
2017^[15]
2021^[16]
2024^[17]

Election results

2024 • 2021 • 2017 • 2014 • 2012 • 2009 • 2005 • 2003 • 2000 • 1996

2024

2024^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hideki Miyauchi (Incumbent)	68,585	33.57	15.85
	DPP	Ryotaro Konomi (Won PR seat)	40,753	19.95	New
	Ishin	Hiroki Abe (Won PR seat)	34,572	16.92	2.12
	Independent	Motoaki Yoshimatsu	28,915	14.15	New
	Social Democratic	Akiko Sō	20,051	9.82	3.98
	Sanseitō	Yoshihiro Yukihira	11,401	5.59	New
Majority			27,832	13.62
Registered electors			396,139
Turnout				53.48	0.49
	LDP hold

2021

2021^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hideki Miyauchi (Incumbent)	96,023	49.42	6.14
	CDP	Shintaro Morimoto	49,935	25.70	New
	Ishin	Hiroki Abe (Won PR seat)	36,998	19.04	8.24
	Social Democratic	Nobuaki Takeuchi	11,338	5.84	New
Majority			46,088	23.72
Registered electors			369,215
Turnout				53.97	0.13
	LDP hold

2017

2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hideki Miyauchi (Incumbent)	104,726	55.56	1.64
	Ishin	Masami Kawano	51,426	27.28	New
	JCP	Kiyotaka Shindome	32,340	17.16	3.39
Majority			53,300	28.28
Registered electors			361,451
Turnout				54.10	3.49
	LDP hold

2014

2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hideki Miyauchi (Incumbent)	91,222	53.92	9.23
	Innovation	Masami Kawano (Won PR seat)	54,663	32.31	New
	JCP	Kiyotaka Shindome	23,285	13.77	7.56
Majority			36,559	21.61
Registered electors			347,219
Turnout				50.61	7.47
	LDP hold

2012

2012^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hideki Miyauchi	86,039	44.69	1.24
	Restoration	Masami Kawano (Won PR seat)	42,319	21.98	New
	Democratic	Yoshinari Kishimoto	31,432	16.33	35.39
	Tomorrow	Takaaki Koga (Incumbent)	17,237	8.95	New
	JCP	Kiyotaka Shindome	11,946	6.21	N/A
	Happiness Realization	Kazue Yoshitomi	3,543	1.84	0.51
Majority			43,720	22.71
Registered electors
Turnout				58.08
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

2009

2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takaaki Koga	119,500	51.72	12.03
	LDP	Tomoyoshi Watanabe (Incumbent)	106,124	45.93	7.18
	Happiness Realization	Kōji Suzuki	5,437	2.35	New
Majority			13,376	5.79
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomoyoshi Watanabe (Incumbent)	114,613	53.11	2.30
	Democratic	Kinya Narasaki	85,658	39.69	2.73
	JCP	Kiyotaka Shindome	15,542	7.20	0.43
Majority			28,955	13.42
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003

2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomoyoshi Watanabe (Incumbent)	95,469	50.81	3.42
	Democratic	Kinya Narasaki (Won PR seat)	79,712	42.42	0.02
	JCP	Kiyotaka Shindome	12,713	6.77	3.44
Majority			15,757	8.39
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000

2000^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomoyoshi Watanabe (Incumbent)	87,327	47.39	3.05
	Democratic	Kinya Narasaki (Won PR seat)	78,128	42.40	New
	JCP	Torahiko Matsuo	18,802	10.21	0.96
Majority			9,199	4.99
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996

1996^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tomoyoshi Watanabe	86,765	50.44	*New*
	New Frontier	Junji Higashi	62,051	36.07	New
	JCP	Teruo Yoshida	19,211	11.17	New
	Liberal League	Takashi Hatae	3,984	2.32	New
Majority			24,714	14.37
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ "Fukuoka" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ "Fukuoka" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第183回国会　制定法律の一覧 >衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律法律第六十八号（平二五・六・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. June 28, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第154回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第九十五号（平一四・七・三一）". House of Representatives of Japan. July 31, 2002. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会　制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 25, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区福岡". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "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 February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院議員総選挙福岡". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員総選挙福岡". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[2] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[3] "Fukuoka" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[4] "Fukuoka" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[5] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第183回国会　制定法律の一覧 >衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律法律第六十八号（平二五・六・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. June 28, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[6] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第154回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第九十五号（平一四・七・三一）". House of Representatives of Japan. July 31, 2002. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[7] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会　制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 25, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[elect96-8] "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect00-9] "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect03-10] "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect05-11] "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect09-12] "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 福岡4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect12-13] "開票結果小選挙区福岡". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect14-14] "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 February 5, 2025.

[elect17-15] "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect21-16] "2021年衆議院議員総選挙福岡". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[elect24-17] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙福岡". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2025.

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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	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 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	Block 19 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	Block 23 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	Block 19 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	Block 10 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	Block 21 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	Block 28 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	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 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
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4