Hyōgo 9th district

Hyōgo 9th District
Hyōgo 9th District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Hyōgo Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Hyōgo
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	363,654
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Yasutoshi Nishimura
Municipalities	Akashi, Awaji, Sumoto, and Minamiawaji

Hyōgo 9th district (兵庫県第9区, Hyōgo-ken dai-kyūku or simply 兵庫9区, Hyōgo-kyūku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan.

List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996	Ichizō Miyamoto	New Frontier
2000	Ichizō Miyamoto	Liberal Democratic
2003	Yasutoshi Nishimura	Independent
2005		Liberal Democratic
2009
2012
2014
2017
2021

Election results

2024^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (endorsed by Komeito and local LDP offices)	Yasutoshi Nishimura (incumbent)	88,676	45.57	30.73
	CDP	Keigo Hashimoto (endorsed by SDP)	70,738	36.35	New
	Innovation	Kiichiro Kako	25,515	13.11	New
	Communist	Yoshinobu Takata	9,653	4,96	18.74
Majority			17,938	9.22	43.32
Registered electors			360,121
Turnout			194,582	55.45	2.22

2021^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	141,973	76.27	6.72
	Communist	Yukari Fukuhara	44,172	23.73	1.51
Registered electors			363,347
Turnout				53.23	4.06
	LDP hold

2017^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	122,026	69.55	5.21
	Kibō no Tō	Yasushi Kawato	30,937	17.63	New
	Independent	Noriyuki Kikuchi	22,497	12.82	New
Registered electors			365,836
Turnout				49.17	0.41
	LDP hold

2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	126,491	74.76	15.38
	Communist	Michiyo Shinmachi	42,694	25.24	17.17
Registered electors			358,073
Turnout				49.58	8.31
	LDP hold

2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	120,590	59.38	1.27
	Restoration	Shunji Tani	45,097	22.20	New
	Democratic	Hiroshi Hamamoto	21,016	10.35	15.94
	Communist	Michiyo Shinmachi	16,393	8.07	1.87
Turnout				57.89	7.35
	LDP hold

2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	137,190	60.65	2.37
	People's New	Ichizō Miyamoto	76,991	34.03	New
	Happiness Realization	Yoshiaki Takagi	12,033	5.32	New
Turnout				65.24
	LDP hold

2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasutoshi Nishimura (Incumbent)	136,605	58.28	27.46
	Democratic	Mitsunari Hatanaka	61,617	26.29	3.94
	New Party Nippon	Ichizō Miyamoto	21,647	9.23	New
	Communist	Tetsuo Ōsugi	14,539	6.20	0.22
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yasutoshi Nishimura	86,631	40.84	10.19
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizō Miyamoto (Incumbent)	65,374	30.82	2.43
	Democratic	Mitsunari Hatanaka	47,406	22.35	1.68
	Communist	Naoki Kakei	12,694	5.98	4.90
Turnout
	Independent gain from LDP

2000^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizō Miyamoto (Incumbent)	70,119	33.25	1.10
	Independent	Yasutoshi Nishimura	64,630	30.65	New
	Democratic	Kinzō Fujimoto	50,677	24.03	New
	Communist	Yukimi Ichikawa	22,946	10.88	1.81
	Liberal League	Shūichi Ashimura	2,502	1.19	New
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Ichizō Miyamoto	75,274	38.41	New
	Liberal Democratic	Kenzaburo Hara (elected by Kinki PR block)	67,329	34.35	New
	Democratic	Kiyoshi Wakamiya	28,515	14.55	New
	Communist	Susumu Ishii	24,865	12.69	New
Turnout

References

^ Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022
^ 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
^ "2021年衆議院総選挙兵庫9区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". 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.
^ "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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

[2] 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.

[3] "2021年衆議院総選挙兵庫9区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[4] "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[5] "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.

[6] "開票結果小選挙区兵庫". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[8] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[9] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[10] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[11] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 兵庫9区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

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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 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
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