Aichi 4th district

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

Aichi 4th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aichi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Aichi
Proportional District	Tokai
Electorate	369,899^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Shozo Kudo [ja]
Municipalities	Mizuho-ku, Atsuta-ku, Minato-ku and Minami-ku of Nagoya City

Areas covered

since 2002

• Nagoya City
  • Mizuho-ku
  • Atsuta-ku
  • Minato-ku
  • Minami-ku

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1994-2002

• Nagoya City
  • Mizuho-ku
  • Minato-ku
  • Minami-ku

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List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996^[5]	Jun Misawa		New Frontier
			Liberal
			New Conservative
2000^[6]	Yoshio Maki		Democratic
2003^[7]
2005^[8]
2009^[9]
			People's Life First
			Tomorrow
2012^[10]	Shozo Kudo [ja]		Liberal Democratic
2014^[11]
2017^[12]
2021^[13]

Election results

2021

2021^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Shozo Kudo [ja] (incumbent)	78,004	43.72
	CDP	Yoshio Maki (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	72,786	40.79	New
	Innovation	Chiyo Nakata	27,640	15.49	New
Majority			5,218	2.93
Registered electors			372,310
Turnout				48.95	2.41
	Liberal Democratic hold

2017

2017^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Shozo Kudo [ja] (incumbent)	76,446	45.09
	Kibō no Tō	Yoshio Maki (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	63,207	37.28	New
	Communist	Toshiko Nishida	29,885	17.63
Majority			13,239	7.81
Registered electors			376,367
Turnout				46.54	1.24
	Liberal Democratic hold

2014

2014^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Shozo Kudo [ja] (incumbent)	66,213	38.58
	Innovation	Yoshio Maki (won PR seat)	47,291	27.56	New
	Democratic	Katsuyuki Tone	36,285	21.14
	Communist	Yusuke Takahashi	21,828	12.72
Majority			18,922	11.02
Registered electors			369,566
Turnout				47.78	4.49
	Liberal Democratic hold

2012

2012^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Shozo Kudo [ja]	63,932	34.03
	Tomorrow (endorsed by Daichi)	Yoshio Maki (incumbent)	41,730	22.21	New
	Restoration (endorsed by Your)	Yoichi Yamamoto	33,144	17.64	New
	Democratic	Katsuyuki Tone	30,731	16.36
	Communist	Toshiko Nishida	18,351	9.77
Majority			22,202	11.82
Registered electors			371,031
Turnout				52.27	9.43
	Liberal Democratic gain from Tomorrow

2009

2009^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yoshio Maki (incumbent)	129,382	57.33
	Liberal Democratic	Makiko Fujino (PR seat incumbent)	64,367	28.52
	Communist	Yukiko Seko [ja]	28,826	12.77
	Happiness Realization	Toshikazu Imaida	3,086	1.37	New
Majority			65,015	28.81
Registered electors			373,755
Turnout				61.70	1.57
	Democratic hold

2005

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yoshio Maki (incumbent)	95,844	43.85
	Liberal Democratic	Makiko Fujino (won PR seat)	87,324	39.95
	Communist	Yukiko Seko [ja]	30,622	14.01
	Independent	Kenji Sasaki	4,791	2.19	New
Majority			8,520	3.90
Registered electors			372,236
Turnout				60.13	6.58
	Democratic hold

2003

2003^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yoshio Maki (incumbent)	84,919	44.03
	Liberal Democratic	Hiroshi Kondō [ja] (won PR seat)	79,749	41.35	N/A
	Communist	Yukiko Seko [ja] (PR seat incumbent)	28,193	14.62
Majority			5,170	2.68
Registered electors			369,895
Turnout				53.55
	Democratic hold

2000

2000^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yoshio Maki	57,760	35.10	New
	New Conservative	Jun Misawa (incumbent)	54,071	32.86	New
	Communist	Yukiko Seko [ja] (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat)	37,645	22.88
	Social Democratic	Masakazu Kobayashi	10,167	6.18	New
	Liberal League	Minoru Kawashima [ja]	4,919	2.99	New
Majority			3,689	2.24
Turnout
	Democratic gain from New Conservative

1996

1996^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Jun Misawa	57,361	35.73	New
	Liberal Democratic	Saburo Tsukamoto [ja]	48,209	30.03	New
	Communist	Yukiko Seko [ja] (won PR seat)	30,976	19.29	New
	Democratic	Koji Takagi	23,411	14.58	New
	People's Party	Takayoshi Ito	348	0.22	New
	Culture Forum	Toshinao Shiokawa	243	0.15	New
Majority			9,152	5.70
Turnout
	New Frontier win (new seat)

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