Ōita 2nd district

Ōita 2nd district
Ōita 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Ōita Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Ōita
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	259,442
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Ken Hirose
Municipalities	Cities of Bungo-ōno, Hita, Saiki, Taketa, Tsukumi, Yufu, Usuki, and part of Ōita city; District of Kusu

Ōita 2nd district (大分県第2区, Ōita-ken dai-niku or simply 大分2区, Ōita-niku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Ōita Prefecture.

PrefectureŌita

Proportional DistrictKyushu

Electorate259,442^[1]

Created1994

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Election	Representative
1996^[6]	Seishirō Etō	LDP
2000^[7]
2003^[8]
2005^[9]
2009^[10]	Yasumasa Shigeno	SDP
2012^[11]	Seishirō Etō	LDP
2014^[12]
2017^[13]
2021^[14]
2024^[15]	Ken Hirose	Independent
2026	Ken Hirose	LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Hirose	89,082	61.5
	Centrist Reform	Hajime Yoshikawa	55,817	38.5	0.3
Registered electors			247,816
Turnout				59.93	0.77
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ken Hirose	62,699	42.51	*New*
	CDP	Hajime Yoshikawa (Won PR seat)	57,234	38.81	10.98
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	27,553	18.68	31.53
Majority			5,465	3.70
Registered electors			253,781
Turnout				59.16	1.29
	Independent gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	79,433	50.21	3.06
	CDP	Hajime Yoshikawa (Won PR seat)	78,779	49.79	New
Majority			654	0.42
Registered electors			267,779
Turnout				60.45	0.24
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	89,944	53.27	0.62
	Social Democratic	Hajime Yoshikawa (Won PR seat)	70,858	41.97	5.53
	Happiness Realization	Atsuko Ueda	8,033	4.76	N/A
Majority			19,086	11.30
Registered electors			285,252
Turnout				60.69	2.65
	LDP hold

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Ōita 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Ōita Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Ōita
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	259,442^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Ken Hirose
Municipalities	Cities of Bungo-ōno, Hita, Saiki, Taketa, Tsukumi, Yufu, Usuki, and part of Ōita city District of Kusu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	86,363	52.65	1.27
	Social Democratic	Hajime Yoshikawa (Won PR seat)	59,775	36.44	11.05
	JCP	Kai Yamashita	17,907	10.92	4.95
Majority			26,588	16.21
Registered electors			290,833
Turnout				58.04
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō	94,666	51.38	3.51
	Social Democratic	Hajime Yoshikawa (Won PR seat)	46,786	25.39	24.70
	Restoration	Norihiko Takeuchi	31,779	17.25	New
	JCP	Kai Yamashita	11,008	5.97	N/A
Majority			47,880	25.99
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Social Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Yasumasa Shigeno	112,090	50.09	8.20
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent) (Won PR seat)	107,124	47.87	3.64
	Happiness Realization	Etsuko Nagaoka	4,574	2.04	New
Majority			4,966	2.22
Registered electors
Turnout
	Social Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	116,837	51.51	4.68
	Social Democratic	Yasumasa Shigeno (Won PR seat)	95,017	41.89	2.90
	JCP	Kai Yamashita	14,957	6.60	1.78
Majority			21,820	9.62
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	123,434	56.19	1.55
	Social Democratic	Yasumasa Shigeno	85,666	38.99	2.20
	JCP	Masaru Ono	10,590	4.82	1.84
Majority			37,768	17.20
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō (Incumbent)	92,242	54.64	19.54
	Social Democratic	Yasumasa Shigeno (Won PR seat)	69,532	41.19	New
	JCP	Kenji Bussaka	5,034	2.98	7.47
	Liberal League	Akemi Ishikawa	2,003	1.19	14.18
Majority			22,710	13.45
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Seishirō Etō	100,809	74.18	*New*
	Liberal League	Terumi Kamikawa	20,889	15.37	New
	JCP	Masami Doi	14,197	10.45	New
Majority			79,920	58.81
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)