Chiba 7th district

Chiba 7th district
Chiba 7th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Chiba Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Chiba
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	297,486
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representatives	Ken Saitō
Municipalities	Nagareyama and Noda

PrefectureChiba

Proportional DistrictSouthern Kanto

Electorate297,486^[1]

Created1994

Chiba 7th district (千葉県第7区, Chiba-ken dai-nanaku or simply 千葉7区, Chiba-nanaku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Chiba Prefecture.

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Election	Representative		Notes
1996^[7]	Kazuna Matsumoto [ja]	LDP
2000^[8]	Kazuna Matsumoto [ja]	LDP
2003^[9]	Akira Uchiyama	Democratic
2005^[10]	Kazumi Matsumoto [ja]	LDP	Resigned on January 18, 2006 because of the electoral scandal.
2006 by-el^[11]	Kazumi Ota	Democratic
2009^[12]	Akira Uchiyama	Democratic
		Kizuna
		PLF
		Tomorrow
2012^[13]	Ken Saitō	LDP
2014^[14]
2017^[15]
2021^[16]
2024^[17]
2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Incumbent)	100,339	64.0	9.8
	DPP	Akihiro Hayashida	40,301	25.7	8.2
	Genzei–Yukoku	Ryūhei Kawada	16,146	10.3
Registered electors			298,061
Turnout				55.03	2.34
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Incumbent)	82,606	54.17	0.82
	DPP	Kota Hirado	51,749	33.94	New
	JCP	Kiyoko Tokumasu	18,127	11.89	N/A
Majority			30,857	20.23
Registered electors			296,878
Turnout				52.69	1.85
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Incumbent)	127,548	54.99	0.46
	CDP	Chiharu Takeuchi [ja]	71,048	30.63	New
	Ishin	Akira Uchiyama	28,594	12.33	New
	Anti-NHK	Kunihiro Watanabe	4,749	2.05	New
Majority			56,500	24.36
Registered electors			434,040
Turnout				54.54	3.12
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Incumbent)	115,731	54.53	0.52
	CDP	Sadamichi Ishizuka	51,776	24.40	New
	Kibō no Tō	Rina Hatano	29,706	14.00	New
	JCP	Takao Watanabe	15,025	7.07	6.47
Majority			63,955	30.13
Registered electors			421,071
Turnout				51.42	0.01
	LDP hold

Chiba 7th district

Since 2022

2013 - 2022

1994 - 2013

List of representatives

Election results

2026

2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2006 by-election

2005

2003

2000

1996

References

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Chiba 7th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Chiba Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Chiba
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	297,486^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representatives	Ken Saitō
Municipalities	Nagareyama and Noda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Incumbent)	111,030	55.05	9.24
	Innovation	Sadamichi Ishizuka	48,651	24.12	New
	JCP	Takao Watanabe	27,306	13.54	8.26
	Social Democratic	Harumasa Abe	14,718	7.29	4.63
Majority			62,379	30.93
Registered electors			403,843
Turnout				51.41	7.13
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ken Saitō	104,839	45.81	5.10
	Restoration	Chikatsu Hayashi	29,665	12.96	New
	Democratic	Ken Nakazawa	28,970	12.66	36.39
	Tomorrow	Akira Uchiyama (Incumbent)	24,216	10.58	New
	Your	Sadamichi Ishizuka	22,999	10.05	New
	JCP	Takao Watanabe	12,080	5.28	N/A
	Social Democratic	Katsuko Murakami	6,096	2.66	6.35
Majority			75,174	32.85
Registered electors			401,267
Turnout				58.54	7.46
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Akira Uchiyama	125,647	49.05	5.83
	LDP	Ken Saitō (Won PR seat)	104,262	40.71	8.36
	Social Democratic	Keiko Ueda	23,086	9.01	N/A
	Happiness Realization	Masahiko Makino	3,140	1.23	New
Majority			21,385	8.34
Registered electors			396,926
Turnout				66.00	1.25
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kazumi Ota	87,046	45.91	2.69
	LDP	Ken Saitō	86,091	45.40	3.67
	JCP	Kiyoko Tokumasu	14,274	7.53	0.18
	Independent	Shinichiro Miyaoka	1,530	0.81	N/A
	Independent	Takanori Kobayashi	681	0.35	New
Majority			955	0.51
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kazumi Matsumoto [ja]	118,801	49.07	7.49
	Democratic	Akira Uchiyama (Incumbent) (Won PR seat)	104,630	43.22	4.81
	JCP	Kiyoko Tokumasu	18,658	7.71	0.46
Majority			14,171	5.85
Registered electors			384,718
Turnout				64.75	9.14
	LDP gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Akira Uchiyama	96,915	48.03	18.30
	LDP	Kazumi Matsumoto [ja]	83,899	41.58	2.80
	JCP	Takao Watanabe	16,481	8.17	7.07
	Independent	Shinichiro Miyaoka	4,485	2.22	New
Majority			13,016	6.45
Registered electors			382,440
Turnout				55.61	3.49
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kazuna Matsumoto [ja] (Incumbent)	81,252	38.78	2.40
	Democratic	Akira Uchiyama	62,292	29.73	New
	JCP	Nanae Senoo	31,930	15.24	1.85
	Social Democratic	Torao Kitakado	24,432	11.66	New
	Liberal League	Kazuo Misumi	9,637	4.59	3.07
Majority			18,960	9.05
Registered electors			373,320
Turnout				59.10
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kazuna Matsumoto [ja]	71,306	36.38	*New*
	New Frontier	Etsuro Miyamoto	53,484	27.29	New
	Democratic	Kazuko Yuasa	41,980	21.42	New
	JCP	Hiroo Wakaōji	26,242	13.39	New
	Liberal League	Osamu Imaizumi	2,968	1.52	New
Majority			17,822	9.09
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

v t e 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: Eisuke Mori, Chiba 11th Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Keiichi Ishii, Northern Kanto 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