Hiroshima 4th district

Hiroshima 4th district
Hiroshima 4th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Hiroshima Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Hiroshima
Proportional District	Chūgoku
Electorate	389,763
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masayoshi Shintani
Municipalities	Etajima, Higashihiroshima, Kure, and Takehara, Toyota District and part of Aki District (Kumano town).

PrefectureHiroshima

Proportional DistrictChūgoku

Electorate389,763^[1]

Created1994

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

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Election	Representative
1996^[7]	Hidenao Nakagawa	LDP
2000^[8]
2003^[9]
2005^[10]
2009^[11]	Seiki Soramoto	Democratic
2012^[12]	Toshinao Nakagawa	LDP
2014^[13]		LDP
2014^[13]		Independent
2017^[14]	Masayoshi Shintani	LDP
2021^[15]	Masayoshi Shintani	LDP
2024^[16]	Seiki Soramoto	Ishin
2026^[17]	Masayoshi Shintani	LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masayoshi Shintani	89,563	47.02
	DPP	Seri Nabeshima [ja] (elected in Chūgoku PR block)	61,335	32.20	New
	Ishin	Seiki Soramoto	39,599	20.79
Majority			28,228	14.82
Registered electors			383,524
Turnout				51.93	1.65
	LDP gain from Ishin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Seiki Soramoto	93,707	50.55
	LDP	Minoru Terada (Won PR seat)	91,653	49.45
Majority			2,054	1.10
Registered electors			388,800
Turnout				50.28	2.90
	Ishin gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masayoshi Shintani	78,253	48.30
	CDP	Kanji Ueno	33,681	20.79	New
	Ishin	Seiki Soramoto (Won PR seat)	28,966	17.88
	Independent	Toshinao Nakagawa	21,112	13.03	New
Majority			44,572	27.51
Registered electors			309,781
Turnout				53.18	3.52
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masayoshi Shintani	64,911	43.64
	Ishin	Seiki Soramoto	28,562	19.20	New
	Independent	Keiji Ebisu	20,366	13.69	New
	Kibō no Tō	Kanji Ueno	16,803	11.30	New
	JCP	Hitoshi Nakaishi	10,884	7.32
	Independent	Yoji Ochiai	7,210	4.85	New
Majority			36,349	24.44
Registered electors			307,470
Turnout				49.66	1.20
	LDP gain from Independent

Hiroshima 4th district

Since 2022

2013 - 2022

1994 - 2013

List of representatives

Election results

2026

2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2005

2003

2000

1996

References

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Hiroshima 4th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Hiroshima Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Hiroshima
Proportional District	Chūgoku
Electorate	389,763^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masayoshi Shintani
Municipalities	Etajima, Higashihiroshima, Kure, and Takehara, Toyota District and part of Aki District (Kumano town).

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Toshinao Nakagawa	89,748	64.93
	Future Generations	Hiromu Nakamaru	26,977	19.52	New
	JCP	Hitoshi Nakaishi	21,500	15.55
Majority			62,771	45.41
Registered electors			298,095
Turnout				48.46	7.79
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Toshinao Nakagawa	91,611	57.79
	Democratic	Seiki Soramoto	53,340	33.65
	JCP	Hitoshi Nakaishi	13,576	8.56	N/A
Majority			38,271	24.14
Registered electors			295,992
Turnout				56.25	14.53
	LDP gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Seiki Soramoto	102,435	50.28
	LDP	Hidenao Nakagawa (Won PR seat)	97,296	47.76
	Happiness Realization	Yuri Oki	4,003	1.96	New
Majority			5,139	2.52
Registered electors			293,632
Turnout				70.78
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Hidenao Nakagawa	110,046	58.46
	Democratic	Seiki Soramoto	67,921	36.08
	JCP	Hitoshi Nakaishi	10,270	5.46
Majority			42,125	22.38
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hidenao Nakagawa	86,275	54.74
	Democratic	Seiki Soramoto	49,784	31.59	New
	Social Democratic	Hideaki Matsui	9,681	6.14
	JCP	Hitoshi Nakaishi	6,636	4.21
	Independent	Teiko Horima	5,225	3.32	New
Majority			36,491	23.15
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hidenao Nakagawa	102,900	63.99
	Social Democratic	Hideaki Matsui	40,526	25.20	New
	JCP	Toshihide Kojima	17,390	10.81
Majority			62,374	38.79
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hidenao Nakagawa	97,056	69.68	*New*
	New Socialist	Tamie Akimitsu	27,875	20.01	New
	JCP	Jun Nishioka	14,365	10.31	New
Majority			69,181	49.67
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

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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