Osaka 8th district

Osaka 8th district
Osaka 8th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	421,145
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Joji Uruma
Municipalities	Ikeda and Toyonaka.

PrefectureOsaka

Proportional DistrictKinki

Electorate421,145^[1]

Created1994

Osaka 8th district (大阪府第8区, Osaka-fu dai-hakku or simply 大阪8区, Osaka-hakku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Osaka Prefecture.

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Election	Representative
1996^[5]	Kansei Nakano	New Frontier
1996^[5]		New Fraternity
2000^[6]		Democratic
2003^[7]		Democratic
2005^[8]	Takashi Ōtsuka	LDP
2009^[9]	Kansei Nakano	Democratic
2012^[10]	Tomohiko Kinoshita	Restoration
2012^[10]	Tomohiko Kinoshita	Innovation
2014^[11]	Takashi Ōtsuka	LDP
2017^[12]		LDP
2017^[12]		Independent
2021^[13]	Joji Uruma	Ishin
2024^[14]
2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Joji Uruma	93,189	38.6	2.0
	LDP	Keiichirō Kōrai (elected in Kinki PR block)	77,688	32.2	3.4
	DPP	Jun Satō	29,080	12.0	5.5
	JCP	Setsuyo Hirakawa	22,319	9.2	1.3
	Sanseitō	Mirei Sakakibara	19,206	8.0	1.4
Registered electors			419,934
Turnout				60.09	3.81
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Joji Uruma	84,503	36.56
	LDP	Keiichiro Kōrai	66,582	28.81
	DPP	Masaki Hiraiwa (elected in Kinki PR block)	40,552	17.55	New
	JCP	Setsuyo Hirakawa	24,277	10.50	N/A
	Sanseitō	Koichiro Tani	15,197	6.58	New
Majority			17,921	7.75
Registered electors			420,222
Turnout				56.28	3.47
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Joji Uruma	105,073	53.23
	LDP	Keiichiro Kōrai	53,877	27.29
	CDP	Hirofumi Matsui	38,458	19.48	New
Majority			51,196	25.94
Registered electors			337,105
Turnout				59.75	7.68
	Ishin gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka	67,054	39.30
	Ishin	Tomohiko Kinoshita	57,187	33.51	New
	CDP	Hirofumi Matsui	31,197	18.28	New
	JCP	Makoto Arai	15,197	8.91
Majority			9,867	5.79
Registered electors			333,595
Turnout				52.07	0.57
	LDP hold

Osaka 8th district

Since 2022

1994 - 2022

List of representatives

Election results

2026

2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2005

2003

2000

1996

References

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Osaka 8th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	421,145^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Joji Uruma
Municipalities	Ikeda and Toyonaka.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka	67,055	40.58
	Innovation	Tomohiko Kinoshita (Won PR seat)	62,522	37.84	New
	JCP	Mitsuko Yamahata	19,897	12.04
	Social Democratic	Ryoichi Hattori	11,286	6.83	New
	Future Generations	Takayuki Ueda	4,465	2.70	New
Majority			4,533	2.74
Registered electors			322,648
Turnout				52.64
	LDP gain from Innovation

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Restoration	Tomohiko Kinoshita	76,451	39.93	*New*
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka (Won PR seat)	71,091	37.13
	Democratic	Hirotaka Matsuoka	25,432	13.28
	JCP	Kazuhiro Isogawa	18,505	9.66
Majority			5,360	2.80
Registered electors
Turnout
	Restoration gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kansei Nakano	114,851	53.30
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka	77,405	35.92
	JCP	Shoji Kyūmon	19,498	9.05
	Happiness Realization	Shinsuke Takahashi	3,714	1.72	New
Majority			37,446	17.38
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka	103,120	49.61
	Democratic	Kansei Nakano	82,290	39.59
	JCP	Sumie Itsuki	22,448	10.80
Majority			20,830	10.02
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kansei Nakano	81,319	48.58
	LDP	Takashi Ōtsuka	63,324	37.83
	JCP	Sumie Itsuki	22,748	13.59
Majority			17,995	10.75
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kansei Nakano	83,566	48.40	*New*
	LDP	Takeshi Kamise	54,859	31.78
	JCP	Toshiharu Himei	29,649	17.17
	Liberal League	Masayuki Kikuchi	4,573	2.65
Majority			28,707	16.62
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Kansei Nakano	74,723	44.15	*New*
	Democratic	Issei Inoue (Won PR seat)	34,563	20.42	New
	JCP	Hiroki Asano	29,622	17.50	New
	LDP	Yōko Ōmura	25,881	15.29	New
	Liberal League	Takeshi Shimanuki	4,450	2.63	New
Majority			40,160	23.73
Registered electors
Turnout
	New Frontier 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