Saga 2nd district

Saga 2nd district
Saga 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Saga Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Saga
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	334,651
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Yasushi Furukawa
Municipalities	Cities of Kashima, Ogi, Imari, Karatsu, Ureshino, Takeo, and Taku. ; Districts of Fujitsu, Kishima, Higashimatsuura, and Nishimatsuura.

PrefectureSaga

Proportional DistrictKyushu

Electorate334,651^[1]

Created1994

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

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Election	Representative
1996^[6]	Masahiro Imamura	LDP
2000^[7]
2003^[8]
2005^[9]		Independent
2005^[9]		LDP
2009^[10]	Hiroshi Ogushi	Democratic
2012^[11]	Masahiro Imamura	LDP
2014^[12]	Yasushi Furukawa	LDP
2017^[13]	Hiroshi Ogushi	Kibō no Tō
2017^[13]		Independent
2021^[14]		CDP
2024^[15]		CDP
2026	Yasushi Furukawa	LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yasushi Furukawa	106,320	55.52
	Centrist Reform	Hiroshi Ogushi	85,185	44.48
Registered electors			325,412
Turnout				60.15	2.65
	LDP gain from Centrist Reform

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Hiroshi Ogushi	95,581	51.16	0.89
	LDP	Yasushi Furukawa (Won PR seat)	76,554	40.97	6.98
	JCP	Yusuke Inoue	7,596	4.07	N/A
	Sanseitō	Yuya Shimohigoshi	7,108	3.80	New
Majority			19,735	10.19
Registered electors			329,829
Turnout				57.50	3.30
	CDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Hiroshi Ogushi	106,608	52.05	*New*
	LDP	Yasushi Furukawa (Won PR seat)	98,224	47.95	1.41
Majority			8,384	4.10
Registered electors			340,617
Turnout				60.80	0.38
	CDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kibō no Tō	Hiroshi Ogushi	105,921	49.74	*New*
	LDP	Yasushi Furukawa (Won PR seat)	99,103	46.54	9.03
	JCP	Hitoshi Ōmori	7,920	3.72	0.58
Majority			6,818	3.20
Registered electors			353,654
Turnout				61.18
	Kibō no Tō gain from LDP

Saga 2nd district

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2002 - 2013

1994 - 2002

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Saga 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Saga Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Saga
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	334,651^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Yasushi Furukawa
Municipalities	Cities of Kashima, Ogi, Imari, Karatsu, Ureshino, Takeo, and Taku. Districts of Fujitsu, Kishima, Higashimatsuura, and Nishimatsuura.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yasushi Furukawa	114,074	55.57	4.87
	Democratic	Hiroshi Ogushi (Won PR seat)	82,383	40.13	5.15
	JCP	Satomi Mikuriya	8,812	4.30	0.28
Majority			31,691	15.44
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masahiro Imamura	70,767	50.70	3.38
	Democratic	Hiroshi Ogushi (Won PR seat)	63,208	45.28	6.13
	JCP	Yasutoshi Kamimura	5,618	4.02	N/A
Majority			7,559	5.42
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hiroshi Ogushi	86,098	51.41	19.19
	LDP	Masahiro Imamura (Won PR seat)	79,243	47.32	25.32
	Happiness Realization	Tadaaki Makihara	2,119	1.27	New
Majority			6,855	4.09
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Masahiro Imamura	66,995	42.07	*New*
	Democratic	Hiroshi Ogushi (Won PR seat)	51,299	32.22	N/A
	LDP	Chiaki Dokai	35,039	22.00	60.44
	JCP	Yasuo Ishimaru	5,900	3.71	13.85
Majority			15,696	9.85
Registered electors
Turnout
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masahiro Imamura	107,522	82.44	20.48
	JCP	Minoru Morota	22,898	17.56	12.61
Majority			84,624	64.88
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masahiro Imamura	87,240	61.96	6.13
	Democratic	Hiroyasu Higuchi	27,929	19.84	N/A
	Social Democratic	Hisahiro Shibata	15,890	11.29	New
	JCP	Kazuaki Yamada	6,968	4.95	1.31
	Liberal League	Yasuhiro Fukagawa	2,764	1.96	0.74
Majority			59,311	42.12
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masahiro Imamura	75,072	55.83	*New*
	New Frontier	Toshihiko Yokoo	49,337	36.69	New
	JCP	Akihiro Hirakawa	8,420	6.26	New
	Liberal League	Hideyuki Nagata	1,643	1.22	New
Majority			25,735	19.14
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