Hiroshima 1st district (広島県第1区, ''Hiroshima-ken dai-ikku'' or 広島1区, ''Hiroshima ikku'') is a single-member constituency of the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
, the lower house of the national
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...
. It is located in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
. As of September 1, 2020, 331,786 eligible voters were registered in the district.
This constituency was newly established in 1994 from the former 1st district. The previous constituency elected two or more people, but this constituency elects only one person.
Fumio Kishida
is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. A member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 and ...
, Prime Minister of Japan, has represented this district since October 1996.
List of the members representing the district
Election results
2021
2017
2014
2012
2009
2005
2003
2000
Notes
References
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Hiroshima Prefecture
Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Hiroshima