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Chiba 7th district
Electoral constituency in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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.
01Areas covered
Since 2022
2013 - 2022
- Part of Matsudo
- Nagareyama
- Noda
1994 - 2013
- Part of Matsudo
- Nagareyama
- Noda
- Part of Higashi-Katsushika District
02List of representatives
| Election | Representative | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Kazuna Matsumoto | LDP | ||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2003 | Akira Uchiyama | Democratic | ||
| 2005 | Kazumi Matsumoto | LDP | Resigned on January 18, 2006 because of the electoral scandal. | |
| 2006 by-el | Kazumi Ota | Democratic | ||
| 2009 | Akira Uchiyama | Democratic | ||
| Kizuna | ||||
| PLF | ||||
| Tomorrow | ||||
| 2012 | Ken Saitō | LDP | ||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
03Election results
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 | |||||
2024
| 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 | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Ken Saitō (Incumbent) |
127,548 | 54.99 | 0.46 | |
| CDP | Chiharu Takeuchi | 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 | |||||
2017
| 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 | |||||
2014
| 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 | |||||
2012
| 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 | ||||||
2009
| 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 | |||||
2006 by-election
| 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 | ||||||
2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kazumi Matsumoto | 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 | ||||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Akira Uchiyama | 96,915 | 48.03 | 18.30 | ||
| LDP | Kazumi Matsumoto | 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 | ||||||
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kazuna Matsumoto (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 | |||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kazuna Matsumoto | 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) | |||||
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