2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election

2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election Japan by-election Kyoto 3rd district no 2014 Japanese general election 2014 2017 Japanese general election 2017 24 April 2016 30.12% 100px Kenta Izumi Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) 65,051 65.42% Natsue Mori Initiatives from Osaka 20,710 20.83% Yukiko Ono The Party for Japanese Kokoro 6,449 6.49% Masafumi Tabuchi Independent (politician) 4,599 4.63% Mitsuko Ōyagi Happiness Realization Party 2,247 2.26% Akihiko Kōri Independent (politician) 370 0.37% Representative Kensuke Miyazaki Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Kenta Izumi Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) A by-election for the Kyoto-3rd seat in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 24 April 2016, coinciding with the by-election in Hokkaido. The seat became vacant after sitting member Kensuke Miyazaki resigned on 12 February 2016 in the midst of an extramarital affair scandal.Japan Times 12 April 2016 Paternity leave trailblazer Miyazaki quits over affair 12 February 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/12/national/politics-diplomacy/paternity-leave-ldp-lawmaker-admits-adultery-quits-post/ Miyazaki, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served the district from 2012. He defeated Democratic Party MP Kenta Izumi by slim margins in the 2012 (0.1%) and 2014 (2.7%) elections. Izumi managed to wrest back his old seat by a landslide, eclipsing his nearest rival by 45 percentage points.http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160424/k10010496751000.html 京都３区補選 民進 泉健太氏が当選 Kyoto 3rd district by-election: Democratic Party's Kenta Izumi has been elected Japanese NHK 24 April 2016 24 April 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160424111427/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160424/k10010496751000.html 24 April 2016 Japan Times 24 April 2016 LDP-backed candidate Wada projected to win seat in Hokkaido by-election 24 April 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/24/national/politics-diplomacy/voting-under-way-for-lower-house-seats-in-hokkaido-kyoto/ Outline The district had 344,696 registered voters for the election, an increase of 0.12% since the 2014 general election.http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/senkyojitouroku280412.pdf 選挙人名簿登録者数　増減比較表 Registered voters comparison table Japanese 11 April 2016 13 April 2016 23 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423043821/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/senkyojitouroku280412.pdf dead As the voting age for national elections was decreased to 18 years in June 2016,http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/kaisei.html 選挙権年齢の満１８歳以上への引下げ Voting age lowered to 18 years Japanese Kyoto Prefecture 13 April 2016 this by-election, along with the Hokkaido by-election, were the last national-level election with a minimum voting age of 20 years. The by-elections were the first national-level elections contested by the Democratic Party, Initiatives from Osaka party and Party for Japanese Kokoro under their respective current names.http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/top/article/20160412000184 衆院京都３区補選、６人の争い確定 Kyoto 3rd by election confirmed as 6-person race Japanese Kyoto Shimbun 12 April 2016 13 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425063802/http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/top/article/20160412000184 25 April 2016 dead The Communist Party also chose not to field a candidate in the election, despite receiving 27,000 votes (16%) in the 2014 election. Dates 16 March 2016 - Date of election announced 12 April 2016 - List of candidates publishedhttp://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kouhou/documents/kouho_2769_2.pdf 京都府広報 Kyoto Prefecture Gazette Japanese 12 April 2016 Kyoto Prefecture 13 April 2016 23 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423053351/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kouhou/documents/kouho_2769_2.pdf dead 13–23 April - Early-voting polling booths openhttp://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/an1.pdf 衆議院京都府第３区選出議員補欠選挙　期日前投票所に使用する施設について Concerning pre-polling locations for the Kyoto 3rd district by-election Japanese Kyoto Prefecture 13 April 2016 23 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423045208/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/an1.pdf dead 24 April 2016 - Polling day Candidates The by-election was a six-way race. The LDP decided against fielding a candidate due to the perceived anti-LDP sentiment in light of the Miyazaki scandal.Japan Times 12 April 2016 Hokkaido and Kyoto by-election campaigns, measure of Abe’s strength, get underway 12 April 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/12/national/politics-diplomacy/hokkaido-and-kyoto-by-election-campaigns-measure-of-abes-strength-get-underway/ Party bosses were also worried that a heavy defeat in Kyoto might affect LDP's campaign for the House of Councillors election in summer.Mainichi Shimbun 12 April 2016 LDP decides not to field candidate for by-election in Kyoto 28 February 2016 http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160228/p2g/00m/0dm/007000c https://web.archive.org/web/20160423155625/http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160228/p2g/00m/0dm/007000c 23 April 2016 dead dmy-allJapan Times 24 April 2016 Hokkaido, Kyoto by-elections a test for both DP and LDP 7 April 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/07/national/politics-diplomacy/hokkaido-kyoto-elections-test-dp-ldp/ Candidates  Party for Japanese Kokoro Yukiko Ono Endorsed by the New Renaissance Party  Independent Masafumi Tabuchi   Happiness Realization Party Mitsuko Ōyagi   Initiatives from Osaka Natsue Mori   Democratic Kenta Izumi Endorsed by the Social Democratic Party. Representative of the district for three terms (2003-2012). Lost the district in 2012 and 2014 but remained in the House via the Kinki PR block.  Independent Akihiro Kōri Results right House of Representatives: Kyoto 3rd district by-election, 2016http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/kaihyouketsuryousokuhou.pdf 開票結了速報 Preliminary final results Japanese Kyoto Prefecture 24 April 2016 24 April 2016http://www.nhk.or.jp/kyoto2/senkyo/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160423195035/http://www.nhk.or.jp/kyoto2/senkyo/ dead 23 April 2016 衆院京都３区補選 House of Representatives - Kyoto 3rd district by-election Japanese NHK 24 April 2016 24 April 2016 Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) Kenta Izumi 65,051 65.42 32.31 Initiatives from Osaka Natsue Mori 20,710 20.83 5.82 The Party for Japanese Kokoro Yukiko Ono 6,449 6.49 N/A Independent (politician) Masafumi Tabuchi 4,599 4.63 N/A Happiness Realization Party Mitsuko Ōyagi 2,247 2.26 N/A Independent (politician) Akihiko Kōri 370 0.37 N/A 4,224 4.08 44,341 44.59 42.8 103,650http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/touhyouketsuryousokuhou.pdf 選挙当日の有権者数、投票者数及び投票率に関する調 ［投票結了］ Number of voters on election day and turnout (post-election report) Japanese Kyoto Prefecture 24 April 2016 24 April 2016 30.12 Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) N/A Note: 1 The percentage swing for the Democratic Party candidate is calculated based on the vote share obtained by its predecessor, DPJ. 2 The percentage swing for the Initiatives from Osaka candidate is calculated based on the vote share obtained by its predecessor, Japan Innovation Party. 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