Английская Википедия:2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Outline
The district had 344,696 registered voters for the election, an increase of 0.12% since the 2014 general election.[4] As the voting age for national elections was decreased to 18 years in June 2016,[5] 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.[6] The Communist Party also chose not to field a candidate in the election, despite receiving 27,000 votes (16%) in the 2014 election.[6]
Dates
- 16 March 2016 - Date of election announced
- 12 April 2016 - List of candidates published[7]
- 13–23 April - Early-voting polling booths open[8]
- 24 April 2016 - Polling day[7]
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.[9] Party bosses were also worried that a heavy defeat in Kyoto might affect LDP's campaign for the House of Councillors election in summer.[10][11]
| Candidates[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Party for Japanese Kokoro | Yukiko Ono | Endorsed by the New Renaissance Party[6] |
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Masafumi Tabuchi | |
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Happiness Realization Party | Mitsuko Ōyagi | |
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Initiatives from Osaka | Natsue Mori | |
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Democratic | Kenta Izumi | Endorsed by the Social Democratic Party.[6] 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. |
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Akihiro Kōri | |
Results
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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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