# Okinawa 4th district

Okinawa 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Miyakojima, Ishigaki, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Nanjō, the village of Tarama, Yaeyama District and parts of Shimajiri District (Haebaru, Yaese and Yonabaru). The district was formed after the 2002 national electoral district review assigned Okinawa an extra district. Constituency cities and towns in the 1st and 2nd district were reassigned to form the 4th district. As of 2016, 286,832 eligible voters were registered in the district.
The district is currently represented by Kōsaburō Nishime of the Liberal Democratic Party.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates |
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2003 – 2009 |
| Chōbin Zukeran | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 |
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2012 – 2014 |
| Toshinobu Nakasato | Ind | 2014 – 2017 |
| Kōsaburō Nishime | LDP | 2017 – |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime | |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Tōru Kinjō | |
| | Ishin | Yasuhiro Yamakawa | New |
| | Reiwa | Hitoshi Yamakawa | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 87,671 | 54.90 | 4.39 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Tōru Kinjō | 72,031 | 45.10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.05 | 3.27 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 82,199 | 50.51 | 2.48 |
| | Independent | Toshinobu Nakasato | 75,887 | 46.63 | 5.34 |
| | Happiness Realization | Yasumasa Tomikawa | 4,650 | 2.86 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,312 | 3.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.32 | 7.15 |
| | Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Swing | 3.91 | |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Toshinobu Nakasato (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai) | 71,227 | 51.97 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 65,838 | 48.03 | 4.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,389 | 3.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.17 | 2.20 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democratic | Independent gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing | N/A | |
2012 Japanese general election – Okinawa 4th district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 72,912 | 52.21 | 8.50 |
| | Independent | Chōbin Zukeran | 33,791 | 24.20 | 30.51 |
| | Restoration | Kōtarō Uomori | 12,918 | 9.25 | N/A |
| | Communist | Tamotsu Maesato | 11,825 | 8.47 | N/A |
| | Democratic | Nobuhiko Ōshiro | 8,193 | 5.87 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,121 | 28.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,214 | 53.37 | 10.96 |
| | Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Swing | 19.51 | |
2009 Japanese general election – Okinawa 4th district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Chōbin Zukeran (endorsed by PNP and OSMP) | 89,680 | 54.71 | 24.94 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 71,653 | 43.71 | 5.33 |
| | Happiness Realization | Mitsunari Tomikawa | 2,598 | 1.58 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,027 | 11.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,219 | 64.33 | 6.93 |
| | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing | 16.14 | |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 68,419 | 49.04 | 5.43 |
| | Democratic | Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by OSMP) | 41,532 | 29.77 | 1.22 |
| | Communist | Tamotsu Maesato | 15,068 | 10.80 | N/A |
| | People's New | Hiroshi Kinjō | 14,491 | 10.39 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,887 | 19.27 | 4.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,690 | 57.40 | 2.46 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Swing | 2.11 | |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōsaburō Nishime (endorsed by NKP) | 67,752 | 54.47 |
| | Democratic | Tadahiro Miyakuni (endorsed by SDP and OSMP) | 38,550 | 30.99 |
| | Independent | Takeshi Miyazato | 18,074 | 14.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,202 | 23.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,745 | 59.86 |
| | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) |