# Tochigi 2nd district

Tochigi 2nd district (栃木県[第]2区, Tochigi-ken-[dai-]nikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in northeastern Tochigi and consists of the cities of Kanuma, Nikkō and Sakura, part of Utsunomiya city and the two towns in Shioya District. As of 2016, 272,047 eligible voters were registered in the district.
The district is currently represented by former Governor of Tochigi Akio Fukuda. Previous representatives in the district include former Agriculture Minister Kōya Nishikawa and Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Kōya Nishikawa | LDP | 1996 – 2003 | |
| Mayumi Moriyama | LDP | 2003 – 2009 | |
| Akio Fukuda | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Won in the PR block |
| Kōya Nishikawa | LDP | 2012 – 2014 | Won in the PR block |
| Akio Fukuda | DPJ | 2014 – 2016 | Incumbent |
| Akio Fukuda | DP | 2016 – 2018 | Incumbent |
| Akio Fukuda | CDP | 2018 – | Incumbent |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Akio Fukuda | 68,377 | 56.8 | 3.4 |
| | LDP | Kiyoshi Igarashi (elected in PR block) | 51,955 | 43.2 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.56 | 4.19 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Akio Fukuda | 73,593 | 53.39 | 0.02 |
| | LDP | Kiyoshi Igarashi (elected in PR block) | 64,253 | 46.61 | 0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.75 | 0.12 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | Swing | 0.01 | |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Akio Fukuda (endorsed by CDP, SDP, DP, JCP) | 75,031 | 53.41 | 6.72 |
| | LDP | Kōya Nishikawa (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 65,445 | 46.59 | 0.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,105 | 8.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.63 | 2.17 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | 3.34 | |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Akio Fukuda | 62,439 | 46.69 | 14.68 |
| | LDP | Kōya Nishikawa (elected by PR) | 62,240 | 46.54 | 7.90 |
| | JCP | Hidemi Abe | 9,054 | 6.77 | 3.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | 0.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.46 | 3.40 |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | 3.89 | |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kōya Nishikawa | 55,853 | 38.64 | 2.96 |
| | Democratic | Akio Fukuda | 46,271 | 32.01 | 30.93 |
| | Your | Yūji Kashiwakura | 38,086 | 26.35 | N/A |
| | JCP | Yutaka Fujii | 4,348 | 3.01 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,582 | 6.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.86 | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | 16.45 | |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Akio Fukuda | 115,046 | 62.94 | 16.25 |
| | LDP | Kōya Nishikawa | 65,222 | 35.68 | 17.63 |
| | Happiness Realization | Kunifumi Sakashita | 2,526 | 1.38 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,824 | 27.26 | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | 16.94 | |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Mayumi Moriyama | 99,115 | 53.31 | |
| | Democratic | Akio Fukuda | 86,818 | 46.69 | |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Mayumi Moriyama | 96,224 | 59.5 |
| Democratic | Mamoru Kobayashi | 60,010 | 37.1 |
| JCP | Michio Fukuda | 5,506 | 3.4 |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Kōya Nishikawa | 77,054 | 48.1 |
| Democratic | Mamoru Kobayashi | 74,132 | 46.3 |
| JCP | Michio Fukuda | 9,066 | 5.7 |
1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Kōya Nishikawa | 73,393 | 52.6 |
| Democratic | Mamoru Kobayashi | 55,439 | 39.7 |
| JCP | Toshiharu Kobayashi | 8,84 | 6.3 |
| Liberal League | Kō Takahashi | 1,960 | 1.4 |