# Aichi 15th district

Aichi 15th district (愛知県第15区, Aichi-ken dai-ju-goku or simply 愛知15区, Aichi-ken ju-goku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Aichi Prefecture.

## Areas covered
### since 2013

* Toyohashi
* Tahara

### 1994 - 2013

* Toyohashi
* Atsumi District

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Keijirō Murata [ja] | Liberal Democratic |
| 2000 | Akihiko Yamamoto | Liberal Democratic |
| 2003 | Akihiko Yamamoto | Liberal Democratic |
| 2005 | Akihiko Yamamoto | Liberal Democratic |
| 2009 | Kazuyoshi Morimoto [ja] | Democratic |
| 2012 | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] | Liberal Democratic |
| 2014 | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] | Liberal Democratic |
| 2017 | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] | Liberal Democratic |
| 2021 | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] | Liberal Democratic |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] (incumbent) | 104,204 | 52.41 | |
| | CDP | Kenichiro Seki [ja] (PR seat incumbent) | 80,776 | 40.63 | New |
| | Reiwa | Ryu Sugaya | 13,832 | 6.96 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,428 | 11.78 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 348,761 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.10 | 2.67 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] (incumbent) | 95,568 | 49.94 | |
| | Kibō no Tō | Kenichiro Seki [ja] (won PR seat) | 77,224 | 40.35 | New |
| | Communist | Yasuyuki Nozawa | 18,574 | 9.71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,344 | 9.59 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 353,398 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.43 | 0.35 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] (incumbent) | 97,152 | 52.58 | |
| | Democratic | Kenichiro Seki [ja] | 64,480 | 34.90 | |
| | Communist | Shingo Kushida | 23,143 | 12.52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,672 | 17.68 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 346,433 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.08 | 4.51 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yukinori Nemoto [ja] | 73,521 | 36.57 | |
| | Democratic (endorsed by PNP) | Kazuyoshi Morimoto [ja] (incumbent) | 49,053 | 24.40 | |
| | Restoration (endorsed by Your) | Gō Kondo | 39,018 | 19.41 | New |
| | Independent | Motoshi Sugita | 21,112 | 10.50 | New |
| | Communist | Shingo Kushida | 10,404 | 5.18 | |
| | Social Democratic | Yachiyo Toyoda | 7,927 | 3.94 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,468 | 12.17 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 346,245 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.59 | 11.11 |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Kazuyoshi Morimoto [ja] | 127,059 | 52.89 | |
| | Liberal Democratic | Akihiko Yamamoto (incumbent) | 94,803 | 39.46 | |
| | Communist | Hiromu Saito | 14,595 | 6.08 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Nobuhiro Takahashi | 3,781 | 1.57 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,256 | 13.43 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 344,911 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.70 | 4.61 |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |

### 2005

2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Akihiko Yamamoto (incumbent) | 122,904 | 56.36 | |
| | Democratic | Kazuyoshi Morimoto [ja] | 74,932 | 34.36 | |
| | Communist | Hiromu Saito | 20,219 | 9.27 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,972 | 22.00 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 337,090 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.09 | 4.93 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Akihiko Yamamoto (incumbent) | 100,443 | 50.31 |
| | Democratic | Yuzuru Tsuzuki [ja] (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat) | 84,573 | 42.36 |
| | Communist | Hiromu Saito | 14,622 | 7.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,870 | 7.95 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 333,169 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.16 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Akihiko Yamamoto | 96,086 | 48.88 | |
| | Democratic | Gō Kondo | 77,344 | 39.35 | New |
| | Communist | Hiromu Saito | 20,700 | 10.53 | |
| | Liberal League | Junichi Hirayama | 2,431 | 1.24 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,742 | 9.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 1996

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Keijiro Murata [ja] | 74,963 | 45.30 | New |
| | New Frontier | Yoshitake Kimata | 64,486 | 38.97 | New |
| | Communist | Eiji Tsukada | 22,851 | 13.81 | New |
| | People's Party | Shigeko Matsumoto | 1,796 | 1.09 | New |
| | Culture Forum | Masatoshi Matsushita | 1,398 | 0.84 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,477 | 6.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) |