# Aichi 2nd district

Aichi 2nd district (愛知県第2区, Aichi-ken dai-niku or simply 愛知2区, Aichi niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Aichi Prefecture.

## Areas covered
### since 1994

* Nagoya City
** Chikusa-ku
** Moriyama-ku
** Meitō-ku

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Hiroyuki Aoki | New Frontier |
| 1996 | Hiroyuki Aoki | Liberal |
| 1996 | Hiroyuki Aoki | New Conservative |
| 2000 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2003 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2005 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2009 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2012 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2014 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2014 | Motohisa Furukawa | Democratic |
| 2017 | Motohisa Furukawa | Kibō no Tō |
| 2021 | Motohisa Furukawa | DPP |
| 2024 | Motohisa Furukawa | DPP |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DPP | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 121,739 | 58.50 | 3.83 |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Takamoto Nakagawa [ja] | 50,195 | 24.10 | 13.57 |
| | Innovation | Koji Murozono | 18,864 | 9.10 | New |
| | Communist | Kentaro Sakai | 17,422 | 8.40 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71,544 | 34.40 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 403,794 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.74 | 0.70 |
| | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold |

### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DPP | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 131,397 | 62.33 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Takamoto Nakagawa [ja] (won PR seat) | 79,418 | 37.67 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51,979 | 24.66 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 404,436 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.44 | 2.78 |
| | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Kibō no Tō | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 99,520 | 50.13 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Tsuyoshi Tabata [ja] (PR seat incumbent) (won PR seat) | 71,600 | 36.06 | |
| | Communist | Kentaro Sakai | 27,423 | 13.81 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,920 | 14.07 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 401,957 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.66 | 0.49 |
| | Kibō no Tō hold | Kibō no Tō hold | Kibō no Tō hold | Kibō no Tō hold |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 102,058 | 52.92 | |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Tetsuya Tōgō [ja] (PR seat incumbent) | 67,681 | 35.09 | |
| | Communist | Jiro Kuroda | 23,128 | 11.99 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,377 | 17.83 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 387,954 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.15 | 5.65 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (endorsed by PNP) | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 94,058 | 44.77 | |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Tetsuya Tōgō [ja] (won PR seat) | 67,086 | 31.93 | |
| | Tomorrow (endorsed by Daichi) | Satoshi Mano | 31,974 | 15.22 | New |
| | Communist | Jiro Kuroda | 16,991 | 8.09 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,972 | 12.84 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 383,295 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.80 | 8.80 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 162,237 | 66.61 | |
| | Liberal Democratic | Misako Miyahara | 58,225 | 23.91 | |
| | Communist | Aiko Saito | 18,908 | 7.76 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Akira Ishida | 4,187 | 1.72 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104,012 | 42.70 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 378,272 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.60 | 3.02 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2005

2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 116,884 | 52.00 | |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yuji Okada | 87,804 | 39.06 | |
| | Communist | Aiko Saito | 20,077 | 8.93 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,080 | 12.94 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 366,121 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.58 | 8.61 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (incumbent) | 115,674 | 61.01 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yukio Saito | 56,472 | 29.79 |
| | Communist | Soramitsu Ohno | 17,437 | 9.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59,202 | 31.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 361,222 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.97 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (PR seat incumbent) | 91,888 | 47.61 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Moriyuki Taniguchi | 47,269 | 24.49 | |
| | New Conservative | Hiroyuki Aoki (incumbent) | 25,576 | 13.25 | New |
| | Communist | Soramitsu Ohno | 24,847 | 12.87 | |
| | Liberal League | Zenko Ono | 1,832 | 0.95 | |
| | Independent | Kimio Ōe | 1,579 | 0.82 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44,619 | 23.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic gain from New Conservative | Democratic gain from New Conservative | Democratic gain from New Conservative | Democratic gain from New Conservative | Democratic gain from New Conservative |

### 1996

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Frontier | Hiroyuki Aoki | 56,101 | 32.94 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroo Tanabe [ja] | 44,938 | 26.38 | New |
| | Democratic | Motohisa Furukawa (won PR seat) | 43,804 | 25.72 | New |
| | Communist | Junichi Ishiyama | 21,337 | 12.53 | New |
| | Liberal League | Michiko Fujiwara | 2,670 | 1.57 | New |
| | Culture Forum | Kazuki Ishikawa | 701 | 0.41 | New |
| | Independent | Yoichi Matsumura | 418 | 0.25 | New |
| | People's Party | Yoshiaki Yamazaki | 348 | 0.20 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,163 | 6.56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) |