# Kumamoto 2nd district

Kumamoto 2nd District (熊本県第2区, Kumamoto-ken dai-ni-ku, or 熊本2区 Kumamoto ni-ku) is a current single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Kumamoto and covers South Ward (Minami-ku) and West Ward (Nishi-ku) of the prefectural capital Kumamoto City, the cities of Arao and Tamana and the Tamana District (the towns of Nagasu, Nankan, Nagomi and Gyokutō). As of September 2022, 313,172 eligible voters were resident in the district.
Before 1996, the area had been part of the five-member Kumamoto 1st district. Liberal Democrat Takeshi Noda, had represented the pre-reform 1st district since 1972 when he succeeded his deceased father-in-law Takeo Noda.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Takeshi Noda | NFP | 1996 – 2000 | Joined LP in the NFP dissolution, CP in the LP split |
| Takeshi Noda | NCP | 2000 – 2003 | Did not join the NCP, but returned directly to the LDP; alternating LDP candidacy (Costa Rica method) in the district with Hayashida, re-elected by PR (Kyūshū) in 2003 |
| Takeshi Hayashida | LDP | 2003 – 2005 | Moved to Kyūshū PR (Costa Rica method) in 2005 and re-elected |
| Takeshi Noda | LDP | 2005 – 2009 | Moved to Kyūshū PR (Costa Rica method) in 2009 and re-elected |
| Ken'ichirō Fukushima | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Joined LF, then TPJ in 2012, failed re-election by PR |
| Takeshi Noda | LDP | 2012– 2021 | Defeated in the 2021 general election |
| Daisuke Nishino | Indep. | 2021 | Joined the LDP in 2021 |
| Daisuke Nishino | LDP | 2021 – | Joined the LDP in 2021 |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Daisuke Nishino | 102,624 | 69.3 | 8.7 |
| | Sanseitō | Akane Konda | 25,944 | 17.5 | New |
| | JCP | Konomi Okuda | 19,469 | 13.2 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.10 | 8.57 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Daisuke Nishino | 110,310 | 60.6 | 26.1 |
| | LDP | Takeshi Noda | 60,091 | 33.0 | 14.5 |
| | JCP | Yoshiaki Hashida | 11,521 | 6.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.67 | 0.14 |
| | Independent gain from LDP | Independent gain from LDP | Independent gain from LDP | Independent gain from LDP | Independent gain from LDP |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Takeshi Noda | 86,027 | 47.5 | 23.9 |
| | Independent | Daisuke Nishino | 62,575 | 34.5 | |
| | Social Democratic | Kaname Wada | 26,074 | 14.4 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Junko Kinoshita | 6,495 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.53 | 12.51 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Takeshi Noda | 92,873 | 71.6 | 18.1 |
| | JCP | Yumi Hirose | 36,769 | 28.4 | 24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 303,272 | 46.02 | 10.44 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Takeshi Noda | 88,744 | 53.5 | former |
| | Your | Akiko Honda | 33,283 | 20.1 | new |
| | Democratic | Daizō Hamada | 25,891 | 15.6 | new |
| | Tomorrow | Ken'ichirō Fukushima | 11,520 | 6.9 | −43.5 |
| | JCP | Kunio Matsuyama | 6,358 | 3.8 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.46 | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Ken'ichirō Fukushima | 104,876 | 50.4 | new |
| | LDP | Takeshi Hayashida | 99,933 | 48.0 | former |
| | Happiness Realization | Ken'ichi Magōri | 3,354 | 1.6 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Takeshi Noda | 112,549 | 55.8 | former |
| | Democratic | Nobuo Matsuno | 79,793 | 39.6 | −2.2 |
| | JCP | Tetsuo Ueno | 9,432 | 4.7 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Takeshi Hayashida | 95,233 | 52.7 | former |
| | Democratic | Nobuo Matsuno (won PR seat) | 75,517 | 41.8 | +13.0 |
| | JCP | Masaharu Maeda | 9,829 | 5.4 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP gain from New Conservative | LDP gain from New Conservative | LDP gain from New Conservative | LDP gain from New Conservative | LDP gain from New Conservative |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Conservative | Takeshi Noda | 106,129 | 60.4 | +10.2 |
| | Democratic | Nobuo Matsuno | 50,604 | 28.8 | new |
| | JCP | Nobuhiro Yamamoto | 11,644 | 6.6 | new |
| | Liberal League | Kayoko Takano | 7,375 | 4.2 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | New Conservative gain from New Frontier | New Conservative gain from New Frontier | New Conservative gain from New Frontier | New Conservative gain from New Frontier | New Conservative gain from New Frontier |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Frontier | Takeshi Noda | 97,242.993 | 50.2 | N/A |
| | LDP | Takeshi Hayashida | 79,249.997 | 40.9 | N/A |
| | JCP | Takehiro Tateishi | 8,983.000 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | New Socialist | Takashi Kurihara | 8,393.000 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) |
Note: The decimals stem from anbunhyō ("proportional fractional votes"), see Elections in Japan#Ballots, voting machines and early voting. As Takeshi (彪) Hayashida and Takeshi (毅) Noda have different Kanji for their given names, some voters must have voted for just "Takeshi" in Kana for the votes to be ambiguous.