# Nagasaki 2nd district

Nagasaki 2nd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan located in Nagasaki prefecture. The district covers a southern part of the prefecture as well as a few outlying islands.
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of the multi-member Nagasaki 1st district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.
The district had been a safe LDP district from its creation until the landslide election of 2009 when incumbent Liberal Democrat Fumio Kyūma, former defence minister in the Hashimoto and Abe cabinets, lost his seat to Democrat newcomer Eriko Fukuda by 14,000 votes at record turnout.
Due to reapportionment, Nagasaki lost one seat in 2022 and the boundaries of the district changed. The city of Ōmura and the islands of Iki and Tsushima were transferred to the district from the Nagasaki 3rd district and an area belonging to the City of Nagasaki (the former towns of Kinkai and Sotome) was moved to the 1st district.

## Area
### Kyūshū Island

* Isahaya
* Shimabara
* Minamishimabara
* Ōmura
* Unzen
* Towns of Nishisonogi District

### Islands

* Iki
* Tsushima

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Fumio Kyūma | LDP | 1996 – 2009 | Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block |
| Eriko Fukuda | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | On 16 November 2012, she submitted her resignation from the DPJ and joined Green Wind |
| Eriko Fukuda | Green Wind | 2012 | Ran in the 2012 general election under the banner of the Japan Future Party, but failed to be re-elected to the Kinki PR |
| Kanji Kato | LDP | 2012 – 2021 | Retired in 2021 due to ongoing health problems |
| Ryusho Kato | LDP | 2021 – | Incumbent |

## Election results

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Ryusho Kato (Endorsed by Komeito) | 95,271 | 58.2 |
| | CDP | Koichi Matsudaira | 68,405 | 41.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Kanji Kato (Endorsed by Komeito) | 97,874 | 57.4 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Hatsumi Yamaguchi (Endorsed by the DP) | 57,538 | 33.7 |
| | JCP | Kazuu Kondo | 15,261 | 8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Kanji Kato (Endorsed by Komeito) | 86,539 | 52.8 |
| | Democratic | Yukishige Okubo | 65,924 | 40.3 |
| | JCP | Katsumi Yazaki | 11,228 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Kanji Kato (Endorsed by Komeito) | 93,448 | 48.2 |
| | Independent | Shintaro Okumura | 51,002 | 26.3 |
| | Democratic | Takahiro Kawagoe (Endorsed by the PNP) | 36,602 | 18.9 |
| | JCP | Katsumi Yazaki | 9,240 | 9.9 |
| | Independent | Fumiyoshi Mori | 3,625 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eriko Fukuda (Endorsed by PNP) | 120,672 | 50.4 |
| | LDP | Fumio Kyūma (Incumbent (Endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 106,206 | 44.3 |
| | Independent | Kiyoko Aura | 5,703 | 2.4 |
| | Independent | Toshiro Yamazaki | 5,070 | 2.1 |
| | Happiness Realization | Ai Shibata | 1,947 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 243,192 | 72.87 |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Fumio Kyūma | 123,324 | 54.8 |
| | Democratic | Yukishige Okubo | 88,472 | 39.4 |
| | JCP | Eiko Fuchise | 13,088 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 229,077 | 67.63 |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Fumio Kyūma | 126,705 | 65.3 |
| | Social Democratic | Masako Kumae | 50,772 | 26.2 |
| | JCP | Kanji Ishimaru | 16,565 | 13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201,826 | 59.88 |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Fumio Kyūma | 104,538 | 51.4 |
| JCP | Manabu Egashira | 33,572 | 16.5 |
| Liberal League | Masaki Komai | 15,648 | 7.7 |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Fumio Kyūma | 104,538 | 51.4 |
| | New Frontier | Kenichiro Hatsumura | 84,375 | 41.5 |
| | JCP | Hideki Shimizu | 14,468 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 209,469 | 64.45 |