Hiroshima 2nd district

Hiroshima 2nd district
Hiroshima 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Hiroshima Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Hiroshima
Proportional District	Chūgoku
Electorate	387,419
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Hiroshi Hiraguchi
Municipalities	Nishi-ku and Saeki-ku of Hiroshima, Hatsukaichi, and Ōtake.

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

Areas covered

Since 2022

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List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996^[4]	Toshinobu Awaya	New Frontier
		Sun
		Good Governance
2000^[5]		AoI
2003^[6]	Daisuke Matsumoto	Democratic
2005^[7]	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	LDP
2009^[8]	Daisuke Matsumoto	Democratic
2012^[9]	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	LDP
2014^[10]
2017^[11]
2021^[12]
2024^[13]

Election results

2024

2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	82,443	44.97
	DPP	Gen Fukuda (Won PR seat)	61,679	33.65	New
	Ishin	Masataka Kaneshiro	21,846	11.92	N/A
	JCP	Hiromi Okada	17,354	9.47	N/A
Majority			20,764	11.32
Registered electors			386,897
Turnout				48.60	2.88
	LDP hold

2021

2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	133,126	65.24
	CDP	Akai Ōi	70,939	34.76	New
Majority			62,187	30.48
Registered electors			404,009
Turnout				51.48	0.70
	LDP hold

2017

2017^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	96,718	47.89
	Kibō no Tō	Daisuke Matsumoto	68,309	33.82	New
	Ishin	Kana Haioka	18,128	8.98	New
	JCP	Satoshi Fujimoto	16,393	8.12
	Happiness Realization	Yoshihiro Mizuno	2,403	1.19	N/A
Majority			28,409	14.07
Registered electors			404,633
Turnout				50.78	0.34
	LDP hold

2014

2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	102,719	52.21
	Democratic	Daisuke Matsumoto	77,234	39.26
	JCP	Satoshi Fujimoto	16,794	8.54
Majority			25,485	12.95
Registered electors			393,696
Turnout				51.12	6.23
	LDP hold

2012

2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	109,823	49.74
	Democratic	Daisuke Matsumoto	61,373	27.80
	Restoration	Yasuhiro Tsuji	36,979	16.75	New
	JCP	Tatsuichi Nakamori	12,619	5.72	N/A
Majority			48,450	21.94
Registered electors			392,877
Turnout				57.35	11.54
	LDP gain from Democratic

2009

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Daisuke Matsumoto	149,227	56.33
	LDP	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	110,238	41.61
	Happiness Realization	Kaori Miyauchi	5,458	2.06	New
Majority			38,989	14.72
Registered electors			390,965
Turnout				68.89
	Democratic gain from LDP

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ "Hiroshima" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区広島". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院議員総選挙広島". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員総選挙広島". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[2] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[3] "Hiroshima" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect96-4] "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect00-5] "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect03-6] "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect05-7] "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect09-8] "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 広島2区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect12-9] "開票結果小選挙区広島". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect14-10] "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect17-11] "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect21-12] "2021年衆議院議員総選挙広島". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[elect24-13] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙広島". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

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First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 seats Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 seats Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4