Osaka 17th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Osaka Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureOsaka
Proportional DistrictKinki
Electorate329,205 (2022)
Current constituency
Created1994
Seats1
PartyIshin
RepresentativeNobuyuki Baba
Created fromOsaka's 5th "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesKita-ku, Naka-ku, and Nishi-ku of the Sakai City

Ōsaka 17th district (大阪府第17区, Ōsaka-fu daijuunanaku or 大阪17区, Ōsaka-juunanaku) is a single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western Osaka and consists of Kita-ku, Naka-ku and Nishi-ku of Sakai City. As of 2022, 329,205 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

The current representative is Nobuyuki Baba, the leader of Ishin, a right-wing populist party.

Before the electoral reform of the 1990s, the area had been part of the five-member Osaka 5th district.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Shingo Nishimura NFP 1996 – 2000
Nobuko Okashita LDP 2000 – 2003
Shingo Nishimura DPJ 2003 – 2005
Nobuko Okashita LDP 2005 – 2009
Megumu Tsuji DPJ 2009 – 2012
Mobuyuki Baba Restoration 2012 – 2014 Former member of the Sakai City Council
Innovation 2014 – 2016
Innovation 2016 –

Election results

2021[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Mobuyuki Baba 94,398 53.60 Increase10.07
Liberal Democratic Shohei Okashita (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 66,943 31.83 Decrease7.12
Communist Mori Ryusei (endorsed by Social Democratic Party) 25,660 14.57 Decrease2.95
Majority 27,455 15.59
Turnout 54.50 Increase8.88
Innovation hold
2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Mobuyuki Baba 65,427 43.53 Decrease0.19
Liberal Democratic Shohei Okashita (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 58,534 38.95 Decrease0.42
Communist Sachiko Fujimoto 26,337 17.52 Increase0.61
Majority 6,893 4.59
Turnout 45.62 Decrease4.28
Innovation hold
2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Mobuyuki Baba 70,196 43.72 Decrease0.50
Liberal Democratic Shohei Okashita (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 63,219 39.37
Communist Takayoshi Yoshioka 27,151 16.91 Increase8.17
Majority 6,977 4.35
Turnout 52.66 Decrease6.66
Innovation hold
2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Restoration Mobuyuki Baba 81,663 44.22 New
Liberal Democratic Nobuko Okashita 52,634 28.50 Decrease1.77
Democratic Satoshi Nishi (endorsed by PNP) 19,895 10.77 Decrease32.34
Communist Takayoshi Yoshioka 16,144 8.74 Decrease0.83
Tomorrow Megumu Tsuji (endorsed by NPD) 14,706 7.48 Decrease1.01
Independent Kusumi Okuda 2,778 1.50 N/A
Majority 29,029 15.46
Turnout
Restoration gain from Democratic
2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Megumu Tsuji 92,666 43.11 Increase0.55
Liberal Democratic Nobuko Okashita 65,054 30.27 Decrease13.00
New Renaissance Shingo Nishimura 36,605 17.05 New
Communist Joji Sakamoto 20,560 9.57 Increase2.66
Majority 27,612 12.85
Turnout
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Nobuko Okashita 90,765 43.27 Increase13.11
Democratic Shingo Nishimura (elected by PR) 89,279 42.56 Increase2.25
Communist Minoru Manabe 29,732 14.17 Decrease0.97
Majority 1,486 0.71
Turnout
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shingo Nishimura 69,861 40.31 Increase19.58
Liberal Democratic Nobuko Okashita 52,258 30.16 Increase6.65
Communist Minoru Manabe 26,236 15.14 Decrease5.59
Independent Takaaki Hirata 24,937 14.39 Decrease1.47
Majority 17,603 10.16
Turnout
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Nobuko Okashita 41,781 23.51 Decrease0.29
Communist Minoru Manabe 36,834 20.73 Decrease9.63
Democratic Motoyuki Odachi 33,392 18.79 New
Liberal Shingo Nishimura (elected by PR) 28,345 15.95 Decrease26.74
Independent Takaaki Hirata 28,184 15.86 New
Social Democratic Ryutaro Nakakita 9,190 5.17 New
Majority 4,947 2.78
Turnout
Liberal Democratic gain from New Frontier
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Shingo Nishimura 72,359 42.69
Communist Sumi Fujita (elected by PR} 51,454 30.36
Liberal Democratic Masahiro Okashita 40,337 23.80
Liberal League Kusumi Okuda 5,329 3.14
Majority 20,905 12.33
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ 小選挙区開票速報：大阪 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ↑ 小選挙区開票速報：大阪府（定数19） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ↑ 小選挙区：大阪府 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ↑ 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：大阪府 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. ↑ 小選挙区開票結果ー大阪府１７区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

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