Nagasaki 2nd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southern Nagasaki and covers parts of the city of Nagasaki (the former towns of Kinkai and Sotome), the cities of Shimabara, Isahaya, Saikai, Unzen and Minamishimabara as well as the Nishisonogi District with the towns of Togitsu and Nagayo. As of 2009, 335,195 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
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.
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |||
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Fumio Kyūma | bgcolor= | LDP | 1996 – 2009 | Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2] | ||
Eriko Fukuda | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | On 16 November 2012, she submitted her resignation from the DPJ[3] and joined Green Wind[4] | ||
bgcolor= | Green Wind | 2012 | Ran in the 2012 general election under the banner of the Japan Future Party,[5] but failed to be re-elected to the Kinki PR[6] | |||
Kanji Kato | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012 – 2021 | Retired in 2021 due to ongoing health problems | ||
Ryusho Kato | bgcolor= | LDP | 2021 – | Incumbent |