Okinawa 1st district

Okinawa 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureOkinawa
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate270,872 (2016)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic Party
RepresentativeKonosuke Kokuba
Created fromOkinawa's at-large "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesNaha and parts of Shimajiri District (Kumejima, Tokashiki, Zamami, Aguni, Tonaki, Minamidaitō, Kitadaitō)
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Okinawa 1st district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the city of Naha and parts of Shimajiri District (Kumejima, Tokashiki, Zamami, Aguni, Tonaki, Minamidaitō, Kitadaitō). As of 2016, 270,872 eligible voters were registered in the district.

The district was represented by Seiken Akamine of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from the 2014 general election, when he defeated the incumbent member Kōnosuke Kokuba from the Liberal Democratic Party. Kōnosuke Kokuba regained the district in the 2026 Japanese general election

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