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2023 Ōita at-large district by-election
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Ōita at-large district
Turnout42.48%
 
Nominee Aki Shirasaka Tadatomo Yoshida
Party LDP CDP
Popular vote 196,122 195,781
Percentage 50.04% 49.96%
Councillor before election

Kiyoshi Adachi
Independent

Elected Councillor

Aki Shirasaka
LDP

2023 Ōita at-large district by-election was held on 23 April 2023 because Kiyoshi Adachi resigned as a member of the House of Councillors.

Background

In 2019 election, Kiyoshi Adachi, a independent recommended by four opposition parties, including the Former CDP, defeated Yōsuke Isozaki, a current member of the House of Councillors belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party, and was elected for the first time in Ōita at-large district. Meanwhile, in the 2022 election, Shinya Adachi, a member of the opposition Democratic Party For the People and a current member of the Oita at-large district, lost to the ruling LDP candidate because of the division of the opposition camp.

Adachi announced his candidacy for Ōita Prefecture gubernatorial election and resigned as a member of the House of Councillors on March 10, 2023. With Adachi's resignation, by-elections will be held on April 28, 2023, under the Election Law.

The LDP has nominated Aki Shirasaka, the owner of Inaba, a club in Ginza, as its candidate. On the other hand, main opposition party, the CDP, nominated Tadatomo Yoshida, a former leader of the Social Democratic Party who left the SDP and joined the CDP in 2020, as a candidate.

After the assassination of Shuzo Abe, the LDP's collusion with the Unification Church was discovered, and the match drew national attention as it was a one-on-one battle between the ruling and opposition parties amid falling approval ratings of the Kishida administration.

Candidates

Name Age Party Past positions
Aki Shirasaka 56 Liberal Democratic Owner of the Inaba, a club in Ginza
Tadatomo Yoshida 67 Constitutional Democratic Leader of the Social Democratic Party
(2013-2018)
Member of the House of Councillors
(2010-2016)
(2019-March 2023)

Results

Shirasaka was elected for the first time by beating Yoshida by only 341 votes.

2023 Ōita at-large district by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Aki Shirasaka 196,122 50.04% +3.98
CDP Tadatomo Yoshida 195,781 49.96% New
Total votes 391,903 100.00%
LDP gain from Independent

Results by Municipalities

Aki Shirasaka Tadatomo Yoshida
Votes % Votes %
Ōita city 59,082 45.56% 70,602 54.44%
Beppu 25,693 53.61% 22,235 46.39%
Nakatsu 18,756 53.65% 16,207 46.35%
Hita 15,560 53.25% 13,662 46.75%
Saiki 12,273 55.66% 9,778 44.34%
Usuki 5,798 42.79% 7,753 57.21%
Tsukumi 4,065 51.68% 3,801 48.32%
Taketa 5,488 64.24% 3,055 35.76%
Bungotakada 4,067 51.77% 3,789 48.23%
Kitsuki 4,669 48.54% 4,949 51.46%
Usa 13,218 51.68% 12,357 48.32%
Bungo-Ōno 6,279 50.29% 6,207 49.71%
Yufu 5,187 47.11% 5,823 52.89%
Kunisaki 4,876 49.45% 4,985 50.55%
Himeshima 1,051 79.26% 275 20.74%
Hiji 4,547 47.30% 5,066 52.70%
Kokonoe 1,555 50.13% 1,547 49.87%
Kusu 3,958 51.75% 3,690 48.25%
Total 196,122 50.04% 195,781 49.96%

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