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 Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture and comprises the Southern (Minami-ku), Central (Naka-ku) and Western (Nishi-ku) wards of the city. As of 2023, 326,570 eligible voters were registered in the district.
The current representative is Nobuyuki Baba, the leader of the "Japan Innovation Party" (Nippon Ishin no Kai).
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 Nobuyuki Baba Restoration 2012 – 2014 Former member of the Sakai City Council Innovation 2014 – 2016 Ishin 2016 –
Election results
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