Wakayama 1st district (和歌山県第1区, Wakayama-ken dai-ikku) is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives.
Representative Shuhei Kishimoto resigned on 1 September 2022 to successfully run for office as governor of Wakayama Prefecture. Yumi Hayashi, member of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, won the seat in a special election in April 2023. She narrowly lost the seat in the 2024 election to former Wakayama City council member Daichi Yamamoto by only 124 votes. Hayashi carried Wakayama City with more than 2000 votes, but Yamamoto managed to make up the difference with support in the more rural area of Kinokawa and Iwade that had recently been added to the district.
Area The first constituency of Wakayama Prefecture covers the cities of Wakayama, Kinokawa and Iwade. Before reapportionment in 2022, it consisted only of Wakayama city.
List of representatives Election Representative Party Notes1996 New Frontier 2000Tatsuya Tanimoto Independent2003 Liberal Democratic20052009Shuhei Kishimoto DemocraticResigned to run for office as governor201220142017 Kibō no Tō2021 DPFP Vacant (September 2022–April 2023)2023 by-el Yumi Hayashi Innovation2024 Daichi Yamamoto LDP2026
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