Miyagi 2nd district (Japanese: 宮城県第2区, Hepburn: Miyagi-ken Dainiku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Miyagi Prefecture, and includes parts of the city of Sendai, the prefectural capital (the city is shared with District 2).[2]
| Miyagi 2nd District | |
|---|---|
| 宮城県第2区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Miyagi Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Miyagi |
| Proportional District | Tohoku |
| Electorate | 455,409[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | CDP |
| Representative | Sayuri Kamata |
As of 2020, the district was home to 454,848 constituents.[3]
The district is represented by Ken'ya Akiba of the Liberal Democratic Party.[4]
Seat representatives
edit| Representative | Party | Years | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masashi Nakano | LDP | 1996-2000 | ||
| Sayuri Kamata | DPJ | 2000-2005 | Stepped down due to violations of the public election law | |
| Kenya Akiba | LDP | 2005-2009 | ||
| Yasunori Saito | DPJ | 2009-2012 | ||
| Kenya Akiba | LDP | 2012-2021 | ||
| Sayuri Kamata | CDP | 2021- | Incumbent | |
Areas covered
editSince it was formed in 1994 as a single member constituency, it has been made up of the following areas:
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDP | Sayuri Kamata | 116,320 | 49.0 | ||
| LDP | Kenya Akiba | 115,749 | 48.7 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Hayashi Maria Yuki | 5,521 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 244,190 | 53.6 | |||
| CDP gain from LDP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenya Akiba (endorsed by Komeito and the Party for Japanese Kokoro) | 111,559 | 50.3 | ||
| Independent | Sayuri Kamata | 110,243 | 49.7 | ||
| Turnout | 227,943 | 50.6 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenya Akiba | 91,289 | 45.5 | ||
| Ishin | Hiroki Hayashi | 60,653 | 30.3 | ||
| JCP | Mari Ouchi | 21,630 | 10.8 | ||
| Japanese Kokoro | Masumoto Teruaki | 15,228 | 7.6 | ||
| Social Democratic | Takashi Kuwashima | 11,725 | 5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 53.6 | ||||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenya Akiba (endorsed by Komeito) |
76,595 | 33.5 | ||
| Restoration | Masahi Nakano | 45,316 | 19.8 | ||
| Democratic | Konno Higashi (endorsed by the PNP) |
35,085 | 15.3 | ||
| Tomorrow | Yasunori Saito (endorsed by New Party Daichi) |
34,348 | 15.0 | ||
| Your | Fumihiro Kikuchi | 23,138 | 10.1 | ||
| JCP | Kazue Fukushima | 14,494 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 54.6 | ||||
| LDP gain from Democratic | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yasunori Saito | 158,041 | 58.9 | ||
| LDP | Masashi Nakano (incumbent) | 98,517 | 36.7 | ||
| Independent | Yutaka Sato | 9,912 | 3.7 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Kimito Abe | 2,086 | 0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 64.5 | ||||
| Democratic gain from LDP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenya Akiba | 130,257 | 52.8 | ||
| Democratic | Yukiko Monma | 98,645 | 40.0 | ||
| JCP | Daira Goto | 17,906 | 7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 61.3 | ||||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kenya Akiba | 58,023 | 39.1 | ||
| Democratic | Yukiko Monma | 52,381 | 35.3 | ||
| Independent | Fumihiro Kikuchi | 22,702 | 15.3 | ||
| JCP | Daira Goto | 8,358 | 5.6 | ||
| Social Democratic | Eiji Tayama | 6,808 | 4.6 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| LDP gain from Democratic | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sayuri Kamata (incumbent) | 98,028 | 45.4 | ||
| LDP | Masashi Nakano | 94,621 | 43.8 | ||
| JCP | Daira Goto | 11,311 | 5.2 | ||
| Social Democratic | Eiji Tayama | 9,107 | 4.2 | ||
| Independent | Koichi Shibata | 3,019 | 1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sayuri Kamata | 99,498 | 47.8 | ||
| LDP | Masashi Nakano | 87,949 | 42.2 | ||
| JCP | Nobukatsu Tsuda | 20,914 | 10.0 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democratic gain from LDP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Masashi Nakano | 68,137 | 35.8 | ||
| New Frontier | Kunio Chiba (incumbent - previous district) | 62,533 | 32.9 | ||
| Democratic | Yutaka Sato | 27,328 | 14.4 | ||
| JCP | Daira Goto | 18,157 | 9.5 | ||
| Social Democratic | Kenji Ishikawa | 12,629 | 6.6 | ||
| Liberal League | Tatsuya Igarashi | 1,490 | 0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 195,098 | 52.9 | |||
| LDP win (new seat) | |||||
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