Akita 2nd district
Akita 2nd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It consists of the northern part of Akita Prefecture, including the cities of Katagami, Kazuno, Kitaakita, Noshiro, Ōdate, and Oga, and the districts of Kazuno, Kitaakita, Minamiakita, and Yamamoto.
As of September 1, 2022, the district was home to 255,369 constituents.[1]
The district is represented by Takashi Midorikawa of the Constitutional Democratic Party.[2]
List of representatives
[edit]| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosei Norota | Independent | 1996 – 2009 | Elected in 1996, 2000, and 2003 with LDP, expelled and won reelection as an independent supported by the PNP in 2005 | |
| Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Independent | 2009 – 2012 | ||
| Katsutoshi Kaneda | LDP | 2012 - 2021 | ||
| Takashi Midorikawa | CDP | 2021 - | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDP | Takashi Midorikawa | 81,845 | 52.5 |  7.2
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| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda (won a seat in PR block) | 73,945 | 47.5 | 1.2
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| Turnout | 61.23 | 1.11
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| CDP gain from LDP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 74,835 | 46.3 |  8.4
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| CDP | Takashi Midorikawa (won a seat in PR block) | 73,163 | 45.3 | 7.7
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| JCP | Yuri Fujimoto | 13,642 | 8.4 | 0.9
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| Turnout | 60.12 | 5.58
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| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 82,046 | 54.7 | 3.2
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| Democratic | Takashi Midorikawa | 56,701 | 37.8 | 5.6
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| JCP | Kaneji Fujimoto | 11,247 | 7.5 | 3.2
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| Turnout | 54.54 | 8.74
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| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 91,747 | 51.5 | 9.5
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| Democratic | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | 57,392 | 32.2 | 10.5
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| Social Democratic | Hiroshi Ishida | 21,483 | 12.1 | 1.3
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| JCP | Kuniyasu Satō | 7,581 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 63.28 | |||||
| LDP gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | 93,951 | 42.7 | |||
| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda (won a seat in PR block) | 92,600 | 42.0 | 17.1
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| Social Democratic | Kiyohiro Yamamoto | 23,719 | 10.8 | 2.3
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| Your | Shigehito Sasaki | 8,645 | 3.9 | 17.0
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| Happiness Realization | Junichi Fujiwara | 1,342 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout |
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| Independent gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hosei Norota | 80,974 | 37.6 | ||
| LDP | Takaki Ono | 53,555 | 24.9 | ||
| Democratic | Shigehito Sasaki | 45,020 | 20.9 | ||
| Social Democratic | Kiyohiro Yamamoto | 28,131 | 13.1 | ||
| JCP | Kaneji Fujimoto | 7,606 | 3.5 | ||
| Turnout |
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| Independent hold | |||||
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