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Kagoshima 2nd district

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Kagoshima 2nd District
鹿児島県第2区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureKagoshima
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate334,582 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyIndep.
RepresentativeSatoshi Mitazono

Kagoshima 2nd district (鹿児島[県第]2区, Kagoshima[-ken dai-]ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The district covers two different parts of Kagoshima Prefecture. On the main island of Kyushu, it covers most of the Satsuma Peninsula; this includes the cities of Makurazaki, Ibusuki, Minamisatsuma, and Minamikyūshū, as well as the former municipalities Taniyama City and Kiire Town, which are now a part of the capital Kagoshima City. The district also includes Ōshima Subprefecture, which covers the Amami Islands more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the south, which includes the city of Amami. In 2021, the district had 337,660 eligible voters.[2]

From 2000 to 2014, the district was represented by the Tokuda family, which runs the Tokushūkai hospital group. A political funds scandal in 2013 over donations from Tokushūkai led to the resignations of Tokyo governor Naoki Inose and Representative Takeshi Tokuda. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) still managed to hold the district until 2021, when it was won by former Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture Satoshi Mitazono, who ran as an independent candidate.

List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Notes
Shūkō Sonoda [ja] LDP 1996–2000
Torao Tokuda Liberal League 2000–2005 Re-elected at the 2003 general election
Takeshi Tokuda Independent 2005–2009 Joined the LDP in 2006
LDP 2009–2014 Resigned from his seat in February 2014
Masuo Kaneko [ja] LDP 2014–2021 Won April 2014 by-election and re-elected in 2014 general election
Satoshi Mitazono Independent 2021–

Results

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2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Satoshi Mitazono 92,614 47.7
LDP Masuo Kaneko 80,469 41.4 Decrease9.8
JCP Makoto Matsuzaki 21,084 10.9 Increase2.4
Turnout 58.58 Increase2.48
Independent gain from LDP
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masuo Kaneko 97,743 51.2 Decrease23.0
Kibō no Tō Kayo Saitō 43,331 22.7
Independent Kenji Hayashi 33,317 17.5
JCP Mitsuharu Iwaizako 16,280 8.5 Decrease17.3
Turnout 56.10 Increase8.99
LDP hold
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masuo Kaneko [ja](endorsed by Komeito) 91,670 74.2
JCP Mitsuharu Iwaizako 31,823 25.8
Turnout 277,830 47.11 Decrease13.44
LDP hold
April 2014 By-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masuo Kaneko [ja]
(endorsed by Komeito)[7] 		66,360 52.6
Independent Akashi Uchikoshi [ja]
(Endorsed by Democratic, Restoration, Unity and People's Life parties)[7] 		46,021 36.5
Shintō Hitori Hitori Yoshiko Arikawa 5,507 4.6
JCP Terashi Mishima 5,507 4.4
Happiness Realization Isao Matsuzawa 1,283 1.0
Independent Toshiaki Seki 1,152 0.9
Turnout 279,787 60.55 Decrease13.63
LDP hold
2012[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		109,744 66.7
Democratic Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] (PR block incumbent)
(endorsed by People's New Party) 		45,707 27.8
JCP Terashi Mishima 9,177 5.6
Turnout 281,457 74.18 Increase0.37
LDP hold
2009[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent) 114,102 55.7
Democratic Akashi Uchikoshi [ja]
Was elected to Kyūshū PR block 		88,562 43.2
Happiness Realization Mifuko Kamimura 1,169 1.1
Turnout 283,503 73.81 Increase2.22
LDP gain from Independent
2005[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Takeshi Tokuda 112,437 53.48
LDP Shuko Sonoda [ja] 71,858 35.15
Independent Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] 44,853 21.94
Turnout
Independent gain from Liberal League
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal League Torao Tokuda (Incumbent) 97,423 49.1
LDP Shuko Sonoda [ja] 90,952 45.9
JCP Toshiaki Seki 9,903 5.0
Turnout
Liberal League hold
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal League Torao Tokuda 102,233 50.3
LDP Shuko Sonoda [ja] (Incumbent) 91,162 44.9
JCP Haruki Yamaguchi 9,744 4.8
Turnout
Liberal League gain from LDP
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shuko Sonoda [ja] 87,471 47.9
Liberal League Torao Tokuda 84,448 46.3
JCP Seiki Katsurada 10,618 5.8
Turnout
LDP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：鹿児島- 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ 小選挙区 鹿児島2区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ^ "総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島" [2014 General Election - Election Results: Kagoshima electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. ^ "衆議院鹿児島県第２区選出議員 補欠選挙結果調" [House of Kepresentatives Kagoshima 2nd District By-election Results] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b "鹿児島２区補選 「安倍人気」なお追い風、金子氏初当選" [Kagoshima 2nd District By-election: "Abe's popularity" tail wind, Kaneko elected]. Sankei Shimbun. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  9. ^ 総選挙2009>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  10. ^ "総選挙2005>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島" [2005 General Election - Election Results: Kagoshima electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2016.

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