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Miyagi 2nd district

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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
PrefectureMiyagi
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Electorate455,409[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyCDP
RepresentativeSayuri Kamata

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]

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

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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

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Since it was formed in 1994 as a single member constituency, it has been made up of the following areas:

Election results

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2021[1]
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
2017[5]
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
2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kenya Akiba 91,289 45.5
Innovation 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
2012[7]
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
2009[8]
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
2005[9]
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
2005 by-election
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
2003[10]
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
2000[11]
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
1996[12]
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)

References

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  1. ^ a b "宮城2区 - 第49回衆議院議員選挙" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ "Miyagi | prefecture, Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  3. ^ "総務省|令和2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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  4. ^ "Members A_The House of Representatives,Japan". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  5. ^ "宮城2区 - 第48回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. ^ "宮城2区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. ^ "宮城2区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  8. ^ "宮城2区 - 第45回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  9. ^ "宮城2区 - 第44回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  10. ^ "宮城2区 - 第43回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  11. ^ "宮城2区 - 第42回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  12. ^ "宮城2区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙". Retrieved 2023-01-04.


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