Yamagata 1st district
Yamagata 1st district (山形県第1区, Yamagata-ken dai-ikku or simply 山形県第1区, Yamagata-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Yamagata and covers the cities of Yamagata, Kaminoyama and Tendō and the county of Higashimurayama. As of 2012, 306,446 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
Since its creation, the district has been mainly contested by Democrat Michihiko Kano (formerly Hata group, now leading his own faction since August 2011,[2] until the 1990s: LDP, Fukuda faction), agriculture minister in the realigned Kan cabinet, and Liberal Democrat Toshiaki Endō (Koga faction), former vice minister in the education and science ministry during the First Abe cabinet.
List of Representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michihiko Kano | NFP | 1996–2000 | Founded Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP (NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō (lit. "Civil Government Party" or "Democratic Party", Engrish: Good Governance Party)→DPJ) |
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| DPJ | 2000–2003 | Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block | ||
| Toshiaki Endō | LDP | 2003–2009 | Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block | |
| Michihiko Kano | DPJ | 2009–2012 | Failed re-election in the PR block | |
| Toshiaki Endō | LDP | 2012– | Incumbent | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP (NK) | Toshiaki Endō | 102,169 | 54.6 | ||
| DPJ (PNP) | Michihiko Kano | 70,411 | 37.6 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 14,447 | 7.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPJ (SDP, PNP support) | Michihiko Kano | 106,202 | 46.2 | ||
| LDP (Kōmeitō support) | Toshiaki Endō (elected by PR) | 104,911 | 45.7 | ||
| Independent (Hiranuma group member) | Kaori Itō | 11,419 | 5.0 | ||
| JCP | Masayuki Satō | 6,021 | 2.6 | ||
| HRP | Daigorō Mori | 1,149 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 231,712 | 75.71 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 125,774 | 56.4 | ||
| DPJ | Michihiko Kano | 86,755 | 38.9 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 10,536 | 4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 225,764 | 73.81 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 100,764 | 49.9 | ||
| DPJ | Michihiko Kano (elected by PR) | 81,580 | 40.4 | ||
| SDP | Shōsuke Saitō | 12,266 | 6.1 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 7,356 | 3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 204,584 | 67.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPJ | Michihiko Kano | 90,349 | 52.0 | ||
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 70,290 | 40.5 | ||
| JCP | Akiko Satō | 12,996 | 7.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFP | Michihiko Kano | 81,047 | 48.3 | ||
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (elected by PR) | 60,748 | 36.2 | ||
| SDP | Shingo Yamazaki | 15,002 | 8.9 | ||
| JCP | Tatsuo Inoue | 10,955 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 170,554 | 69.5 | |||
References
- ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (Japanese)
- ↑ Jiji Press, August 31, 2011: Kano group founding members
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