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 2009, 306,896 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 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)
DPJ 2000–2003 Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block
Toshiaki Endō LDP 2003–2009 Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block
Michihiko Kano DPJ 2009– Incumbent

Election results

2009[3]
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
2005[4]
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
2003[5]
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
2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Michihiko Kano 90,349 52.0
LDP Toshiaki Endō 70,290 40.5
JCP Akiko Satō 12,996 7.5
1996[7]
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

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (Japanese)
  2. ^ Jiji Press, August 31, 2011: Kano group founding members
  3. ^ "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. K.K. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23738.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. K.K. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_446.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. K.K. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5806.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. K.K. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5507.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  7. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. K.K. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5055.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29.