Yamagata 1st district

Japan House of Representatives constituency

Parliamentary constituencies in Yamagata prefecture

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 until 2012, the district was mainly contested by Democrat Michihiko Kano (formerly Hata group, leading his own faction from 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. Since 2012, Endō has held the seat.

## List of representatives[edit]

Representative  | Party  | Dates  | Notes

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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 | 2009–2012  | Failed re-election in the PR block
Toshiaki Endō  |  | LDP | 2012–  | Incumbent

## Election results[edit]

2012[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed by Komeito | 102,169  | 54.6  |
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (endorsed by PNP)  | 70,411  | 37.6  |
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa  | 14,447  | 7.7  |
2009[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (supported by SDP, PNP)  | 106,202  | 46.2  |
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (supported by Komeito) (elected by PR)  | 104,911  | 45.7  |
| Independent (Hiranuma group member)  | Kaori Itō  | 11,419  | 5.0  |
| Communist | Masayuki Satō  | 6,021  | 2.6  |
| Happiness Realization | Daigorō Mori  | 1,149  | 0.5  |
Turnout | 231,712  | 75.71  |
2005[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō  | 125,774  | 56.4  |
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano  | 86,755  | 38.9  |
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa  | 10,536  | 4.7  |
Turnout | 225,764  | 73.81  |
2003[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō  | 100,764  | 49.9  |
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (elected by PR)  | 81,580  | 40.4  |
| Social Democratic | Shōsuke Saitō  | 12,266  | 6.1  |
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa  | 7,356  | 3.6  |
Turnout | 204,584  | 67.2  |
2000[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Michihiko Kano  | 90,349  | 52.0  |
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō  | 70,290  | 40.5  |
| Communist | Akiko Satō  | 12,996  | 7.5  |
1996[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| New Frontier | Michihiko Kano  | 81,047  | 48.3  |
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (elected by PR)  | 60,748  | 36.2  |
| Social Democratic | Shingo Yamazaki  | 15,002  | 8.9  |
| Communist | Tatsuo Inoue  | 10,955  | 6.5  |
Turnout | 170,554  | 69.5  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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 (in Japanese)
2. ^ Jiji Press, August 31, 2011: Kano group founding members
3. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 山形. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08.
4. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
5. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
6. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
7. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
8. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>山形県>山形1区. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

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Districts eliminated
in the 2002 reapportionments|

Hokkaido 13
Yamagata 4
Shizuoka 9
Shimane 3
Oita 4

Districts eliminated
in the 2013 reapportionments|

Fukui 3
Yamanashi 3
Tokushima 3
Kochi 3
Saga 3

Districts eliminated
in the 2017 reapportionments|

Aomori 4
Iwate 4
Mie 5
Nara 4
Kumamoto 5
Kagoshima 5

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in the 2022 reapportionments|

Miyagi 6
Fukushima 5
Niigata 6
Shiga 4
Wakayama 3
Okayama 5
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Yamaguchi 4
Ehime 4
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