Miyagi 1st district

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Miyagi 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of Miyagi Prefecture single-member districts (1-6)
Prefecture Miyagi
Proportional District Tohoku
Electorate439,697 [1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
Party LDP
Representative Toru Doi

Miyagi 1st district 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, [2] in Miyagi Prefecture. It, along with Miyagi 2nd district and parts of districts 3 and 4, cover the city of Sendai and the surrounding suburbs.

Contents

As of 2020, the district was home to 437,128 constituents. [3]

The district is represented by Toru Doi of the Liberal Democratic Party. [4]

Areas Covered

Current District

After rezoning in 2022, the district covers the following areas:

As a result of the rezoning, the district has returned to the state it was in before 2017

Areas from 2017 to 2022

From 2017 to 2022, the district covered the following areas:

As a result of the 2017 rezoning the area of the former town of Akiu was moved into the 3rd district.

Areas from Pre-2017

From its creating in 1994 until redistricting in 2017, the district covered the following areas:

Elected Representatives

RepresentativePartyYears ServedNotes
Kazuo Aichi NFP 1996-2000
Azuma Konno DPJ 2000-2005
Tōru Doi LDP 2005-2009
Kazuko Kōri DPJ 2009-2012
Tōru Doi LDP 2012-Incumbent

Election Results

‡ - Also ran in the Tohoku proportional representation block

‡‡ - Ran and won a seat in the Tohoku proportional representation block

2021 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito)		101,964 43.4
CDP Akiko Okamoto ‡‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR)96,64941.2
Innovation Sayaka Shundo‡23,0339.8
Independent Yoshie Okusa13,1745.6
Turnout 240,07554.6
Liberal Democratic hold
2017 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito and Party for Japanese Kokoro)		100,123 46.2
CDP Akiko Okamoto ‡‡
(Elected to the Tohoku PR)		78,70436.3
Kibō no Tō Yuta Ito‡24,04711.1
Restoration Masaki Hatekayama‡10,0014.6
Happiness Realization Satoshi Yui2,4131.1
Independent Imadome Naoto1.5470.7
Turnout 222,01251.5
Liberal Democratic hold
2014 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito)		93,345 46.8
Democratic Kazuko Kori ‡‡(Incumbent)
(Won in thE Tohoku PR district)		81,11340.7
Communist Hideaki Matsui25,06312.6
Turnout 206,86849.0
Liberal Democratic hold
2012 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡87,482 39.2
Democratic Kazuko Kori ‡‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR)
(Endorsed by the PNP)		60,91627.3
Your Hiroki Hayashi ‡‡
(Endorsed by the Japan Restoration Party)		38,31617.2
Tomorrow Masato Yokota‡16,5577.4
Communist Tatsuya Sumino13,4546.0
Social Democratic Takashi Kuwashima‡6,5472.9
Turnout 229,46255.2
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
2009 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kazuko Kori ‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR)149,980 58.5
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent)87,40134.1
Communist Tatsuya Sumino14,5475.7
Independent Takuomi Yajima2,9871.2
Happiness Realization Keiichi Toda1,3440.5
Turnout 260,62964.8
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2005 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡117,236 47.3
Democratic Kazuko Kori ‡‡115,26446.5
Communist Tatsuya Sumino15,4706.2
Turnout 251,45563.2
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
2003 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Azuma Konno ‡106,821 50.8
Liberal Democratic Toru Doi ‡84,56540.2
Communist Naoko Kanno18,9609.0
Turnout 215,88454.7
Democratic hold
2000 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Azuma Konno ‡88,864 42.0
Liberal Democratic Kazuo Aichi ‡(Incumbent)73,83934.9
Communist Ikuko Endo‡28,28113.4
Social Democratic Katsuo Okita‡20,4169.7
Turnout
Democratic gain from New Frontier
1996 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Frontier Kazuo Aichi 77,817 40.8
Democratic Tomiko Okazaki ‡56,53729.7
Liberal Democratic Kodo Asano‡28,35114.9
Communist Ikuko Endo‡26,34613.8
Independent Masaya Okamoto1,5350.8
Turnout
New Frontier win (new seat)

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