Miyagi 1st District | |
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Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Prefecture | Miyagi |
Proportional District | Tohoku |
Electorate | 439,697 [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Seats | One |
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.
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]
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
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.
From its creating in 1994 until redistricting in 2017, the district covered the following areas:
Representative | Party | Years Served | Notes | |
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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 |
‡ - Also ran in the Tohoku proportional representation block
‡‡ - Ran and won a seat in the Tohoku proportional representation block
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) | 101,964 | 43.4 | ||
CDP | Akiko Okamoto ‡‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR) | 96,649 | 41.2 | ||
Innovation | Sayaka Shundo‡ | 23,033 | 9.8 | ||
Independent | Yoshie Okusa | 13,174 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 240,075 | 54.6 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) | 78,704 | 36.3 | ||
Kibō no Tō | Yuta Ito‡ | 24,047 | 11.1 | ||
Restoration | Masaki Hatekayama‡ | 10,001 | 4.6 | ||
Happiness Realization | Satoshi Yui | 2,413 | 1.1 | ||
Independent | Imadome Naoto | 1.547 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 222,012 | 51.5 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) | 93,345 | 46.8 | ||
Democratic | Kazuko Kori ‡‡(Incumbent) (Won in thE Tohoku PR district) | 81,113 | 40.7 | ||
Communist | Hideaki Matsui | 25,063 | 12.6 | ||
Turnout | 206,868 | 49.0 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡ | 87,482 | 39.2 | ||
Democratic | Kazuko Kori ‡‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR) (Endorsed by the PNP) | 60,916 | 27.3 | ||
Your | Hiroki Hayashi ‡‡ (Endorsed by the Japan Restoration Party) | 38,316 | 17.2 | ||
Tomorrow | Masato Yokota‡ | 16,557 | 7.4 | ||
Communist | Tatsuya Sumino | 13,454 | 6.0 | ||
Social Democratic | Takashi Kuwashima‡ | 6,547 | 2.9 | ||
Turnout | 229,462 | 55.2 | |||
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Kazuko Kori ‡(Incumbent - Tohoku PR) | 149,980 | 58.5 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡(Incumbent) | 87,401 | 34.1 | ||
Communist | Tatsuya Sumino | 14,547 | 5.7 | ||
Independent | Takuomi Yajima | 2,987 | 1.2 | ||
Happiness Realization | Keiichi Toda | 1,344 | 0.5 | ||
Turnout | 260,629 | 64.8 | |||
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡ | 117,236 | 47.3 | ||
Democratic | Kazuko Kori ‡‡ | 115,264 | 46.5 | ||
Communist | Tatsuya Sumino | 15,470 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 251,455 | 63.2 | |||
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Azuma Konno ‡ | 106,821 | 50.8 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Toru Doi ‡ | 84,565 | 40.2 | ||
Communist | Naoko Kanno | 18,960 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 215,884 | 54.7 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Azuma Konno ‡ | 88,864 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Kazuo Aichi ‡(Incumbent) | 73,839 | 34.9 | ||
Communist | Ikuko Endo‡ | 28,281 | 13.4 | ||
Social Democratic | Katsuo Okita‡ | 20,416 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Democratic gain from New Frontier |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Frontier | Kazuo Aichi | 77,817 | 40.8 | ||
Democratic | Tomiko Okazaki ‡ | 56,537 | 29.7 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Kodo Asano‡ | 28,351 | 14.9 | ||
Communist | Ikuko Endo‡ | 26,346 | 13.8 | ||
Independent | Masaya Okamoto | 1,535 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | |||||
New Frontier win (new seat) |
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