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