Akita 2nd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It consists of the northern part of Akita Prefecture, including the cities of Katagami, Kazuno, Kitaakita, Noshiro, Ōdate, and Oga, and the districts of Kazuno, Kitaakita, Minamiakita, and Yamamoto.
As of September 1, 2022, the district was home to 255,369 constituents.[1]
The district is represented by Takashi Midorikawa of the Constitutional Democratic Party.[2]
List of representatives
edit| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosei Norota | Independent | 1996 – 2009 | Elected in 1996, 2000, and 2003 with LDP, expelled and won reelection as an independent supported by the PNP in 2005 | |
| Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Independent | 2009 – 2012 | ||
| Katsutoshi Kaneda | LDP | 2012 - 2021 | ||
| Takashi Midorikawa | CDP | 2021 - | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Democratic | Takashi Midorikawa | 81,845 | 52.5 |  7.2
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| Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda (won a seat in PR block) | 73,945 | 47.5 | 1.2
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| Turnout | 61.23 | 1.11
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| Constitutional Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 74,835 | 46.3 |  8.4
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| Constitutional Democratic | Takashi Midorikawa (won a seat in PR block) | 73,163 | 45.3 | 7.7
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| Communist | Yuri Fujimoto | 13,642 | 8.4 | 0.9
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| Turnout | 60.12 | 5.58
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| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 82,046 | 54.7 | 3.2
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| Democratic | Takashi Midorikawa | 56,701 | 37.8 | 5.6
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| Communist | Kaneji Fujimoto | 11,247 | 7.5 | 3.2
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| Turnout | 54.54 | 8.74
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| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda | 91,747 | 51.5 | 9.5
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| Democratic | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | 57,392 | 32.2 | 10.5
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| Social Democratic | Hiroshi Ishida | 21,483 | 12.1 | 1.3
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| Communist | Kuniyasu Satō | 7,581 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 63.28 | |||||
| Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | 93,951 | 42.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda (won a seat in PR block) | 92,600 | 42.0 | 17.1
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| Social Democratic | Kiyohiro Yamamoto | 23,719 | 10.8 | 2.3
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| Your | Shigehito Sasaki | 8,645 | 3.9 | 17.0
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| Happiness Realization | Junichi Fujiwara | 1,342 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout |
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| Independent gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hosei Norota | 80,974 | 37.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Takaki Ono | 53,555 | 24.9 | ||
| Democratic | Shigehito Sasaki | 45,020 | 20.9 | ||
| Social Democratic | Kiyohiro Yamamoto | 28,131 | 13.1 | ||
| Communist | Kaneji Fujimoto | 7,606 | 3.5 | ||
| Turnout |
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| Independent hold | |||||
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