Yamagata 2nd district
{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Yamagata 2nd District
|type = Parliamentary
|constituency_link = Yamagata 2nd district
|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives
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|caption = Numbered map of Yamagata Prefecture single-member districts
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|district_label = Prefecture
|district = Yamagata
|region_label = Proportional District
|region = Tohoku
|population =
|electorate = 311,389 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h27.html] {{in lang|ja}}
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|future =
|year = 1994
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|members_label = Representative
|members = Norikazu Suzuki
|seats = One
|party_label = Party
|party = Liberal Democratic
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|previous =
|blank1_name = Municipalities
|blank1_info = Higashine, Murayama, Nagai, Nan'yō, Obanazawa, Sagae, Yonezawa, Higashiokitama District, Kitamurayama District, Nishimurayama District and Nishiokitama District
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Yamagata 2nd district (山形県第2区, Yamagata-ken dai-niku or simply 山形2区, Yamagata-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Yamagata Prefecture.
List of representatives
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! Election ! Representative ! colspan="2" | Party ! Notes |
| 1996
|rowspan="4"|Takehiko Endo |bgcolor = {{party color|Independent politician}}| ||Independent |rowspan="4"| |
|---|
| 2000
|rowspan="3" bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||rowspan="3"| Liberal Democratic |
| 2003 |
| 2005 |
| 2009
|bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} | ||Democratic | |
| 2012
|rowspan="5"| Norikazu Suzuki |rowspan="5" bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | ||rowspan="5"| Liberal Democratic |rowspan="5"| |
| 2014 |
| 2017 |
| 2021 |
| 2024 |
Election Results
{{Election box begin|title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/06/|title=2021年衆議院総選挙 山形2区|website=NHK|access-date=2023-10-08|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Norikazu Suzuki
(Incumbent)
|votes = 105,416
|percentage = 56.65
|change ={{decrease}}5.19
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party For the People}}
|party = DPP
|candidate = Daijiro Kikucho
|votes = 56,359
|percentage = 30.29
|change ={{decrease}} 7.87
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Reiwa Shinsengumi}}
|party = RS
|candidate = Ritobe Touma
|votes = 15,811
|percentage = 8.50
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Koji Iwamoto
|votes = 8,496
|percentage = 4.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=313,967}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =186,082
|percentage = 62.74%
|change = {{decrease}} 2.97
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2021
{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/06/|title=2021年衆議院総選挙 山形2区|website=NHK|access-date=2023-10-08|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Norikazu Suzuki
(Incumbent)
|votes = 125,992
|percentage = 61.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party For the People}}
|party = DPP
|candidate = Kenichi Kato
|votes = 77,742
|percentage = 38.16
|change = New
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=313,967}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 65.71
|change = {{increase}} 0.08
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2017
{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2017/#!skh_1802|title= 2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB|website=NHk|access-date=2023-10-08|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Norikazu Suzuki
(Incumbent)
|votes = 109,949
|percentage = 51.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Kibō no Tō}}
|party = Kibō no Tō
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
(Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)
|votes = 92,035
|percentage = 43.23
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Koji Iwamoto
|votes = 10,923
|percentage = 5.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=328,854}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 65.63
|change = {{increase}} 4.54
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2014
{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/archives/shugiin/2014/index.html#skh_0602|title = 2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB |website=NHK|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Norikazu Suzuki
(Incumbent)
|votes = 97,915
|percentage = 49.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}
|party = Democratic
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
(Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)
{{small|(re-elected by Tohoku PR block)}}
|votes = 90,420
|percentage = 45.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Sumiko Shiranezawa
|votes = 11,086
|percentage = 5.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=331,726}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 61.09
|change = {{decrease}} 5.03
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2012
{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya06.htm#k002|title=開票結果 小選挙区 山形|website=Yomiuri Shimbun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202024912/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya06.htm#k002 |access-date=2023-10-29|archive-date=2016-12-02 |language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Norikazu Suzuki
|votes = 100,744
|percentage = 46.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}
|party = Democratic
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
(Incumbent)
{{small|(elected by Tohoku PR block)}}
|votes = 81,832
|percentage = 37.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japan Restoration Party}}
|party = Restoration
|candidate = Hiroaki Kawano
|votes = 26,358
|percentage = 12.05
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Koji Iwamoto
|votes = 9,809
|percentage = 4.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=337,290}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 66.12
|change = {{decrease}} 9.10
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|loser= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2009
{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/senkyo2009/kaihyo/A06002.html|title= 第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形2区|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}
|party = Democratic
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
(Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)
|votes = 166,287
|percentage = 65.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Hironori Suzuki
|votes = 80,995
|percentage = 31.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Happiness Realization Party}}
|party = Happiness Realization
|candidate = Katsuhiko Goto
|votes = 6,459
|percentage = 2.55
|change = New
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=344,315}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 75.22
|change = {{decrease}} 0.18
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
|loser= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2005
{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/senkyo2005/kaihyo/A06002.html|title= 第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形2区|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Takehiko Endo
(Incumbent)
|votes = 142,342
|percentage = 54.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}
|party = Democratic
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
(Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)
{{small|(re-elected by Tohoku PR block)}}
|votes = 117,211
|percentage = 45.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=351,420}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 75.40
|change = {{increase}} 6.08
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2003
{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/43/senkyoku/679|title= 第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形2区|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Takehiko Endo
(Incumbent)
|votes = 124,591
|percentage = 51.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}
|party = Democratic
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
{{small|(elected by Tohoku PR block)}}
|votes = 106,846
|percentage = 44.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Kenji Yokoyama
|votes = 9,094
|percentage = 3.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 69.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2000
{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/42/senkyoku/379|title= 第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形2区|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Takehiko Endo
(Incumbent)
|votes = 93,819
|percentage = 51.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Independent politician}}
|party = Independent
|candidate = Yōsuke Kondō
|votes = 77,491
|percentage = 42.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Toshio Ōta
|votes = 11,718
|percentage = 6.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1996
{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/17788/senkyoku/28901|title= 第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形2区|access-date=2023-10-29|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Independent politician}}
|party = Independent
|candidate = Takehiko Endo
|votes = 94,211
|percentage = 50.91
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
|party = Liberal Democratic
|candidate = Tetsuo Kondo
|votes = 74,500
|percentage = 40.26
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}
|party = Communist
|candidate = Koji Iwamoto
|votes = 8,993
|percentage = 4.86
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = {{party color|New Socialist Party of Japan}}
|party = New Socialist
|candidate = Tsuneyoshi Chiba
|votes = 7,356
|percentage = 3.97
|change = New
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Endo returned to the LDP after the election.
References
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{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}
Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Yamagata Prefecture