Aomori 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aomori Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureAomori
Proportional DistrictTōhoku
Electorate250,364 (2015)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeJunichi Kanda
Created fromAomori's 1st "medium-sized" district

Aomori 2nd district (青森県第2区, Aomori-ken dai-niku or simply 青森2区, Aomori-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Aomori and is made up of the cities of, Towada, Misawa, and Hachinohe, the district of Sannohe and a portion of Kamikita District.

As of 2015, this district was home to 250,364 constituents, roughly half the number of Japan's largest district, Tokyo 1st district.[2]

Aomori is a so-called "Liberal Democratic kingdom," meaning that it frequently returns members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Akinori Eto represented the district continuously from 2003 to 2017, one of few Liberal Democratic representatives not voted out of office during the Democratic Party of Japan's rapid rise to power during the 2009 general election. Eto served as Minister of Defense in 2014, during Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's 2nd cabinet rotation.

After redistricting in 2017, the 2nd district covers all of what was previously the 3rd district. Some areas in the northern part where transferred to the Aomori 1st district, including the city of Mutsu.[3]


List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Akinori Eto LDP 1996 – 2000 Lost re-election
Shingo Mimura AI 2000 – 2003
Akinori Eto LDP 2003 – 2017 Gained a seat in the Tohoku PR block
Tadamori Ōshima LDP 2017 – 2021 Former Representative of the 3rd district
Junichi Kanda LDP 2021 –

Election results

2021[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Junichi Kanda 126,137 61.5 Decrease2.5
CDP Noriko Takahata 65,908 32.1
Communist Miyuki Tabata 12,965 6.3 Decrease2.8
Turnout 53.56 Increase0.96
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tadamori Ōshima 133,545 64.0 Decrease3.5
Kibō no Tō Takeshi Kudō 56,011 26.9
Communist Naomi Akumoto 19,004 9.1 Increase0.1
Turnout 52.60 Increase3.38
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 81,054 67.48
Innovation Noriko Nakanowatari 28,282 23.55
Communist Ryōko Ogasawara 10,775 8.97
2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 81,937 65.22
Democratic Tomonobu Nakamura 18,836 14.99
Tomorrow Noriko Nakanowatari (endorsed by NPD) 18,180 14.47
Communist Ryōko Ogasawara 6,683 5.32
2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 86,654 54.0
Democratic Noriko Nakanowatari (endorsed by PNP) (won in PR district) 64,334 40.1
Independent Hisako Kumagai 7,164 4.5
Happiness Realization Kiyoshi Morimitsu 2,288 1.4
2005[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 89,887 58.26
Democratic Tomonobu Nakamura 46,124 29.90
Social Democratic Chiyoji Kinoshita 13,327 8.64
Communist Toshimitsu Ichikawa 4,941 3.20
2003[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto 96,784 75.07
Social Democratic Kōichi Saitō 21,537 16.70
Communist Shōko Kudō 10,605 8.22
2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents Shingo Mimura (endorsed by LP), DPJ) 80,338 46.9
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto (endorsed by NCP) 74,118 43.3
Social Democratic Chiyoji Kinoshita 13,112 7.7
Communist Naiki Kudō 3,645 2.1
1996[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Akinori Eto 63,672 41.9
New Frontier Shingo Mamura 62,907 41.4
Democratic Tsutomu Herai 11,581 7.6
Social Democratic Reiko Tatebe 8,705 5.7
Communist Kazutaka Sōma 5,235 3.4

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [2] (in Japanese)
  3. ^ "青森県の衆議院小選挙区の区割りについて(平成29年以降)" [About the division of Aomori Prefecture's House of Representatives single-member constituency (2017-)] (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ 小選挙区 青森2区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ 小選挙区 青森2区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ^ Data Sets (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ^ Data Sets (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ^ Data Sets (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. ^ Data Sets (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  10. ^ Data Sets (in Japanese). Election.co.jp. Archived from the original on 24 March 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ Election 2000 (in Japanese). Election.co.jp. Archived from the original on 28 October 2003.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ 青森県 (in Japanese). Kunitaka Tanaka. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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