Kagoshima 2nd district
鹿児島県第2区Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives 
Prefecture Kagoshima Proportional District Kyushu Electorate 334,582 (as of September 2022)[1] Current constituency Created 1994 Seats One Party Indep. Representative Satoshi Mitazono
Hokkaidō
(8 block seats, 12 district seats) Tōhoku
(12 block seats, 23 district seats) Kita- (North) Kantō
(19 block seats, 32 district seats) Minami- (South) Kantō
(23 block seats, 33 district seats) Tokyo
(19 block seats, 25 district seats) Hokuriku-Shin'etsu
(10 block seats, 19 district seats) Tōkai
(21 block seats, 32 district seats) Kinki
(28 block seats, 47 district seats) Chūgoku
(10 block seats, 20 district seats) Shikoku
(6 block seats, 11 district seats) Kyūshū
(20 block seats, 35 district seats) Districts eliminated
in the 2002 reapportionments Districts eliminated
in the 2013 reapportionments Districts eliminated
in the 2017 reapportionments Districts eliminated
in the 2022 reapportionments
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Kagoshima 2nd district (鹿児島[県第]2区, Kagoshima[-ken dai-]ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The district covers two different parts of Kagoshima Prefecture. On the main island of Kyushu, it covers most of the Satsuma Peninsula; this includes the cities of Makurazaki, Ibusuki, Minamisatsuma, and Minamikyūshū, as well as the former municipalities Taniyama City and Kiire Town, which are now a part of the capital Kagoshima City. The district also includes Ōshima Subprefecture, which covers the Amami Islands more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the south, which includes the city of Amami. In 2021, the district had 337,660 eligible voters.[2]
From 2000 to 2014, the district was represented by the Tokuda family, which runs the Tokushūkai hospital group. A political funds scandal in 2013 over donations from Tokushūkai led to the resignations of Tokyo governor Naoki Inose and Representative Takeshi Tokuda. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) still managed to hold the district until 2021, when it was won by former Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture Satoshi Mitazono, who ran as an independent candidate.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shūkō Sonoda [ja] | LDP | 1996–2000 | ||
| Torao Tokuda [ja] | Liberal League | 2000–2005 | Re-elected at the 2003 general election | |
| Takeshi Tokuda | Independent | 2005–2009 | Joined the LDP in 2006 | |
| LDP | 2009–2014 | Resigned from his seat in February 2014 | ||
| Masuo Kaneko [ja] | LDP | 2014–2021 | Won April 2014 by-election and re-elected in 2014 general election | |
| Satoshi Mitazono | Independent | 2021– | ||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Satoshi Mitazono | 92,614 | 47.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratic | Masuo Kaneko | 80,469 | 41.4 |  9.8 | ||
| Communist | Makoto Matsuzaki | 21,084 | 10.9 |  2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 58.58 | 2.48 | ||||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masuo Kaneko | 97,743 | 51.2 | 23.0 | |
| Kibō no Tō | Kayo Saitō | 43,331 | 22.7 | ||
| Independent | Kenji Hayashi | 33,317 | 17.5 | ||
| Communist | Mitsuharu Iwaizako | 16,280 | 8.5 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | 56.10 | 8.99 | |||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masuo Kaneko [ja](endorsed by Komeito) | 91,670 | 74.2 | ||
| Communist | Mitsuharu Iwaizako | 31,823 | 25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 277,830 | 47.11 | 13.44 | ||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masuo Kaneko [ja] (endorsed by Komeito)[7] | 66,360 | 52.6 | ||
| Independent | Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] (Endorsed by Democratic, Restoration, Unity and People's Life parties)[7] | 46,021 | 36.5 | ||
| Shintō Hitori Hitori | Yoshiko Arikawa | 5,507 | 4.6 | ||
| Communist | Terashi Mishima | 5,507 | 4.4 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Isao Matsuzawa | 1,283 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Toshiaki Seki | 1,152 | 0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 279,787 | 60.55 | 13.63 | ||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 109,744 | 66.7 | ||
| Democratic | Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] (PR block incumbent) (endorsed by People's New Party) | 45,707 | 27.8 | ||
| Communist | Terashi Mishima | 9,177 | 5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 281,457 | 74.18 | 0.37 | ||
| Liberal Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent) | 114,102 | 55.7 | |||
| Democratic | Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] Was elected to Kyūshū PR block | 88,562 | 43.2 | |||
| Happiness Realization | Mifuko Kamimura | 1,169 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 283,503 | 73.81 | 2.22 | |||
| Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Takeshi Tokuda | 112,437 | 53.48 | |||
| Liberal Democratic | Shuko Sonoda [ja] | 71,858 | 35.15 | |||
| Independent | Akashi Uchikoshi [ja] | 44,853 | 21.94 | |||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Independent gain from Liberal League | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal League | Torao Tokuda [ja] (Incumbent) | 97,423 | 49.1 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Shuko Sonoda [ja] | 90,952 | 45.9 | ||
| Communist | Toshiaki Seki | 9,903 | 5.0 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal League hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal League | Torao Tokuda [ja] | 102,233 | 50.3 | |||
| Liberal Democratic | Shuko Sonoda [ja] (Incumbent) | 91,162 | 44.9 | |||
| Communist | Haruki Yamaguchi | 9,744 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Liberal League gain from Liberal Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Shuko Sonoda [ja] | 87,471 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal League | Torao Tokuda [ja] | 84,448 | 46.3 | ||
| Communist | Seiki Katsurada | 10,618 | 5.8 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
- ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：鹿児島- 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ 小選挙区 鹿児島2区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島" [2014 General Election - Election Results: Kagoshima electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "衆議院鹿児島県第２区選出議員 補欠選挙結果調" [House of Kepresentatives Kagoshima 2nd District By-election Results] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ a b "鹿児島２区補選 「安倍人気」なお追い風、金子氏初当選" [Kagoshima 2nd District By-election: "Abe's popularity" tail wind, Kaneko elected]. Sankei Shimbun. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ 総選挙2009>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "総選挙2005>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島" [2005 General Election - Election Results: Kagoshima electorates]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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