Aomori 2nd 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.

Aomori 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aomori Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Aomori
Proportional District	Tōhoku
Electorate	250,364 (2015)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Junichi Kanda
Created from	Aomori's 1st "medium-sized" 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	2.5
	Constitutional Democratic	Noriko Takahata	65,908	32.1
	Communist	Miyuki Tabata	12,965	6.3	2.8
Turnout				53.56	0.96
	Liberal Democratic hold

2017^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tadamori Ōshima	133,545	64.0	3.5
	Kibō no Tō	Takeshi Kudō	56,011	26.9
	Communist	Naomi Akumoto	19,004	9.1	0.1
Turnout				52.60	3.38
	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

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