en Miyagi 1st district

Miyagi 1st District
Miyagi 1st District
宮城県第1区
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Miyagi Prefecture single-member districts (1-6)
Prefecture	Miyagi
Proportional District	Tohoku
Electorate	439,697
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Akiko Okamoto [ja]

Miyagi 1st district (Japanese: 宮城県第1区, Hepburn: Miyagi-ken Daiikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu,^[2] in Miyagi Prefecture. It, along with Miyagi 2nd district and parts of districts 3 and 4, cover the city of Sendai and the surrounding suburbs.

As of 2020, the district was home to 437,128 constituents.^[3]

Areas covered

After rezoning in 2022, the district covers the following areas:

As a result of the rezoning, the district has returned to the state it was in before 2017.

From 2017 to 2022, the district covered the following areas:

As a result of the 2017 rezoning, the area of the former town of Akiu was moved into the 3rd district.

From its creation in 1994 until redistricting in 2017, the district covered the following areas:


Representative		Years served
Kazuo Aichi	NFP	1996 – 2000
Azuma Konno	DPJ	2000 – 2005
Tōru Doi	LDP	2005 – 2009
Kazuko Kōri	DPJ	2009 – 2012
Tōru Doi	LDP	2012 – 2024
Akiko Okamoto [ja]	CDP	2024 –

2024^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Akiko Okamoto^‡	115,142	51.7	10.5
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡	81,924	36.8	6.6
	Ishin	Kōji Takahashi^‡	25,852	11.6	1.8
Registered electors			447,080
Turnout				51.21	3.39
	CDP gain from LDP

2021^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	101,964	43.4
	CDP	Akiko Okamoto^‡‡ (incumbent - Tohoku PR)	96,649	41.2
	Ishin	Sayaka Shundo^‡	23,033	9.8
	Independent	Yoshie Okusa	13,174	5.6
Turnout			240,075	54.6
	LDP hold

2017^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito and Party for Japanese Kokoro)	100,123	46.2
	CDP	Akiko Okamoto^‡‡ (elected to the Tohoku PR)	78,704	36.3
	Kibō no Tō	Yuta Ito^‡	24,047	11.1
	Restoration	Masaki Hatekayama^‡	10,001	4.6
	Happiness Realization	Satoshi Yui	2,413	1.1
	Independent	Imadome Naoto	1.547	0.7
Turnout			222,012	51.5
	LDP hold

2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	93,345	46.8
	Democratic	Kazuko Kori^‡‡ (incumbent) (won in thE Tohoku PR district)	81,113	40.7
	JCP	Hideaki Matsui	25,063	12.6
Turnout			206,868	49.0
	LDP hold

2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡	87,482	39.2
	Democratic	Kazuko Kori^‡‡ (incumbent - Tohoku PR) (endorsed by the PNP)	60,916	27.3
	Your	Hiroki Hayashi^‡‡ (endorsed by the Japan Restoration Party)	38,316	17.2
	Tomorrow	Masato Yokota^‡	16,557	7.4
	JCP	Tatsuya Sumino	13,454	6.0
	Social Democratic	Takashi Kuwashima^‡	6,547	2.9
Turnout			229,462	55.2
	LDP gain from Democratic

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kazuko Kori^‡ (incumbent - Tohoku PR)	149,980	58.5
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡ (incumbent)	87,401	34.1
	JCP	Tatsuya Sumino	14,547	5.7
	Independent	Takuomi Yajima	2,987	1.2
	Happiness Realization	Keiichi Toda	1,344	0.5
Turnout			260,629	64.8
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡	117,236	47.3
	Democratic	Kazuko Kori^‡‡	115,264	46.5
	JCP	Tatsuya Sumino	15,470	6.2
Turnout			251,455	63.2
	LDP gain from Democratic

2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Azuma Konno^‡	106,821	50.8
	LDP	Toru Doi^‡	84,565	40.2
	JCP	Naoko Kanno	18,960	9.0
Turnout			215,884	54.7
	Democratic hold

2000^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Azuma Konno^‡	88,864	42.0
	LDP	Kazuo Aichi^‡ (incumbent)	73,839	34.9
	JCP	Ikuko Endo^‡	28,281	13.4
	Social Democratic	Katsuo Okita^‡	20,416	9.7
Turnout
	Democratic gain from New Frontier

1996^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Frontier	Kazuo Aichi	77,817	40.8
	Democratic	Tomiko Okazaki^‡	56,537	29.7
	LDP	Kodo Asano^‡	28,351	14.9
	JCP	Ikuko Endo^‡	26,346	13.8
	Independent	Masaya Okamoto	1,535	0.8
Turnout
	New Frontier win (new seat)