Yamagata 2nd district

Yamagata 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Yamagata Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Yamagata
Proportional District	Tohoku
Electorate	311,389 [1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Norikazu Suzuki [ja]
Municipalities	Higashine, Murayama, Nagai, Nan'yō, Obanazawa, Sagae, Yonezawa, Higashiokitama District, Kitamurayama District, Nishimurayama District and Nishiokitama District

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

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996	Takehiko Endo		Independent
2000			Liberal Democratic
2003
2005
2009	Yōsuke Kondō		Democratic
2012	Norikazu Suzuki [ja]		Liberal Democratic
2014
2017
2021

Election Results

2021[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Norikazu Suzuki [ja] (Incumbent)	125,992	61.84
	DPP	Kenichi Kato	77,742	38.16	New
Registered electors			313,967
Turnout				65.71	0.08
	LDP hold

2017[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Norikazu Suzuki [ja] (Incumbent)	109,949	51.64
	Kibō no Tō	Yōsuke Kondō (Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)	92,035	43.23	New
	Communist	Koji Iwamoto	10,923	5.13
Registered electors			328,854
Turnout				65.63	4.54
	LDP hold

2014[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Norikazu Suzuki [ja] (Incumbent)	97,915	49.10
	Democratic	Yōsuke Kondō (Incumbent-Tohoku PR block) (re-elected by Tohoku PR block)	90,420	45.34
	Communist	Sumiko Shiranezawa	11,086	5.56
Registered electors			331,726
Turnout				61.09	5.03
	LDP hold

2012[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Norikazu Suzuki [ja]	100,744	46.06
	Democratic	Yōsuke Kondō (Incumbent) (elected by Tohoku PR block)	81,832	37.41
	Restoration	Hiroaki Kawano	26,358	12.05	New
	Communist	Koji Iwamoto	9,809	4.60
Registered electors			337,290
Turnout				66.12	9.10
	LDP gain from Democratic

2009[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yōsuke Kondō (Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)	166,287	65.53
	Liberal Democratic	Hironori Suzuki	80,995	31.92
	Happiness Realization	Katsuhiko Goto	6,459	2.55	New
Registered electors			344,315
Turnout				75.22	0.18
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takehiko Endo (Incumbent)	142,342	54.84
	Democratic	Yōsuke Kondō (Incumbent-Tohoku PR block) (re-elected by Tohoku PR block)	117,211	45.16
Registered electors			351,420
Turnout				75.40	6.08
	LDP hold

2003[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takehiko Endo (Incumbent)	124,591	51.80
	Democratic	Yōsuke Kondō (elected by Tohoku PR block)	106,846	44.42
	Communist	Kenji Yokoyama	9,094	3.78
Turnout				69.33
	LDP hold

2000[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takehiko Endo (Incumbent)	93,819	51.26
	Independent	Yōsuke Kondō	77,491	42.34
	Communist	Toshio Ōta	11,718	6.40
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Takehiko Endo	94,211	50.91	New
	Liberal Democratic	Tetsuo Kondo	74,500	40.26	New
	Communist	Koji Iwamoto	8,993	4.86	New
	New Socialist	Tsuneyoshi Chiba	7,356	3.97	New
Turnout

• Endo returned to the LDP after the election.

References

1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
2. "2021年衆議院総選挙 山形2区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
3. "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHk (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
4. "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
5. "開票結果 小選挙区 山形". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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