Yamagata 1st district (山形県第1区, Yamagata-ken dai-ikku or simply 山形県第1区, Yamagata-ikku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Yamagata and covers the cities of Yamagata, Kaminoyama and Tendō and the county of Higashimurayama. As of 2012, 306,446 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
Since its creation until 2012, the district was mainly contested by Democrat Michihiko Kano (formerly Hata group, leading his own faction from August 2011,[2] until the 1990s: LDP, Fukuda faction), agriculture minister in the realigned Kan cabinet, and Liberal Democrat Toshiaki Endō (Koga faction), former vice minister in the education and science ministry during the First Abe cabinet. Since 2012, Endō has held the seat.
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michihiko Kano | NFP | 1996–2000 | Founded Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP (NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō (lit. "Civil Government Party" or "Democratic Party", Engrish: Good Governance Party)→DPJ) | |
| DPJ | 2000–2003 | Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block | ||
| Toshiaki Endō | LDP | 2003–2009 | Reelected in the Tōhoku PR block | |
| Michihiko Kano | DPJ | 2009–2012 | Failed re-election in the PR block | |
| Toshiaki Endō | LDP | 2012– | Incumbent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed by Komeito | 102,169 | 54.6 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (endorsed by PNP) | 70,411 | 37.6 | ||
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa | 14,447 | 7.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (supported by SDP, PNP) | 106,202 | 46.2 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (supported by Komeito) (elected by PR) | 104,911 | 45.7 | ||
| Independent (Hiranuma group member) | Kaori Itō | 11,419 | 5.0 | ||
| Communist | Masayuki Satō | 6,021 | 2.6 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Daigorō Mori | 1,149 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 231,712 | 75.71 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō | 125,774 | 56.4 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano | 86,755 | 38.9 | ||
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa | 10,536 | 4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 225,764 | 73.81 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō | 100,764 | 49.9 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (elected by PR) | 81,580 | 40.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Shōsuke Saitō | 12,266 | 6.1 | ||
| Communist | Shō Ishikawa | 7,356 | 3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 204,584 | 67.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano | 90,349 | 52.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō | 70,290 | 40.5 | ||
| Communist | Akiko Satō | 12,996 | 7.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Frontier | Michihiko Kano | 81,047 | 48.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiaki Endō (elected by PR) | 60,748 | 36.2 | ||
| Social Democratic | Shingo Yamazaki | 15,002 | 8.9 | ||
| Communist | Tatsuo Inoue | 10,955 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 170,554 | 69.5 | |||
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First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
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| Hokkaidō (8 block seats, 12 district seats) |
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| Tōhoku (12 block seats, 23 district seats) |
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| Kita- (North) Kantō (19 block seats, 32 district seats) |
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| Minami- (South) Kantō (23 block seats, 33 district seats) |
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| Tokyo (19 block seats, 25 district seats) |
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| Hokuriku-Shin'etsu (10 block seats, 19 district seats) |
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| Tōkai (21 block seats, 32 district seats) |
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| Kinki (28 block seats, 47 district seats) |
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| Chūgoku (10 block seats, 20 district seats) |
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| Shikoku (6 block seats, 11 district seats) |
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| Kyūshū (20 block seats, 35 district seats) |
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| Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments |
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| Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments |
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| Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments |
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| Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments |
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