Kagoshima 2nd district

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. Located in Southern Kagoshima Prefecture it covers parts of the capital Kagoshima City (former municipalities Taniyama City and Kiire Town), Ibusuki City and former Ei Town (now part of Minami-Kyūshū) in the main island part of Kagoshima, and Amami City and Ōshima County on the Amami islands. As of 2013, 279,541 eligible voters were registered in the district, giving it above-average vote weight.[1]

From 2000 to 2014, the district had been represented by the Tokuda family who 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 Takeshi Tokuda.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Shūkō Sonoda Liberal Democratic 1996–2000
Torao Tokuda 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 LDP 2014–present Won April 2014 by-election and re-elected at December 2014 general election

Results

2014[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Masuo Kaneko (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)		 91,670 74.2
Communist Mitsuharu Iwaizako 31,823 25.8
Turnout 277,830 47.11 -13.44
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
April 2014 By-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Masuo Kaneko
(endorsed by Komeito)[4]		 66,360 52.6
Independent Akashi Uchikoshi
(Endorsed by Democratic, Restoration, Unity and People's Life parties)[4]		 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 Swing
2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)		 109,744 66.7
Democratic Akashi Uchikoshi (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 Swing
2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Takeshi Tokuda (Incumbent) 114,102 55.7
Democratic Akashi Uchikoshi
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 Swing
2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Takeshi Tokuda 112,437 53.48
Liberal Democratic Shuko Sonoda 71,858 35.15
Independent Akashi Uchikoshi 44,853 21.94
Turnout
Independent gain from Liberal League Swing
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal League Torao Tokuda (Incumbent) 97,423 49.1
Liberal Democratic Shuko Sonoda 90,952 45.9
Communist Toshiaki Seki 9,903 5.0
Turnout
Liberal League hold Swing
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal League Torao Tokuda 102,233 50.3
Liberal Democratic Shuko Sonoda (Incumbent) 91,162 44.9
Communist Haruki Yamaguchi 9,744 4.8
Turnout
Liberal League gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Shuko Sonoda 87,471 47.9
Liberal League Torao Tokuda 84,448 46.3
Communist Seiki Katsurada 10,618 5.8
Turnout
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ MIC: 平成25年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  6. ↑ 総選挙2009>開票結果　小選挙区　鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  7. ↑ "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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