
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 theHouse of Representatives in theDiet of Japan. It is located in EasternYamagata and covers the cities ofYamagata,Kaminoyama andTendō and the county ofHigashimurayama. As of 2012, 306,446 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
Since its creation until 2012, the district was mainly contested by DemocratMichihiko 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 DemocratToshiaki 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 | FoundedKokumin 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 theTōhoku 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 | 2012–2026 | Retired | |
| Hiroaki Endo | LDP | 2026- | Incumbent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroaki Endo | 106,063 | 61.2 | ||
| CDP | Masahiro Harada | 48,443 | 28 | ||
| Sanseitō | Sakurada Kyoko | 18,692 | 10.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 292,635 | ||||
| Turnout | 173,198 | 60.44 | |||
| LDPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed byKomeito) | 92,238 | 55.48 | ||
| CDP | Masahiro Harada | 64,717 | 38.93 | ||
| JCP | osamu Miidera | 9,293 | 5.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 295,741 | ||||
| Turnout | 166,248 | 57.62 | |||
| LDPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed byKomeito) | 110,688 | 59.97 | ||
| CDP | Masahiro Harada | 73,872 | 40.03 | New | |
| Registered electors | 303,982 | ||||
| Turnout | 184,560 | 61.59 | |||
| LDPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed byKomeito) | 104.22 | 57.27 | ||
| Kibō no Tō | Arai Liver | 62,407 | 34.29 | New | |
| JCP | Show Ishikawa | 15,354 | 8.44 | ||
| Registered electors | 309,496 | ||||
| Turnout | 181,988 | 59.80 | |||
| LDPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed byKomeito) | 98,508 | 61.14 | ||
| Democratic | Masahiro Harada | 46,029 | 28.57 | ||
| JCP | Show Ishikawa | 16,577 | 10.29 | ||
| Registered electors | 304,983 | ||||
| Turnout | 161,114 | 54.21 | |||
| LDPhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (endorsed byKomeito) | 102,169 | 54.6 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (endorsed byPNP) | 70,411 | 37.6 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 14,447 | 7.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (supported bySDP,PNP) | 106,202 | 46.2 | ||
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (supported byKomeito) (elected by PR) | 104,911 | 45.7 | ||
| Independent (Hiranuma group member) | Kaori Itō | 11,419 | 5.0 | ||
| JCP | Masayuki Satō | 6,021 | 2.6 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Daigorō Mori | 1,149 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 231,712 | 75.71 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 125,774 | 56.4 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano | 86,755 | 38.9 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 10,536 | 4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 225,764 | 73.81 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 100,764 | 49.9 | ||
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano (elected by PR) | 81,580 | 40.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Shōsuke Saitō | 12,266 | 6.1 | ||
| JCP | Shō Ishikawa | 7,356 | 3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 204,584 | 67.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michihiko Kano | 90,349 | 52.0 | ||
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō | 70,290 | 40.5 | ||
| JCP | Akiko Satō | 12,996 | 7.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Frontier | Michihiko Kano | 81,047 | 48.3 | ||
| LDP | Toshiaki Endō (elected by PR) | 60,748 | 36.2 | ||
| Social Democratic | Shingo Yamazaki | 15,002 | 8.9 | ||
| JCP | Tatsuo Inoue | 10,955 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 170,554 | 69.5 | |||