# Aomori 2nd district

Aomori 2nd district (青森県第2区, Aomori-ken dai-niku or simply 青森2区, Aomori-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Aomori and is made up of the cities of, Towada, Misawa, and Hachinohe, the district of Sannohe and a portion of Kamikita District.
As of 2015, this district was home to 250,364 constituents, roughly half the number of Japan's largest district, Tokyo 1st district.
Aomori is a so-called "Liberal Democratic kingdom," meaning that it frequently returns members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Akinori Eto represented the district continuously from 2003 to 2017, one of few Liberal Democratic representatives not voted out of office during the Democratic Party of Japan's rapid rise to power during the 2009 general election. Eto served as Minister of Defense in 2014, during Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's 2nd cabinet rotation.
After redistricting in 2017, the 2nd district covers all of what was previously the 3rd district. Some areas in the northern part where transferred to the Aomori 1st district, including the city of Mutsu.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Akinori Eto | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | Lost re-election |
| Shingo Mimura | AI | 2000 – 2003 | |
| Akinori Eto | LDP | 2003 – 2017 | Gained a seat in the Tohoku PR block |
| Tadamori Ōshima | LDP | 2017 – 2021 | Former Representative of the 3rd district |
| Junichi Kanda | LDP | 2021 – | |

## Election results

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Junichi Kanda | 126,137 | 61.5 | 2.5 |
| | CDP | Noriko Takahata | 65,908 | 32.1 | |
| | JCP | Miyuki Tabata | 12,965 | 6.3 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.56 | 0.96 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Tadamori Ōshima | 133,545 | 64.0 | 3.5 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Takeshi Kudō | 56,011 | 26.9 | |
| | JCP | Naomi Akumoto | 19,004 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.60 | 3.38 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2014 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 81,054 | 67.48 |
| Ishin | Noriko Nakanowatari | 28,282 | 23.55 |
| JCP | Ryōko Ogasawara | 10,775 | 8.97 |
2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 81,937 | 65.22 |
| Democratic | Tomonobu Nakamura | 18,836 | 14.99 |
| Tomorrow | Noriko Nakanowatari (endorsed by NPD) | 18,180 | 14.47 |
| JCP | Ryōko Ogasawara | 6,683 | 5.32 |
2009 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 86,654 | 54.0 |
| Democratic | Noriko Nakanowatari (endorsed by PNP) (won in PR district) | 64,334 | 40.1 |
| Independent | Hisako Kumagai | 7,164 | 4.5 |
| Happiness Realization | Kiyoshi Morimitsu | 2,288 | 1.4 |
2005 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 89,887 | 58.26 |
| Democratic | Tomonobu Nakamura | 46,124 | 29.90 |
| Social Democratic | Chiyoji Kinoshita | 13,327 | 8.64 |
| JCP | Toshimitsu Ichikawa | 4,941 | 3.20 |
2003 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto | 96,784 | 75.07 |
| Social Democratic | Kōichi Saitō | 21,537 | 16.70 |
| JCP | Shōko Kudō | 10,605 | 8.22 |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independents | Shingo Mimura (endorsed by LP), DPJ) | 80,338 | 46.9 |
| LDP | Akinori Eto (endorsed by NCP) | 74,118 | 43.3 |
| Social Democratic | Chiyoji Kinoshita | 13,112 | 7.7 |
| JCP | Naiki Kudō | 3,645 | 2.1 |
1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Akinori Eto | 63,672 | 41.9 |
| New Frontier | Shingo Mamura | 62,907 | 41.4 |
| Democratic | Tsutomu Herai | 11,581 | 7.6 |
| Social Democratic | Reiko Tatebe | 8,705 | 5.7 |
| JCP | Kazutaka Sōma | 5,235 | 3.4 |