# Miyagi 6th district

Miyagi Prefecture 6th district (宮城県第6区, Miyagi-ken Dai-rokku) was an electoral district for the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was established In 1994 as a single member district from most of Miyagi 2nd district (excluding the city of Ishinomaki and the districts of Monou and Oshika).
Between 2003 and 2024, the seat was held by the Liberal Democratic Party member Itsunori Onodera.

## Areas covered

The district was abolished during the 2022 revisions to the seat apportionment for each prefecture. All of the territory that was under the 6th district was merged into the 5th district.

### Areas 2017–2022

After the 2017 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
* Kesennuma
* Tome
* Kurihara
* Ōsaki
** The former city of Furukawa and
** the former towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko
As a result of the rezoning, the town of Minamisanriku and the district of Motoyoshi were transferred from the 6th district to the 5th district.

### Areas 2013–2017

After the 2013 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
* Kesennuma
* Tome
* Kurihara
* Ōsaki
** The former city of Furukawa
** The former towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko
* Motoyoshi District
After this zoning, the 6th ward gained the area covered by the former city of Furukawa and the former towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko from the 4th district.

### Areas pre-2013

From 1994 until the first rezoning in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
* Kesennuma
* Tamatsukuri District
* Kurihara District
* Tome District
* Motoyoshi District

## Elected representatives

| Representative | Party | Years served | Notes |
| Fukujiro Kikuchi | LDP | 1996-1997 | Resigned due to a violation of the public election law |
| Itsunori Onodera | LDP | 1997-2000 | Resigned due to a violation of the public election law |
| Masamitsu Oishi | DPJ | 2000-2003 | |
| Itsunori Onodera | LDP | 2003-2024 | Constituency abolished |

## Election results

‡ Also ran in the Tohoku PR district
‡‡ Ran and won in the Tohoku PR district
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 119,555 | 83.2 | |
| | JCP | Takashi Naito | 24,072 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,590 | 57.4 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito and the Party for Japanese Kokoro) | 123,871 | 85.7 | |
| | JCP | Yuji Yokota | 20,638 | 14.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 146,867 | 55.3 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito | 101,223 | 70.6 | |
| | Democratic | Sayuri Kamata$^‡$ | 32,797 | 22.9 | |
| | JCP | Takashi Naito | 9,351 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,340 | 52.2 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 97,405 | 78.1 | |
| | Democratic | Sayuri Kamata$^‡$ | 20,961 | 16.8 | |
| | JCP | Naoya Takamura | 6,349 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,165 | 57.4 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) | 100,832 | 63.7 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tetsuo Kanno$^‡$ (incumbent - Tohoku PR) | 54,133 | 34.2 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Tsugio Ujiie | 3,346 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,273 | 69.2 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ (incumbent) | 100,359 | 63.5 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tetsuo Kanno$^{‡‡}$ | 49,263 | 31.2 | |
| | JCP | Hisashi Omi | 8,354 | 5.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,924 | 66.5 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera$^‡$ | 82,750 | 50.7 | |
| | Democratic | Masamitsu Oishi$^‡$ (incumbent) | 58,420 | 35.8 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tetsuo Kanno$^‡$ (incumbent - Tohoku PR) | 17,772 | 10.9 | |
| | JCP | Hisashi Omi | 4,256 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,392 | 67.7 | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Masamitsu Oishi$^‡$ (incumbent) | 59,588 | 37.7 | |
| | LDP | Kyuichiro Sato$^‡$ | 44,629 | 28.2 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tetsuo Kanno$^{‡‡}$ | 41,470 | 26.0 | |
| | JCP | Yoshiaki Haga | 7,427 | 4.7 | |
| | Independent | Tomomi Ito | 5,448 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
2000 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Masamitsu Oishi | 54,735 | 47.5 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tetsuo Kanno | 40,097 | 34.8 | |
| | Independent | Tomomi Ito | 11,076 | 9.6 | |
| | JCP | Yoshiaki Haga | 9,324 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |
1997 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Itsunori Onodera | 73,881 | 49.4 | |
| | Independent | Masamitsu Oishi | 66,955 | 44.8 | |
| | JCP | Yoshiaki Haga | 8,660 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Fukujiro Kikuchi | 70,765 | 45.0 | |
| | New Frontier | Masamitsu Oishi (incumbent - Miyagi 2nd) | 70,114 | 44.6 | |
| | JCP | Yoshiaki Haga | 8,171 | 5.2 | |
| | Democratic | Yoshiaki Mikami | 7,566 | 4.8 | |
| | Liberal League | Yoshio Chiba | 757 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.3 | |
| | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) |