# Miyagi 2nd district

Miyagi 2nd district (Japanese: 宮城県第2区, Hepburn: Miyagi-ken Dainiku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Miyagi Prefecture, and includes parts of the city of Sendai, the prefectural capital (the city is shared with District 2).
As of 2020, the district was home to 454,848 constituents.

## Area

Since the constituency was established in 1994, it has included the following area:
* Sendai
** Miyagino-ku
** Wakabayashi-ku
** Izumi-ku

## Elected representatives

| Representative | Party | Years | Notes |
| Masashi Nakano | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | |
| Sayuri Kamata | DPJ | 2000 – 2005 | Stepped down due to violations of the public election law |
| Kenya Akiba | LDP | 2005 – 2009 | |
| Yasunori Saito | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | |
| Kenya Akiba | LDP | 2012 – 2021 | |
| Sayuri Kamata [ja] | CDP | 2021 – | |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Sayuri Kamata | 116,390 | 53.2 | 4.2 |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba | 71,633 | 32.7 | 16.0 |
| | Ishin | Atsushi Hayasaka | 30,967 | 14.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 453,658 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.03 | 3.59 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Sayuri Kamata | 116,320 | 49.0 | |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba (elected in Tohoku PR block) | 115,749 | 48.7 | |
| | Anti-NHK | Hayashi Maria Yuki | 5,521 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 244,190 | 53.6 | |
| | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba (endorsed by Komeito and the Party for Japanese Kokoro) | 111,559 | 50.3 | |
| | Independent | Sayuri Kamata | 110,243 | 49.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 227,943 | 50.6 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba | 91,289 | 45.5 | |
| | Ishin | Hiroki Hayashi | 60,653 | 30.3 | |
| | JCP | Mari Ouchi | 21,630 | 10.8 | |
| | Japanese Kokoro | Masumoto Teruaki | 15,228 | 7.6 | |
| | Social Democratic | Takashi Kuwashima | 11,725 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba (endorsed by Komeito) | 76,595 | 33.5 | |
| | Restoration | Masahi Nakano | 45,316 | 19.8 | |
| | Democratic | Konno Higashi (endorsed by the PNP) | 35,085 | 15.3 | |
| | Tomorrow | Yasunori Saito (endorsed by New Party Daichi) | 34,348 | 15.0 | |
| | Your | Fumihiro Kikuchi | 23,138 | 10.1 | |
| | JCP | Kazue Fukushima | 14,494 | 6.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.6 | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Yasunori Saito | 158,041 | 58.9 | |
| | LDP | Masashi Nakano (incumbent) | 98,517 | 36.7 | |
| | Independent | Yutaka Sato | 9,912 | 3.7 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Kimito Abe | 2,086 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.5 | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba | 130,257 | 52.8 | |
| | Democratic | Yukiko Monma | 98,645 | 40.0 | |
| | JCP | Daira Goto | 17,906 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.3 | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2005 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenya Akiba | 58,023 | 39.1 | |
| | Democratic | Yukiko Monma | 52,381 | 35.3 | |
| | Independent | Fumihiro Kikuchi | 22,702 | 15.3 | |
| | JCP | Daira Goto | 8,358 | 5.6 | |
| | Social Democratic | Eiji Tayama | 6,808 | 4.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Sayuri Kamata (incumbent) | 98,028 | 45.4 | |
| | LDP | Masashi Nakano (elected in Tohoku PR block) | 94,621 | 43.8 | |
| | JCP | Daira Goto | 11,311 | 5.2 | |
| | Social Democratic | Eiji Tayama | 9,107 | 4.2 | |
| | Independent | Koichi Shibata | 3,019 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.9 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Sayuri Kamata | 99,498 | 47.8 | |
| | LDP | Masashi Nakano | 87,949 | 42.2 | |
| | JCP | Nobukatsu Tsuda | 20,914 | 10.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Masashi Nakano | 68,137 | 35.8 | |
| | New Frontier | Kunio Chiba (incumbent - previous district) | 62,533 | 32.9 | |
| | Democratic | Yutaka Sato | 27,328 | 14.4 | |
| | JCP | Daira Goto | 18,157 | 9.5 | |
| | Social Democratic | Kenji Ishikawa | 12,629 | 6.6 | |
| | Liberal League | Tatsuya Igarashi | 1,490 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,098 | 52.9 | |
| | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) |