# Saitama 2nd district

Saitama 2nd district (埼玉県第2区, Saitama-ken dai-niku or simply 埼玉2区, Saitama-ken niku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Saitama Prefecture.

## Areas covered
### since 2022

* Part of Kawaguchi

### 2017 - 2022

* Part of Kawaguchi

### 2013 - 2017

* Kawaguchi

### 1994 - 2013

* Kawaguchi
* Hatogaya

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | New Frontier |
| 1996 | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | Reform Club |
| 2000 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |
| 2003 | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | Democratic |
| 2005 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |
| 2009 | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | Democratic |
| 2012 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |
| 2014 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |
| 2017 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |
| 2021 | Yoshitaka Shindō | Liberal Democratic |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yoshitaka Shindō (incumbent) | 121,543 | 52.78 | |
| | Innovation | Hideaki Takahashi (won PR seat) | 57,327 | 24.89 | New |
| | Communist | Tomoko Okuda | 51,420 | 22.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64,216 | 27.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 470,538 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.35 | 3.67 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yoshitaka Shindō (incumbent) | 110,072 | 52.49 | |
| | Kibō no Tō | Katsumi Suga | 64,783 | 30.89 | New |
| | Communist | Michiya Hirakawa | 34,846 | 16.62 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,289 | 21.60 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 462,995 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.68 | 1.02 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yoshitaka Shindō (incumbent) | 128,938 | 64.79 | |
| | Communist | Tomoko Okuda | 70,074 | 35.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58,864 | 29.58 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 463,353 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.66 | 9.04 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito) | Yoshitaka Shindō (PR seat incumbent) | 112,484 | 46.57 | |
| | Your (endorsed by JRP) | Yoshikazu Matsumoto | 53,604 | 22.19 | New |
| | Democratic (endorsed by PNP) | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] (incumbent) | 50,711 | 21.00 | |
| | Communist | Tomoko Okuda | 24,724 | 10.24 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58,880 | 24.38 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 457,792 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.70 | 8.70 |
| | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | 140,892 | 50.02 | |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Shindō (incumbent) (won PR seat) | 112,920 | 40.09 | |
| | Communist | Masatsugu Muraoka | 23,357 | 8.29 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Tsuyoshi Suzuki | 4,484 | 1.59 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,972 | 9.93 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 452,200 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.40 | 0.50 |
| | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |

### 2005

2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Shindō | 138,376 | 51.80 | |
| | Democratic | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] (incumbent) | 105,080 | 39.34 | |
| | Communist | Nobuhiro Ikeda | 23,657 | 8.86 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,296 | 12.46 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 434,389 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.90 | 9.39 |
| | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |

### 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | 114,322 | 51.01 | |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Shindō (incumbent) | 91,095 | 40.65 | |
| | Communist | Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 18,706 | 8.35 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,227 | 10.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.51 | 4.43 |
| | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |

### 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Shindō (PR seat incumbent) | 82,581 | 35.28 | |
| | Reform Club | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] (incumbent) | 79,555 | 33.99 | |
| | Democratic | Masanori Taniguchi | 38,816 | 16.58 | |
| | Communist | Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 33,096 | 14.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,026 | 1.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.94 | 4.65 |
| | Liberal Democratic gain from Reform Club (Japan, 1988) | Liberal Democratic gain from Reform Club (Japan, 1988) | Liberal Democratic gain from Reform Club (Japan, 1988) | Liberal Democratic gain from Reform Club (Japan, 1988) | Liberal Democratic gain from Reform Club (Japan, 1988) |

### 1996

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Frontier | Katsuyuki Ishida [ja] | 76,252 | 36.60 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Shindō (won PR seat) | 75,642 | 36.31 | New |
| | Communist | Takeshi Ishii | 35,719 | 17.15 | New |
| | Democratic | Hirotaka Maehara | 17,329 | 8.32 | New |
| | Liberal League | Masatoshi Tamura | 2,486 | 1.19 | New |
| | Independent | Tsuyoshi Sakai | 896 | 0.43 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 0.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.29 | |
| | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) |