Miyagi 6th District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Miyagi |
Region Label: | Proportional District |
Region: | Tohoku |
Electorate: | 253,730[1] |
Year: | 1994 |
Abolished: | 2022 |
Seats: | One |
Party: | LDP |
Previous: | Miyagi 2nd |
Next: | Miyagi 5th (Merged into) |
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).
As of 2022, the seat is represented by the Liberal Democratic Party member Itsunori Onodera until the next general election.
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.[2]
After the 2017 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:[3]
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.
After the 2013 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:[4]
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.
From 1994 until the first rezoning in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
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- | Last member |
‡ Also ran in the Tohoku PR district
‡‡ Ran and won in the Tohoku PR district