Yamaguchi 2nd District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Constituency Link: | Yamaguchi 2nd district |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Yamaguchi |
Region Label: | Proportional District |
Region: | Chūgoku |
Electorate: | 294,753 (2017)[1] |
Towns: | Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai, and parts of Shūnan |
Members Label: | Representative |
Members: | Nobuchiyo Kishi |
Party Label: | Party |
Party: | LDP |
Blank1 Name: | Municipalities |
Yamaguchi 2nd district (山口県第2区 Yamaguchi-ken dai-ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Yamaguchi and consists of the cities of Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai, and parts of Shūnan.
While Yamaguchi is generally a stronghold for the Liberal Democratic Party, the 2nd district has historically been regarded as a swing seat with closer margins of victory.
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |||
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Shinji Satō | bgcolor= | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | |||
Hideo Hiraoka | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2000 – 2005 | |||
Yoshihiko Fukuda | bgcolor= | LDP | 2005 – 2008 | |||
Hideo Hiraoka | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2008 – 2012 | |||
Nobuo Kishi | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012 – 2023 | Resigned | ||
Vacant (February 2023 – April 2023) | ||||||
Nobuchiyo Kishi | bgcolor= | LDP | 2023 – |