Miyazaki 2nd district

Miyazaki 2nd district
Miyazaki 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Miyazaki Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Miyazaki
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	266,489
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	DPP
Representatives	Shinji Nagatomo
Municipalities	Hyuga, Nobeoka, Saito, Higashiusuki District, Koyu District and Nishiusuki District

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

In the LDP landslide victory in 2026, the Miyazaki 2nd was the only district in which an opposition candidate defeated the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party member.

Areas covered

Since 1994

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List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996 ^[3]	Takami Eto	Liberal Democratic
2000^[4]	Takami Eto	Liberal Democratic
2003^[5]	Taku Etō	Independent
2003^[5]		Liberal Democratic
2005^[6]		Independent
2005^[6]		Liberal Democratic
2009^[7]
2012^[8]
2014^[9]
2017^[10]
2021^[11]
2024^[12]
2026	Shinji Nagatomo	DPP

Election results

2026
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPP	Shinji Nagatomo	73,994	50.7	7.4
	LDP	Taku Etō (incumbent) (elected in Kyushu PR block)	65,630	45.0	7.4
	JCP	Yoshitomo Shirae	6,325	4.3	0
Registered electors			257,031
Turnout				58.35	3.23
	DPP gain from LDP

2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Taku Etō (incumbent)	74,367	52.34
	DPP	Shinji Nagatomo (elected in Kyushu PR block)	61,603	43.36
	JCP	Yoshitomo Shirae	6,113	4.30	New
Majority			12,764	8.98
Registered electors			261,788
Turnout			142,083	55.12	1.16
	LDP hold

2021^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Taku Etō (incumbent)	94,156	62.20
	DPP (endorsed by SDP)	Shinji Nagatomo (won PR seat)	57,210	37.80	New
Majority			36,946	24.40
Registered electors			273,071
Turnout				56.28	4.59
	LDP hold

2017^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Taku Etō (incumbent)	98,170	69.74
	Communist	Manji Kuroki	29,831	21.19
	Happiness Realization	Ichiro Kōno	12,757	9.06	N/A
Majority			68,339	48.55
Registered electors			284,933
Turnout				51.69	0.34
	LDP hold

2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Taku Etō (incumbent)	111,850	78.39
	Communist	Takayuki Yoshida	30,841	21.61
Majority			81,009	56.78
Registered electors			286,325
Turnout				52.03
	LDP hold

2012^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Taku Etō (incumbent)	113,432	68.31
	Democratic	Seiichiro Dōkyū (PR seat incumbent)	41,070	24.73
	Communist	Takayuki Yoshida	11,545	6.95	N/A
Majority			72,362	43.58
Turnout
	LDP hold

2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Taku Etō (incumbent)	120,567	56.89
	Democratic	Seiichiro Dōkyū (won PR seat)	81,997	38.69
	Independent	Morito Ohara	7,609	3.59	New
	Happiness Realization	Yoshikazu Shimasaki	1,770	0.84	New
Majority			38,570	18.20
Turnout
	LDP hold

2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Taku Etō (incumbent)	101,809	47.23
	Liberal Democratic	Mitsuhiro Uesugi	61,979	28.75	N/A
	Democratic	Kenji Kuroki	51,764	24.01
Majority			39,830	18.48
Turnout
	Independent hold

2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Taku Etō	88,540	43.63	New
	Independent	Kenji Kuroki	79,119	38.98	New
	Democratic	Yūko Doi	29,585	14.58
	Communist	Sadao Uchiyama	5,708	2.81
Majority			9,421	4.65
Turnout
	Independent gain from LDP

2000^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takami Eto (incumbent)	131,725	66.55
	Democratic	Emiko Nagahama	47,833	24.17	New
	Communist	Mitsuru Shiotsuki	12,829	6.48
	Liberal League	Yutaka Kowata	5,533	2.80
Majority			83,892	42.38
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takami Eto	106,858	55.48	New
	New Frontier	Toshimichi Tanigawa	73,553	38.19	New
	Communist	Akio Noda	10,813	5.61	New
	Liberal League	Takuji Aozato	1,370	0.71	New
Majority			33,305	17.29
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. 1994-11-25. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区宮崎". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ ^a ^b "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院総選挙宮崎2区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
^ "2024年衆議院議員総選挙宮崎". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[2] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. 1994-11-25. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[elect96-3] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect00-4] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect03-5] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect05-6] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect09-7] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 宮崎2区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect12-8] "開票結果小選挙区宮崎". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect14-9] "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect17-10] "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.

[elect21-11] "2021年衆議院総選挙宮崎2区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.

[elect24-12] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙宮崎". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[13] 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.

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First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Eisuke Mori, Chiba 11th Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Keiichi Ishii, Northern Kanto PR
Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 seats Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 seats Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4