Yamaguchi 2nd district

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 Shūnan as well as the districts of Kuga, Kumage and Ōshima.

Yamaguchi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Yamaguchi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Yamaguchi
Proportional District	Chūgoku
Electorate	382,034 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Kudamatsu, Iwakuni, Hikari, Yanai and Shūnan
Current constituency
Created	1994
Party	LDP
Representative	Nobuchiyo Kishi

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.

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Shinji Satō		LDP	1996 – 2000
Hideo Hiraoka		DPJ	2000 – 2005
Yoshihiko Fukuda		LDP	2005 – 2008
Hideo Hiraoka		DPJ	2008 – 2012
Nobuo Kishi		LDP	2012 – 2023	Resigned
Vacant (February 2023 – April 2023)
Nobuchiyo Kishi		LDP	2023 –

Recent election results

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Nobuchiyo Kishi (incumbent)	104,885	50.41
	CDP	Hideo Hiraoka (won PR seat)	103,161	49.59
Majority			1,724	0.82
Registered electors			375,543
Turnout				56.65	5.04
	LDP hold

2023 Yamaguchi 2nd district by-election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Nobuchiyo Kishi	61,369	52.5	24.4
	Independent	Hideo Hiraoka	55,601	47.5
Turnout				42.41	9.20
	LDP hold

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Nobuo Kishi	109,914	76.9	3.1
	JCP	Kazushi Matsuda	32,936	23.1	3.1
Turnout				51.61	2.27
	LDP hold

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP - Kōmeitō	Nobuo Kishi	113,012	73.8
	JCP	Kazushi Matsuda	40,051	26.2
Turnout			153,063	53.88