is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Miyagi Prefecture. It, along with Miyagi 2nd district and parts of districts 3 and 4, cover the city of Sendai and the surrounding suburbs.
As of 2020, the district was home to 437,128 constituents.
Areas covered
Current district After rezoning in 2022, the district covers the following areas:
Sendai Aoba-ku Taihaku-ku
As a result of the rezoning, the district has returned to the state it was in before 2017.
Areas 2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, the district covered the following areas:
Sendai Aoba-ku Taihaku-ku (excluding the former town of Akiu)
As a result of the 2017 rezoning, the area of the former town of Akiu was moved into the 3rd district.
Areas from pre–2017 From its creation in 1994 until redistricting in 2017, the district covered the following areas:
Sendai Aoba-ku Taihaku-ku
Elected representatives +RepresentativePartyYears servedNotesKazuo AichiNFP1996 – 2000Azuma KonnoDPJ2000 – 2005Tōru DoiLDP2005 – 2009Kazuko KōriDPJ2009 – 2012Tōru DoiLDP2012 – 2024Akiko OkamotoCDP2024 – 2026Tōru DoiLDP2026-
Election results ‡ - Also ran in the Tohoku proportional representation block
‡‡ - Ran and won a seat in the Tohoku proportional representation block
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