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).
Between 2003 and 2024, the seat was held by the Liberal Democratic Party member Itsunori Onodera.
Areas covered 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.
Areas 2017–2022 After the 2017 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
Kesennuma Tome Kurihara Ōsaki The former city of Furukawa and the former towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko
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.
Areas 2013–2017 After the 2013 re-zoning, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
Kesennuma Tome Kurihara Ōsaki The former city of Furukawa The former towns of Iwadeyama and Naruko Motoyoshi District
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.
Areas pre-2013 From 1994 until the first rezoning in 2013, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
Kesennuma Tamatsukuri District Kurihara District Tome District Motoyoshi District
Elected representatives +RepresentativePartyYears servedNotesFukujiro KikuchiLDP1996-1997Resigned due to a violation of the public election lawItsunori OnoderaLDP1997-2000Resigned due to a violation of the public election lawMasamitsu OishiDPJ2000-2003Itsunori OnoderaLDP2003-2024Constituency abolished
Election results ‡ Also ran in the Tohoku PR district
‡‡ Ran and won in the Tohoku PR district
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