Yamagata 4th district

Yamagata 4th District
Former Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureYamagata
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Former constituency
Created1994
Abolished2002
SeatsOne
Replaced byYamagata 3rd
(Merged into)

Yamagata 4th district (山形県第4区, Yamagata-ken dai-yonku or simply 山形4区, Yamagata-yonku) was a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Yamagata Prefecture.

Areas covered

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List of representatives

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Election Representative Party Notes
1996 Koichi Kato Liberal Democratic Kato resigned from the House of Representatives after his secretary was arrested for tax evasion.
2000
Vacant (April 2002–October 2002)
2002 by-el Jun Saito [ja] Democratic

Election results

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2002 by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jun Saito [ja] 51,437 48.45
Independent Takayoshi Sagae
(endorsed by Liberal Democratic)
33,858 31.89 New
Communist Miyako Sudo [ja] 20,877 19.66
Turnout
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2000[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Koichi Kato
(incumbent)
131,181 72.14
Democratic Takayoshi Sagae 36,086 19.84 New
Communist Masayoshi Sato 14,584 8.02
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
1996[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Koichi Kato 112,033 65.77 New
New Frontier Takayoshi Sagae 38,139 22.39 New
Communist Shinji Sato 20,171 11.84 New
Turnout

References

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  1. ^ "2002年衆議院議員補欠選挙 - 山形4区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  2. ^ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形4区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  3. ^ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形4区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.