The is a multi-member constituency that represents

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

in the House of Councillors in the

Diet of Japan The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...

. It currently has two Councillors in the 242-member house, but this representation will decrease to two at the next election, to be held by July 2019.

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The constituency represents the entire population of

including the urban centre of

Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

. From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 1992 election, Miyagi elected two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. Under 1994 electoral reform Miyagi's representation was increased to four (two sets of two) from the 1995 election. The district had 1,907,518 registered voters as of September 2015, the second-lowest of the 10 prefectures that were represented by four Councillors at that time. By comparison, the

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

, Hyogo at-large district and

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

districts each had more than 4 million voters but were limited to the same number of Councillors as Miyagi. To address this malapportionment in representation, a 2015 revision of the ''Public Officers Election Law'' decreased the representation of Miyagi, Niigata and

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districts to two Councillors while increasing Hyogo, Hokkaido and Fukuoka districts to six Councillors; this change began to take effect at the 2016 election, at which time Miyagi elected only one Councillor, and was completed at the 2019 election when again, MIyagi only elected one Councillor=. The Councillors currently representing Miyagi are: * Noriko Ishigaki ( Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), first term; term ends in 2025) *

Mitsuru Sakurai is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Overview A native of Sendai, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo Medical and Dental University as an undergraduate and r ...

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