Electoral district of Kamijima

Kamijima is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Tojima Prefecture, first contested at the 1990 federal election. It is named for the Kamijima (上島, lit. upper island) region in eastern Tojima, and is the largest electoral district in the prefecture by area.

The sitting member, since the 2010 federal election, is Richard Akiyama, a member of the Liberal Party of Enderron. He previously served as the member for Kamijima from 1990 to 1994, representing the United and Conservative parties.

History
Kamijima was created at the 1990 redistribution, essentially serving as a renamed version of Tojima West, after it moved significantly eastwards and its name was deemed no longer suitable. Like its predecessor, it is generally considered a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, having been held by the Social Democrats for just 8 years since its creation.

In its original form, Kamijima was smaller than it is today, and did not cover Tojima's Sunshine Coast. It was greatly expanded in the 2014 redistribution, taking in large parts of neighbouring Nishihama, which boosted the Liberal margin. The Liberals dominate in the electorate's south, while the Social Democrats are stronger in the regional centres, particularly in Kogane City in the far north.

The seat's sitting member, Richard Akiyama, holds the record for the longest break in service of any federal MP; he was first elected in 1990 and defeated in 1994, and returned to federal parliament in 2010, a break of 16 years. In the intervening period he served in the Tojima Prefectural Assembly, including a stint as the leader of the Liberal Party of Tojima from 2002 to 2005.

Kamijima was the first seat in Enderronian electoral history where a female challenger defeated a female incumbent, at the 2002 election; the Liberals' Amy Austen defeated sitting Social Democrat MP Karen Hara.

Kamijima has the lowest proportion of Japanese Enderronians of any seat in Tojima, with only 6 percent of the seat's population identifying as such. Conversely, it has the highest proportion of European Enderronians, at 76 percent.