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Kagawa 2nd District
Kagawa 2nd District
香川県第2区
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
Prefecture	Kagawa
Proportional District	Shikoku
Electorate	256,773 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	DPP
Representative	Yuichiro Tamaki
Municipalities	Sakaide, Sanuki, Higashikagawa, Kita District, Ayauta District, Part of Takamatsu, and Part of Marugame

Kagawa 2nd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, located in Kagawa prefecture. As of September 2022, it had 256,773 eligible voters.^[2]

Area edit

The district includes the following municipalities:^[3]

Sakaide
Sanuki
Higashikagawa
Miki Town
Ayagawa Town
Utazu Town
The former towns of Aji, Kokubunji, Kagawa, Kōnan, Shionoe and Mure who merged with Takamatsu in 2005 or 2006
The former towns of Ayauta and Hanzan who merged with Marugame in 2005

2021^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPP	Yuichiro Tamaki (Incumbent)	94,530	63.50	New
	Liberal Democratic	Takakazu Seto [ja]	54,334	36.50	3.90
Registered electors			258,730
Turnout				58.53	2.21
	DPP hold

2017^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kibō	Yuichiro Tamaki (Incumbent)	82,345	55.49	New
	Liberal Democratic	Takakazu Seto [ja] (Incumbent-Shikoku PR block)	59,949	40.40	0.20
	Communist	Tadashi Kawamura	6,098	4.11	0.53
Registered electors			267,905
Turnout				56.32
	Kibō no Tō hold

2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuichiro Tamaki (Incumbent)	78,797	55.82	5.78
	Liberal Democratic	Takakazu Seto [ja] (Incumbent-Shikoku PR block) (reelected by Shikoku PR block)	57,318	40.60	4.93
	Communist	Mamoru Saeki	5,050	3.58	0.85
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuichiro Tamaki (Incumbent)	79,153	50.04	7.13
	Liberal Democratic	Takakazu Seto [ja] (elected by Shikoku PR block)	72,030	45.53	4.18
	Communist	Mamoru Saeki	7,010	4.43	0.77
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuichiro Tamaki	109,863	57.17	18.26
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshio Kimura (Incumbent)	79,463	41.35	14.54
	Happiness Realization	Misako Doi	2,848	1.48	New
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic

2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshio Kimura (Incumbent)	100,794	55.89	0.47
	Democratic	Yuichiro Tamaki	70,177	38.91	0.83
	Communist	Tadashi Kawamura	9,382	5.20	0.37
Turnout
	Liberal Democratic hold

2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshio Kimura (Incumbent)	85,370	56.36	2.78
	Democratic	Mitsuhiro Manabe [ja]	57,676	38.08	4.28
	Communist	Tadashi Kawamura	8,430	5.57	1.78
Turnout
	Liberal Democratic hold

2000^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshio Kimura (Incumbent)	84,030	53.58	25.13
	Democratic	Mitsuhiro Manabe [ja]	53,015	33.80	New
	Communist	Hisashi Matsuura	11,532	7.35	13.94
	Independent	Takeshi Inozuka	8,265	5.27	New
Turnout
	Liberal Democratic hold

1996^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshio Kimura	98,531	78.71	New
	Communist	Hisashi Matsuura	26,658	21.29	New
Turnout

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Kagawa 2nd District
香川県第2区
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives

Prefecture	Kagawa
Proportional District	Shikoku
Electorate	256,773 (as of September 2022)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	DPP
Representative	Yuichiro Tamaki
Municipalities	Sakaide, Sanuki, Higashikagawa, Kita District, Ayauta District, Part of Takamatsu, and Part of Marugame