Kanagawa 15th district

Summary

Kanagawa 15th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, and includes the cities of Chigasaki and Hiratsuka, and the town of Ōiso.

Kanagawa 15th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureKanagawa
Proportional DistrictSouthern Kanto
Electorate472,647[1]
Current constituency
SeatsOne
PartyLDP

As of 2022, the district was home to 472,647 constituents.

The district is represented by Taro Kono of the Liberal Democratic Party; he has represented the district since the 1996 election.[2]

List of representatives edit

Election Representative Party Notes
1996 Taro Kono Liberal Democratic
2000
2003
2005
2009
2012
2014
2017
2021

Election Results edit

2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
210,515 79.32
Social Democratic Katsumi Sasaki [ja] 46,312 17.45
Anti-NHK Mariko Watanabe 8,565 3.23 New
Registered electors 473,497
Turnout 57.32   5.90
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
159,647 67.63
Social Democratic Katsumi Sasaki [ja] 38,242 16.20
Kibō no Tō Ryosuke Nogi [ja] 38,162 16.17 New
Registered electors 469,287
Turnout 51.42   1.33
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
155,388 66.79
Independent Toichiro Ikeda [ja] 39,211 16.85
Communist Tokumitsu Numagami 38,068 16.36
Registered electors 456,896
Turnout 52.75
Liberal Democratic hold
2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
192,604 79.98
Communist Yuka Asaka 48,198 20.02
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
163,470 53.25
Democratic Koichiro Katsumata [ja]
(elected by Minami Kanto PR block)
124,414 40.52
Communist Takuya Nishiwaki 15,786 5.14
Happiness Realization Yusaku Hamada 3,341 1.09 New
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
186,770 63.88
Democratic Koichiro Katsumata [ja] 83,490 28.55
Communist Takuya Nishiwaki 22,139 7.57
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
148,955 59.89
Democratic Fumihiko Sakai 76,967 30.95
Communist Sadao Yoshii 16,122 6.48
Independent Hidemitsu Katsura 6,674 2.68 New
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
2000[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono
(Incumbent)
120,001 47.44
Democratic Takeshi Suzuki 56,943 22.51 New
Social Democratic Etsuko Yamanaka 39,636 15.67 New
Communist Tadashi Mikami 24,355 9.63
Liberal League Yoko Shimizu 12,012 4.75 New
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Taro Kono 84,723 36.44 New
New Frontier Koichiro Katsumata [ja] 71,426 30.72 New
Democratic Mitsuo Tomizuka [ja] 47,506 20.43 New
Communist Kazuo Yamamoto 28,820 12.40 New
Turnout

References edit

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  5. ^ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. ^ "開票結果 小選挙区 神奈川". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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