Kanagawa 4th district

Kanagawa 4th district
Kanagawa 4th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Kanagawa Prefecture single seats in Yokohama
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	331,515
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representatives	Yuki Waseda
Municipalities	Sakae-ku of Yokohama, Cities of Kamakura and Zushi, Districts of Miura

Kanagawa 4th district (神奈川県第4区, Kanagawa-ken dai-yonku or simply 神奈川4区, Kanagawa-yonku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 1994

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List of representatives

Election	Representative
1996^[4]	Tadayoshi Iijima	LDP
2000^[5]	Hisako Ōishi	Democratic
2003^[6]	Hisako Ōishi	Democratic
2005^[7]	Jun Hayashi	LDP
2009^[8]	Kazuyoshi Nagashima	Democratic
2012^[9]	Keiichiro Asao	Your
2014^[10]	Keiichiro Asao	Independent
2017^[11]	Yuki Waseda	CDP
2021^[12]
2024^[13]

Election results

2024 • 2021 • 2017 • 2014 • 2012 • 2009 • 2005 • 2003 • 2000 • 1996

2024

2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Yuki Waseda (Incumbent)	96,874	51.47	18.44
	LDP	Tomohiro Yamamoto	44,016	23.39	0.09
	Ishin	Chika Kato	34,625	18.40	10.22
	Sanseitō	Teruhisa Tsuno	12,704	6.74	New
Majority			52,858	28.08
Registered electors			330,487
Turnout				59.12	2.58
	CDP hold

2021

2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Yuki Waseda (Incumbent)	66,841	33.03	*New*
	Independent	Keiichiro Asao	63,687	31.47	4.77
	LDP	Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat)	47,511	23.48	5.41
	Ishin	Akihiko Takaya	16,559	8.18	New
	Independent	Tsuneki Ōnishi	7,790	3.84	New
Majority			3,154	1.56
Registered electors			332,708
Turnout				61.70	2.66
	CDP hold

2017

2017^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Yuki Waseda	67,020	34.76	*New*
	LDP	Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat)	55,700	28.89	3.60
	Independent	Keiichiro Asao (Incumbent)	51,495	26.70	21.42
	Kibō no Tō	Noriko Kazama	18,618	9.65	New
Majority			11,320	5.87
Registered electors			332,192
Turnout				59.04	0.07
	CDP gain from Independent

2014

2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keiichiro Asao (Incumbent)	91,063	48.12	*New*
	LDP	Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat)	61,479	32.49	4.65
	JCP	Katsuhiro Kato	20,063	10.60	3.12
	Independent	Takahiro Ogiwara	16,633	8.79	New
Majority			29,584	15.63
Registered electors			327,687
Turnout				59.17	5.25
	Independent hold

2012

2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Your	Keiichiro Asao	100,632	48.70	18.55
	LDP	Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat)	57,542	27.84	0.56
	Democratic	Takahiro Ogiwara	33,022	15.98	21.99
	JCP	Katsuhiro Kato	15,456	7.48	N/A
Majority			43,090	20.86
Registered electors
Turnout				64.42	7.82
	Your gain from Democratic

2009

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kazuyoshi Nagashima	89,082	37.97	3.57
	Your	Keiichiro Asao (Won PR seat)	70,728	30.15	New
	LDP	Jun Hayashi (Incumbent)	64,006	27.28	25.26
	Independent	Kohei Ito	7,270	3.10	New
	Happiness Realization	Mari Obara	3,505	1.50	New
Majority			18,354	7.82
Registered electors
Turnout				72.24
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Jun Hayashi	119,618	52.54	13.65
	Democratic	Hisako Ōishi (Incumbent)	78,326	34.40	12.48
	NP-Nippon	Yoshihiro Takano	15,961	7.01	New
	JCP	Nobuaki Hayashi	13,774	6.05	1.00
Majority			41,292	18.14
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Democratic

2003

2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hisako Ōishi (Incumbent)	89,515	46.88	9.23
	LDP	Jun Hayashi	74,267	38.89	12.19
	Independent	Tatsuharu Mawatari	13,706	7.18	New
	JCP	Nobuaki Hayashi	13,473	7.05	3.19
Majority			15,248	7.99
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hisako Ōishi	73,979	37.65	*New*
	LDP	Tadayoshi Iijima (Incumbent)	52,468	26.70	1.61
	Liberal League	Yoshihiro Takano	36,528	18.59	8.07
	JCP	Yoshihiko Tanaka	20,127	10.24	1.49
	Independent	Fumihiko Sakai	8,969	4.56	New
	Independent	Masatoshi Kawakami	2,549	1.30	New
	Independent	Kazuya Atsumi	1,896	0.96	New
Majority			21,511	10.95
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

1996

1996^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tadayoshi Iijima	46,389	25.09	*New*
	New Frontier	Keiichiro Asao	38,725	20.95	New
	Democratic	Akio Nakajima	29,967	16.21	New
	Independent	Kazuyoshi Nagashima	28,656	15.50	New
	JCP	Yasuko Utsunomiya	21,681	11.73	New
	Liberal League	Yoshihiro Takano	19,464	10.52	New
Majority			7,664	4.14
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

References

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会　制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 25, 1994. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "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 December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[2] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会　制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 25, 1994. Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[3] "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect96-4] "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect00-5] "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect03-6] "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect05-7] "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect09-8] "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川4区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect12-9] "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect14-10] "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 December 28, 2024.

[elect17-11] "2017衆院選:衆議院議員総選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect21-12] "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[elect24-13] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2024.

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Kanagawa's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PR part of the Southern Kantō PR block House of Councillors At-large (17→20 Representatives, 6→8 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993) 1 2 3 4 5 (13→22 Representatives, 4→6 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946) At-large (12 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) 1 2 3 (11 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (10 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917) Yokohama city counties (gunbu) (8 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898) 1 2 3 4 5 6 (7 Representatives)

First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 seats Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 seats Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4