Kanagawa 3rd district

Kanagawa 3rd district
Kanagawa 3rd 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	447,128
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representatives	Kenji Nakanishi
Municipalities	Kanagawa-ku and Tsurumi-ku of Yokohama

Kanagawa 3rd district (神奈川県第3区, Kanagawa-ken dai-sanku or simply 神奈川3区, Kanagawa-sanku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 1994

Yokohama
- Kanagawa-ku
- Tsurumi-ku

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List of representatives

Election	Representative		Notes
1996^[4]	Tomoo Nishikawa	New Frontier
1996^[4]	Tomoo Nishikawa	Reform Club
2000^[5]	Hachiro Okonogi	LDP
2003^[6]
2005^[7]
2009^[8]	Eiko Okamoto	Democratic
		PLF
		Tomorrow
2012^[9]	Hachiro Okonogi	LDP	Okonogi resigned on July 18, 2021 to run for mayor of Yokohama.
2014^[10]
2017^[11]
2021^[12]	Kenji Nakanishi	LDP
2024^[13]	Kenji Nakanishi	LDP

Election results

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

2024

2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kenji Nakanishi (Incumbent)	92,125	40.54	12.00
	CDP	Taketo Nakamura	71,464	31.45	1.28
	Ishin	Kaoru Sato	26,622	11.72	New
	Sanseitō	Emiko Uchida	18,866	8.30	New
	JCP	Seigo Yokoyama	18,145	7.99	2.28
Majority			20,661	9.09
Registered electors			445,947
Turnout				52.55	0.09
	LDP hold

2021

2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kenji Nakanishi	119,199	52.54	2.32
	CDP	Taketo Kobayashi	68,457	30.17	New
	JCP	Tadaaki Kisaki	23,310	10.27	1.39
	Independent	Akiko Fujimura	15,908	7.02	New
Majority			50,742	22.37
Registered electors			442,398
Turnout				52.64	4.78
	LDP hold

2017

2017^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent)	101,157	50.22	0.03
	Kibō no Tō	Koichiro Katsumata	46,284	22.98	New
	Independent	Kumiko Ito	26,314	13.07	New
	JCP	Susumu Kugimaru	23,476	11.66	3.96
	Happiness Realization	Aiko Iki	4,177	2.07	N/A
Majority			54,873	27.24
Registered electors			433,774
Turnout				47.86	2.79
	LDP hold

2014

2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent)	102,323	50.19	13.21
	Democratic	Koichiro Katsumata	50,199	24.62	9.59
	JCP	Tadaaki Kisaki	31,853	15.62	8.36
	Future Generations	Mitsuhiro Yokota	19,516	9.57	New
Majority			52,124	25.57
Registered electors			419,186
Turnout				50.65	6.80
	LDP hold

2012

2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi	85,451	36.98	2.49
	Restoration	Mayumi Takahashi	39,781	17.21	New
	Democratic	Koichiro Katsumata	34,738	15.03	33.42
	Your	Takeshi Moro	32,189	13.93	6.07
	Tomorrow	Eiko Okamoto (Incumbent)	22,163	9.59	New
	JCP	Kayo Motohashi	16,773	7.26	0.22
Majority			45,670	19.77
Registered electors
Turnout				57.45	7.63
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

2009

2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eiko Okamoto	125,856	48.45	17.53
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent)	89,588	34.49	18.71
	Your	Masanori Kato	20,407	7.86	New
	JCP	Yasuhiko Furuya	19,419	7.48	1.32
	Independent	Koichiro Yamashita	2,279	0.88	1.14
	Happiness Realization	Masahiro Tokushima	2,206	0.84	New
Majority			36,268	13.96
Registered electors
Turnout				65.08
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent)	131,831	53.20	9.08
	Democratic	Naohiko Kato	76,625	30.92	8.75
	JCP	Tsutomu Ohtani	21,810	8.80	0.33
	NP-Nippon	Toshihisa Kono	12,537	5.06	New
	Independent	Koichiro Yamashita	5,007	2.02	0.15
Majority			55,206	22.28
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2003

2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent)	91,207	44.12	14.85
	Democratic	Naohiko Kato (Won PR seat)	81,996	39.67	5.68
	JCP	Tsutomu Ohtani	18,867	9.13	5.04
	Social Democratic	Shigeru Wada	10,158	4.91	New
	Independent	Koichiro Yamashita	4,489	2.17	New
Majority			9,211	4.45
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000

2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi	61,016	29.27	0.14
	Democratic	Naohiko Kato	55,389	26.57	New
	Reform Club (Japan)	Tomoo Nishikawa (Incumbent)	41,429	19.87	New
	JCP	Tetsuya Ōmachi	29,546	14.17	0.03
	Liberal	Shigenori Kamachi	15,478	7.42	New
	Liberal League	Sayoko Kimura	5,613	2.70	2.03
Majority			5,627	2.70
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan)

1996

1996^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Tomoo Nishikawa	60,360	31.31	*New*
	LDP	Hachiro Okonogi (Won PR seat)	56,700	29.41	New
	Democratic	Naohiko Kato	41,750	21.66	New
	JCP	Takezi Kurasaki	27,258	14.14	New
	New Socialist	Nobuhiro Akita	5,426	2.81	New
	Liberal League	Shuma Sawaguchi	1,291	0.67	New
Majority			3,660	1.90
Registered electors
Turnout
	New Frontier 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 January 4, 2025.
^ "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^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 January 4, 2025.
^ ^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 January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[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 January 4, 2025.

[3] "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect96-4] "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect00-5] "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect03-6] "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect05-7] "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect09-8] "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川3区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect12-9] "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[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 January 4, 2025.

[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 January 4, 2025.

[elect21-12] "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[elect24-13] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2025.

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Kanagawa's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 4 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 4 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