Kanagawa 9th district

Kanagawa 9th district
Kanagawa 9th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Kanagawa Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	335,635
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representatives	Hirofumi Ryu
Municipalities	Asao-ku and Tama-ku of Kawasaki

Kanagawa 9th district (神奈川県第9区, Kanagawa-ken dai-kyuku or simply 神奈川9区, Kanagawa-kyuku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Areas covered

List of representatives

Election	Representative		Notes
1996^[8]	Shigefumi Matsuzawa	New Frontier	Matsuzawa resigned on March 27, 2003 to run for Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture.
		Voice of the People
		Good Governance
2000^[9]		Democratic
2003^[10]	Hirofumi Ryu	Democratic
2005^[11]	Koichi Yamauchi	LDP	Yamauchi left the LDP.
2005^[11]	Koichi Yamauchi	Your	Yamauchi left the LDP.
2009^[12]	Hirofumi Ryu	Democratic
2012^[13]
2014^[14]
2014^[14]		Democratic
2017^[15]		Kibō no Tō
2017^[15]		Independent
2021^[16]		CDP
2024^[17]		CDP

Election results

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

2024

2024^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent)	93,878	49.58	7.18
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama	52,358	27.65	7.20
	Ishin	Taisei Yoshida	24,283	12.82	0.41
	JCP	Hiroko Akaishi	18,835	9.95	0.39
Majority			41,520	21.93
Registered electors			334,691
Turnout				57.98	1.49
	CDP hold

2021

2021^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent)	83,847	42.40	*New*
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama (Won PR seat)	68,918	34.85	5.47
	Ishin	Taisei Yoshida	24,547	12.41	New
	JCP	Nodoka Saito	20,432	10.34	8.04
Majority			14,929	7.55
Registered electors			338,241
Turnout				59.47	4.42
	CDP hold

2017

2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kibō no Tō	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent)	72,531	41.30	*New*
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama (Won PR seat)	70,819	40.32	5.12
	JCP	Nodoka Saito	32,290	18.38	7.74
Majority			1,712	0.98
Registered electors			327,305
Turnout				55.05	1.61
	Kibō no Tō hold

2014

2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent)	64,534	37.87	1.02
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama (Won PR seat)	59,991	35.20	3.31
	Innovation	Tsuyoshi Shiina	27,762	16.29	New
	JCP	Nozomu Horiguchi	18,134	10.64	2.03
Majority			4,543	2.67
Registered electors			307,305
Turnout				56.66	5.45
	Democratic hold

2012

2012^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent)	67,448	36.85	26.69
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama (Won PR seat)	58,370	31.89	7.28
	Your	Tsuyoshi Shiina (Won PR seat)	41,454	22.65	New
	JCP	Nozomu Horiguchi	15,773	8.61	0.50
Majority			9,078	4.96
Registered electors
Turnout				62.11
	Democratic hold

2009

2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hirofumi Ryu	127,219	63.54	19.03
	LDP	Norihiro Nakayama	49,274	24.61	21.94
	JCP	Takenori Tonegawa	16,239	8.11	0.83
	Independent	Takanari Sudo	4,423	2.21	New
	Happiness Realization	Hirotsugu Oguchi	3,055	1.53	New
Majority			77,945	38.93
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Your

2005

2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Koichi Yamauchi	86,673	46.55	9.75
	Democratic	Hirofumi Ryu (Incumbent) (Won PR seat)	82,878	44.51	5.82
	JCP	Hajime Kamoshita	16,636	8.94	0.29
Majority			3,795	2.04
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Democratic

2003

2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hirofumi Ryu	78,590	50.33	2.29
	LDP	Taku Nakaminato	57,457	36.80	8.90
	JCP	Hajime Kamoshita	14,409	9.23	7.84
	Independent	Takeharu Kobayashi	5,696	3.64	New
Majority			21,133	13.53
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

2000^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Incumbent)	122,551	52.62	*New*
	LDP	Eiichi Ogawa	64,981	27.90	3.39
	JCP	Mami Iguchi	39,751	17.07	0.74
	Liberal League	Keiichi Tatesawa	5,633	2.41	1.06
Majority			57,570	24.72
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic hold

1996

1996^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Shigefumi Matsuzawa	72,147	35.07	*New*
	LDP	Eiichi Ogawa	50,423	24.51	New
	Democratic	Masanori Konishi	46,782	22.74	New
	JCP	Kazuo Fujii	33,596	16.33	New
	Liberal League	Tadashi Takagi	2,788	1.35	New
Majority			21,724	10.56
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210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第193回国会　制定法律の一覧 >衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律法律第五十八号（平二九・六・一六）". House of Representatives of Japan. June 16, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第154回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第九十五号（平一四・七・三一）". House of Representatives of Japan. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "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 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 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210回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第八十九号（令四・一一・二八）". House of Representatives of Japan. November 28, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[3] "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[4] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第193回国会　制定法律の一覧 >衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律法律第五十八号（平二九・六・一六）". House of Representatives of Japan. June 16, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[5] "Kanagawa" (PDF). Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[6] "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第154回国会　制定法律の一覧 >公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律法律第九十五号（平一四・七・三一）". House of Representatives of Japan. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[7] "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 6, 2025.

[elect96-8] "第41回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect00-9] "第42回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect03-10] "第43回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect05-11] "第44回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect09-12] "第45回衆議院議員総選挙 - 神奈川9区". The Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect12-13] "開票結果小選挙区神奈川". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect14-14] "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 6, 2025.

[elect17-15] "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 6, 2025.

[elect21-16] "2021年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[elect24-17] "2024年衆議院議員総選挙神奈川". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2025.

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Kanagawa's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 4 5 6 7 8 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