Kanagawa 12th district

Kanagawa 12th District
Kanagawa 12th District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	410,480
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Tsuyoshi Hoshino
Municipalities	Fujisawa and Kōza District

PrefectureKanagawa

Proportional DistrictSouthern Kanto

Electorate410,480^[1]

Created1994

Kanagawa 12th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It includes the city of Fujisawa and Kōza District.

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Election	Representative		Dates
1996	Ikuzo Sakurai	LDP	1996 – 2000
2000	Yoichiro Esaki	DPJ	2000 – 2002
		NCP	2002 - 2003
		LDP	2003
2003	Ikko Nakatsuka	DPJ	2003 – 2005
2005	Ikuzo Sakurai	LDP	2005 – 2009
2009	Ikko Nakatsuka	DPJ	2009 – 2012
2012	Tsuyoshi Hoshino	LDP	2012 – 2017
2014	Tsuyoshi Hoshino	LDP	2012 – 2017
2017	Tomoko Abe	CDP	2017 – 2026
2021
2024
2026	Tsuyoshi Hoshino	LDP	2026 –

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino	108,343	49.4	18.4
	Centrist Reform	Tomoko Abe	78,793	35.9	3.8
	Independent	Susumu Kikutake	21,089	9.6
	JCP	Tsuneo Numakami	11,210	5.1	1.2
Registered electors			410,541
Turnout				55.05	2.09
	LDP gain from Centrist Reform

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent)	84,310	39.71	2.72
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR))	65,684	30.94	9.77
	Innovation	Masashi Mito	29,458	13.88	2.98
	Sanseitō	Takahiro Eoka	19,518	9.19	New
	Communist	Naoko Kato	13,326	6.28	New
Majority			18,626	8.77	7.05
Registered electors			411,161
Turnout			212,296	52.96	3.18
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent)	95,013	42.43	0.77
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	91,159	40.71	1.18
	Ishin	Masashi Mito	37,753	16.86	New
Registered electors			406,623
Turnout			223,925	56.14	4.46

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR)	86,550	43.20	New
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino (Incumbent) (elected by PR)	83,924	41.89	0.55
	Kibō	Teruo Hara	29,852	14.90	New
Registered electors			395,393
Turnout			200,326	51.68	1.62

Kanagawa 12th district

Election results

2026

2024

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Kanagawa 12th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	410,480^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Tsuyoshi Hoshino
Municipalities	Fujisawa and Kōza District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino (Incumbent)	83,327	42.44	8.38
	DPJ	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	82,612	42.08	19.91
	JCP	Kotaro Mimura	16,189	8.25	3.21
	PFG	Kazuhiko Amakasu	14,208	7.24	New
Registered electors			379,426
Turnout			196,336	53.30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tsuyoshi Hoshino	73,476	34.06	5.20
	TPJ	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	50,976	23.63	New
	DPJ	Ikko Nakatsuka (Incumbent)	47,834	22.17	23.71
	JRP	Kazuhiko Amakasu	32,590	15.11	New
	JCP	Tsuneo Numakami	10,871	5.04	0.37
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Ikko Nakatsuka	110,532	45.88	13.19
	LDP	Ikuzo Sakurai (Incumbent)	69,524	28.86	18.06
	SDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	47,538	19.73	4.59
	JCP	Chikako Watanabe	11,240	4.67	0.59
	HRP	Shigeru Yamada	2,056	0.85	New
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ikuzo Sakurai (Incumbent - PR)	108,898	46.92	8.59
	DPJ	Ikko Nakatsuka (Incumbent)	75,865	32.69	6.71
	SDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	35,133	15.14	1.13
	JCP	Tsuneo Numakami	12,211	5.26	0.60
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Ikko Nakatsuka (Incumbent - PR)	75,826	39.40	11.30
	LDP	Ikuzo Sakurai (elected by PR)	73,767	38.33	12.01
	SDP	Tomoko Abe (Incumbent - PR) (reelected by PR)	26,954	14.01	4.78
	JCP	Midori Takamatsu	11,280	5.86	2.06
	Indep.	Kōichi Suzuki	4,617	2.40	New
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Yoichiro Esaki	54,237	28.10	New
	LDP	Ikuzo Sakurai (Incumbent)	50,814	26.32	4.34
	Indep.	Naotake Harada	36,414	18.86	New
	SDP	Tomoko Abe (elected by PR)	36,276	18.79	New
	JCP	Tsuneo Numakami	15,293	7.92	7.09
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ikuzo Sakurai	51,360	30.66	New
	NFP	Yoichiro Esaki	50,511	30.15	New
	DPJ	Naotake Harada	40,523	24.19	New
	JCP	Shoichi Kuwabara	25,143	15.01	New
Turnout

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