Kanagawa 15th district

Kanagawa 15th District
Kanagawa 15th District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	472,647
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP

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.

Electorate472,647^[1]

Created1994

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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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Taro Kono (Incumbent)	141,580	62.5	6.9
	Sanseitō	Yoshimitsu Koyama	39,547	17.5	7.2
	Social Democratic	Katsumi Sasaki [ja]	24,679	10.9	6.3
	Reiwa	Ryo Miyoshi	20,598	9.1	New
Registered electors			452,421
Turnout			226,404	52.48	0.82
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Taro Kono (Incumbent)	128,881	55.6
	Social Democratic	Katsumi Sasaki [ja]	39,980	17.2
	Independent	Satoshi Utsumi	39,183	16.9	New
	Sanseitō	Shuichi Fujita	23,793	10.3	New
Registered electors			452,765
Turnout				53.30	4.02
	LDP hold

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
	LDP hold

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
	LDP hold

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Kanagawa 15th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	472,647^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP

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
	LDP hold

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
	LDP hold

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
	LDP hold

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
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