Osaka 15th district

Osaka 15th district
Osaka 15th district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Osaka Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	377,612
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Yasuto Urano [ja]
Municipalities	Mihara-ku of Sakai, Kawachinagano, Matsubara, Ōsakasayama, Tondabayashi, and Minamikawachi District.

PrefectureOsaka

Proportional DistrictKinki

Electorate377,612^[1]

Created1994

Osaka 15th district (大阪府第15区, Osaka-fu dai-ju-goku or simply 大阪15区, Osaka-ju-goku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Osaka Prefecture.

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Election	Representative
1996^[5]	Naokazu Takemoto	LDP
2000^[6]
2003^[7]
2005^[8]
2009^[9]	Kei Ohtani	Democratic
		PLF
		Tomorrow
2012^[10]	Yasuto Urano	Restoration
2012^[10]	Yasuto Urano	Innovation
2014^[11]	Naokazu Takemoto	LDP
2017^[12]	Naokazu Takemoto	LDP
2021^[13]	Yasuto Urano [ja]	Ishin
2024^[14]
2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Yasuto Urano [ja]	92,248	47.9	6.6
	LDP	Tomoaki Shimada (elected in Kinki PR block)	73,378	38.1	4.9
	JCP	Takashi Hirayama	26,929	14.0	3.8
Registered electors			375,445
Turnout				54.85	3.92
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Yasuto Urano	77,584	41.28
	LDP	Tomoaki Shimada (elected in Kinki PR block)	62,351	33.18
	CDP	Takeshi Matsuura	28,868	15.36	New
	JCP	Manabu Nakagawa	19,133	10.18
Majority			15,233	8.10
Registered electors			380,258
Turnout				50.93	4.85
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Yasuto Urano	114,861	54.10
	LDP	Yōnosuke Kanō	67,887	31.97
	JCP	Kimihito Tame	29,570	13.93
Majority			46,974	22.13
Registered electors			390,415
Turnout				55.78	7.70
	Ishin gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	81,968	43.82
	Ishin	Yasuto Urano (Won PR seat)	74,368	39.75	New
	JCP	Kimihito Tame	30,733	16.43
Majority			7,600	4.07
Registered electors			399,851
Turnout				48.08
	LDP hold

Osaka 15th district

Since 2013

1994 - 2013

List of representatives

Election results

2026

2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2005

2003

2000

1996

References

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Osaka 15th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Osaka Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	377,612^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Yasuto Urano [ja]
Municipalities	Mihara-ku of Sakai, Kawachinagano, Matsubara, Ōsakasayama, Tondabayashi, and Minamikawachi District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	86,297	45.04
	Innovation	Yasuto Urano (Won PR seat)	74,483	38.87	New
	JCP	Kimihito Tame	30,840	16.09
Majority			11,814	6.17
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP gain from Innovation

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Restoration	Yasuto Urano	91,830	41.17	*New*
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto (Won PR seat)	88,500	39.68
	Tomorrow	Kei Ohtani	21,616	9.69	New
	JCP	Kimihito Tame	21,106	9.46
Majority			3,330	1.49
Registered electors
Turnout
	Restoration gain from Tomorrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kei Ohtani	123,651	46.78
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto (Won PR seat)	107,896	40.82
	JCP	Yoshihiro Nakano	26,134	9.89
	Happiness Realization	Toshiki Murakami	6,654	2.52	New
Majority			15,755	5.96
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	144,663	55.79
	Democratic	Yuki Sakai	82,844	31.95
	JCP	Yoshihiro Nakano	31,810	12.27
Majority			61,819	23.84
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	107,323	49.68
	Democratic	Kikuo Umegawa	79,830	36.95
	JCP	Yoshihiro Nakano	28,874	13.37
Majority			27,493	12.73
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	100,028	46.73
	Democratic	Isao Aida	60,539	28.28	New
	JCP	Yasutaka Kakinuma	44,898	20.97
	Liberal League	Shoji Yamaguchi	8,599	4.02	New
Majority			39,489	18.45
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naokazu Takemoto	81,602	39.56	*New*
	New Frontier	Shūji Kitagawa	77,876	37.75	New
	JCP	Isao Arikawa	46,805	22.69	New
Majority			3,726	1.81
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

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Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Eisuke Mori, Chiba 11th Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Keiichi Ishii, Northern Kanto 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 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