Osaka 2nd district

Osaka 2nd district
Osaka 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	441,748
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Ryō Takami [ja]
Municipalities	Abeno-ku, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Hirano-ku, and Ikuno-ku of Osaka.

PrefectureOsaka

Proportional DistrictKinki

Electorate441,748^[1]

Created1994

Osaka 2nd district (大阪府第2区, Osaka-fu dai-niku or simply 大阪2区, Osaka-niku ) 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]	Megumu Satō	New Frontier
		VoP
		GGP
		Independent
		LDP
2000^[6]	Akira Satō	LDP
2003^[7]		LDP
2003^[7]		Independent
2005^[8]	Shika Kawajo	LDP
2009^[9]	Hitoshi Hagihara	Democratic
		PLF
		Tomorrow
2012^[10]	Akira Satō	LDP
2014^[11]
2017^[12]
2021^[13]	Tadashi Morishima	Ishin
2024^[14]		Ishin
2024^[14]		Independent
2026	Ryō Takami [ja]	Ishin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Ryō Takami [ja]	115,244	51.9	7.8
	Independent	Tadashi Morishima	40,672	18.3
	Sanseitō	Atsushi Ishibashi	36,999	16.7	7.8
	JCP	Yōta Okawa	28,925	13.0	0.6
Registered electors			439,978
Turnout				54.98	2.46
	Ishin gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Tadashi Morishima	99,277	44.19
	LDP	Akira Satō	67,833	30.19
	JCP	Yōta Ogawa	27,853	12.40
	Sanseitō	Miki Fujita	19,893	8.86	New
	Independent	Takao Horiuchi	9,796	4.36	New
Majority			31,444	14.00
Registered electors			441,108
Turnout				52.52	4.46
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Tadashi Morishima	120,913	48.49
	LDP	Akira Satō	80,937	32.46
	CDP	Kanako Otsuji	47,487	19.05
Majority			39,976	16.03
Registered electors			446,933
Turnout				56.98	8.99
	Ishin gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akira Satō	91,439	43.90
	Ishin	Tamotsu Shiiki	68,844	33.05	New
	CDP	Kanako Otsuji (Won PR seat)	48,018	23.05	New
Majority			22,595	10.85
Registered electors			445,924
Turnout				47.99	1.90
	LDP hold

Osaka 2nd district

Since 2017

1994 - 2017

List of representatives

Election results

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2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2005

2003

2000

1996

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Osaka 2nd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	441,748^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Ryō Takami [ja]
Municipalities	Abeno-ku, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Hirano-ku, and Ikuno-ku of Osaka.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akira Satō	78,326	46.47
	Innovation	Tamotsu Shiiki	56,025	33.24	New
	JCP	Yōko Yamamoto	34,184	20.28
Majority			22,301	13.23
Registered electors			351,243
Turnout				49.89	9.78
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akira Satō	80,817	39.97
	Restoration	Yuka Hayashibara (Won PR seat)	69,200	34.22	New
	JCP	Yōko Yamamoto	24,193	11.96
	Tomorrow	Hitoshi Hagihara	16,647	8.23	New
	Independent	Shika Kawajo	11,359	5.62	New
Majority			11,617	5.75
Registered electors			351,116
Turnout				59.67	6.84
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hitoshi Hagihara	91,952	40.12
	Independent	Akira Satō	72,888	31.81
	LDP	Shika Kawajo	35,417	15.45
	JCP	Tomoyuki Yoshinaga	23,629	10.31
	Happiness Realization	Toshiko Fukata	5,285	2.31	New
Majority			19,064	8.31
Registered electors			352,167
Turnout				66.51	0.47
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shika Kawajo	73,953	32.78
	Independent	Akira Satō	71,423	31.66	New
	Democratic	Hitoshi Hagihara	52,945	23.47
	JCP	Tomoyuki Yoshinaga	27,300	12.10
Majority			2,530	1.12
Registered electors			352,148
Turnout				66.04	9.90
	LDP gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Akira Satō	96,470	50.82
	Democratic	Kaoru Iwanami	56,652	29.84
	JCP	Ikuko Ishii (Won PR seat)	36,706	19.34
Majority			39,818	20.98
Registered electors			352,769
Turnout				56.14
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akira Satō	90,470	47.52
	JCP	Ikuko Ishii (Won PR seat)	56,152	29.49
	Democratic	Masakazu Inaba	38,177	20.05	New
	Liberal League	Mitsuru Fukuda	5,586	2.93	New
Majority			34,318	18.03
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Megumu Satō	92,292	49.82	*New*
	JCP	Ikuko Ishii (Won PR seat)	58,109	31.37	New
	LDP	Momotaro Fuchigami	34,858	18.82	New
Majority			34,183	18.45
Registered electors
Turnout
	New Frontier win (new seat)

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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