Kanagawa 11th district

Kanagawa 11th District
神奈川県第11区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureKanagawa
Proportional DistrictMinamikanto
Electorate374,938
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeShinjirō Koizumi (2009-)
Created fromKanagawa's 2nd "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesYokosuka, Miura

Kanagawa 11th district (神奈川県第11区, Kanagawa-ken dai-juichi-ku, also 神奈川11区, Kanagawa-ken juichi-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, and consists of the cities of Miura and Yokosuka.

This constituency has United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka where is the home port of US Naval Forces in Japan which is the integral part of United States Forces Japan, home of Seventh Fleet of United States Navy and JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, which hosts Fleet Submarine Force, Mine Warfare Force, Fleet Research and Development Command, Fleet Intelligence Command of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It also has Nissan Oppama Plant, Yokosuka Research Park

Former Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi served as the first representative of the constituency from its creation in 1996. Koizumi retired at the 2009 elections[1] and his son Shinjirō ran as a candidate for his father's old seat.[2] The Democratic Party of Japan fielded Katsuhito Yokokume, a lawyer and former participant in the Ainori TV show,[3] as a candidate in 2009 to a bid to end the LDP dominance of the district.[4]

As of September 2012, 391,020 eligible voters were registered in the district.[5]

List of representatives

Member Party Dates Electoral history Notes

Junichiro Koizumi 		Liberal Democratic 20 October 1996 –

21 July 2009

Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2003.
Re-elected in 2005. 		Prime Minister of Japan (2001-2006)
Minister of Health and Welfare (1988-1989; 1996-1998)
Minister of Post and Telecommunications (1992–1993)

Shinjirō Koizumi 		Liberal Democratic 31 August 2009 –

incumbent

Elected in 2009.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2017.
Re-elected in 2021. 		Minister of the Environment (2019-2021)
Second son of Jun'ichirō Koizumi


Election results

2021[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shinjirō Koizumi 147,634 79.2 Increase1.2
JCP Nobuaki Hayashi 38,843 20.8 Increase9.8
Turnout 52.21 Increase0.1
2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shinjirō Koizumi 154,761 78.0 Decrease5.3
JCP Kazuhiro Seto 21,874 11.0 Decrease5.7
Kibō no Tō Ryō Mashiro 18,583 9.4
Turnout 52.11 Decrease2.4
2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shinjirō Koizumi 168,953 83.3 Increase3.4
JCP Kazuhiro Seto 33,930 16.7 Increase9.0
Turnout 54.50
2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shinjirō Koizumi 184,360 79.9
Democratic Kōtarō Hayashi 25,134 10.9
JCP Michio Saida 17,740 7.7
Independent Toshihide Morimoto 2,131 0.9
Independent Yoshinobu Iwata 1,489 0.6
2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shinjirō Koizumi 150,893 56.16 Decrease17.00
Democratic Katsuhito Yokokume 96,631 35.97 Increase17.20
JCP Masako Itō 12,601 4.69 Increase0.47
Happiness Realization Party Akihisa Tsurukawa 2,375 0.88 N/A
Independent Yoshinobu Iwata 1,830 0.68 N/A
Majority 54,262 20.20 Decrease34.19
Turnout 268,666 68.12 Decrease0.34
LDP hold Swing -17.10
2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Junichiro Koizumi 197,037 73.16 −1.26
Democratic Tsuyoshi Saitō 50,551 18.77 0.0
JCP Kazuhiro Seto 11,377 4.22 −1.59
Independent Naoto Amaki 7,475 2.78 0.0
Independent Hideyoshi Hashiba 2,874 1.07 0.0
Majority 146,486 54.39 −0.28
Turnout 272,431 68.46 8.55
LDP hold Swing
2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Junichiro Koizumi 174,374 74.42 5.40
Democratic Yusuke Sawaki 46,290 19.76 1.02
JCP Kazuhiro Seto 13,632 5.82 0.0
Majority 128,084 54.67 4.38
Turnout 238,996 59.91 0.52
LDP hold Swing
2000[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Junichiro Koizumi 157,335 69.03 10.87
Democratic Yusuke Sawaki 42,707 18.74 0.0
JCP Yasushi Koizumi 27,890 12.24 0.0
Majority 114,628 50.29 18.30
Turnout 59.39 −0.26
LDP hold Swing
1996[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Junichiro Koizumi 118,955 58.16 0.0
New Frontier Tadatsugu Miyagi[14] 53,523 26.17 0.0
JCP Mitsutaka Yoshida[15] 27,518 13.45 0.0
Liberal League Seiichi Hata 4,552 2.23 0.0
Majority 65,432 31.99 0.0
Turnout 59.65 0.0
LDP hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Fackler, Martin (2009-03-15). "Japan's Political Dynasties Come Under Fire but Prove Resilient". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  2. ^ "Koizumi to exit political stage | the Japan Times Online". search.japantimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-09-27.
  3. ^ Nikkan Sports, November 20, 2008: 小泉Jrの刺客は27歳「あいのり」弁護士 (in Japanese)
  4. ^ Katsuhito Yokokume, official website Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Ministry of general affairs: 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (in Japanese)
  6. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：神奈川 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ 小選挙区】神奈川11区 2017総選挙 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  8. ^ 小選挙区】神奈川11区 2014総選挙 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 神奈川. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  10. ^ 神奈川11区 第45回衆議院議員選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-22. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  11. ^ 神奈川11区 第44回衆議院議員選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2008-02-10. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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  13. ^ 神奈川11区 第41回衆議院議員選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2008-02-10. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); NB: the source is incorrect in the number of the turnout.
  14. ^ 宮地 忠継
  15. ^ 吉田 光孝
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