Kanagawa 17th district

Kanagawa 17th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. As of June 1, 2023, the district has an electorate of 447,436.^[1] The district covers the western portions of the prefecture.

Kanagawa 17th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kanagawa
Proportional District	Southern Kanto
Electorate	449,062[2]
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	LDP

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
1996	Yōhei Kōno		LDP	1996 – 2009
2000
2003
2005
2009	Yōsuke Kamiyama		DPJ	2009 – 2012
2012	Karen Makishima[3]		LDP	2012 – present	Incumbent
2014
2017
2021

Election Results

2021^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Karen Makishima (Incumbent)	131,284	55.32	4.05
	CDP	Yōsuke Kamiyama	89,837	37.85	New
	JCP	Tadashi Yamada	16,202	6.83	5.35
Registered electors			424,659
Turnout			237,323	56.98	2.69

2017^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Karen Makishima (Incumbent)	117,003	51.27	2.15
	Kibō	Yōsuke Kamiyama (Incumbent - PR)	83,407	36.55	New
	JCP	Eiji Yokota	27,798	12.18	1.56
Registered electors			430,786
Turnout			228,208	54.29	0.59

2014^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Karen Makishima (Incumbent)	118,537	53.42	14.66
	DPJ	Yōsuke Kamiyama (elected by PR)	79,788	35.96	17.51
	JCP	Fukuji Yoshida	23,569	10.62	6.73
Registered electors			425,376
Turnout			221,894	53.70	6.94

2012^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Karen Makishima	98,019	38.76	2.58
	YP	Yoshiyuki Inoue	54,337	21.49	New
	DPJ	Yōsuke Kamiyama (Incumbent)	46,654	18.45	29.31
	TPJ	Junichi Tsuyuki	44,013	17.41	New
	JCP	Eiji Yokota	9,848	3.89	3.30
Registered electors			426,043
Turnout			252,871	60.64	9.09

2009^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Yōsuke Kamiyama	139,678	47.76	15.63
	LDP	Karen Makishima	105,806	36.18	24.51
	Independent	Yoshiyuki Inoue	42,881	14.66	New
	HRP	Junko Nakano	4,067	1.39	New
Registered electors			427,538
Turnout			292,432	69.73	2.30

2005^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yōhei Kōno (Incumbent)	169,825	60.69	3.35
	DPJ	Naoto Sakaguchi	89,901	32.13	2.60
	JCP	Shinzaburō Suzuki	20,117	7.19	0.74
Turnout			279,843	67.43

2003^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yōhei Kōno (Incumbent)	135,206	57.34	0.90
	DPJ	Naoto Sakaguchi	81,900	34.73	0.43
	JCP	Shinzaburō Suzuki	18,690	7.93	1.33
Turnout

2000^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yōhei Kōno (Incumbent)	140,236	56.44	11.69
	DPJ	Tsurunen Marutei	85,227	34.30	New
	JCP	Shinzaburō Suzuki	23,019	9.26	0.09
Turnout

1996^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yōhei Kōno	105,282	44.75	New
	Independent	Junichi Tsuyuki	59,005	25.08	New
	NFP	Naoyuki Saito	49,419	21.00	New
	JCP	Mutsuo Ozawa	21,572	9.17	New
Turnout

See also

• List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan

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