Kōchi 2nd district

Kōchi 2nd district (高知県第2区, Kōchi-ken dai-niku or simply 高知2区, Kōchi-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kōchi Prefecture.

Kōchi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kōchi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kōchi
Proportional District	Shikoku
Electorate	284,670[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masanao Ozaki
Municipalities	In the west of Kōchi city, Tosa, Susaki, Sukumo, Tosashimizu, Shimanto, Agawa District, Takaoka District and Hata District

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
1996	Gen Nakatani		LDP	1996 – 2014
2000
2003
2005
2009
2012
2014	Yūji Yamamoto		LDP	2014 – 2017
2017	Hajime Hirota		Indep.	2017 – 2020
			CDP	2020 - 2021
2021	Masanao Ozaki		LDP	2021–present

Election results

2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masanao Ozaki (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	102,501	70.26	3.02
	JCP	Yuriko Hamagawa	43,394	29.74	New
Registered electors			274,184
Turnout			145,895	54.59	6.91

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masanao Ozaki	117,810	67.24	23.72
	CDP	Hajime Hirota (Incumbent)	55,214	31.52	New
	NHK	Shinichiro Hirota	2,171	1.24	New
Registered electors			287,552
Turnout			175,195	61.49	6.29

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Indep.	Hajime Hirota	92,179	56.48	New
	LDP	Yūji Yamamoto (Incumbent) (elected by PR)	71,029	43.52	10.09
Registered electors			301,709
Turnout			163,208	55.20	2.06

2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūji Yamamoto (Incumbent-Kōchi 3rd)	83,764	53.61	19.98
	DPJ	Norio Takeuchi	42,562	27.24	8.00
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	29,913	19.15	7.26
Registered electors			304,249
Turnout			156,239	53.14

2012^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani (Incumbent)	76,662	73.59	20.17
	JCP	Yoshihide Okada	27,513	26.41	16.35
Turnout

2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani (Incumbent)	75,554	53.42	2.29
	DPJ	Kiyo Kusumoto	49,842	35.24	2.45
	JCP	Masahiro Yamanaka	14,225	10.06	6.02
	HRP	Risa Ito	1,822	1.29	New
Turnout

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani (Incumbent)	70,010	51.13	7.91
	DPJ	Kumiko Tamura	44,890	32.79	7.24
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	22,014	16.08	0.67
Turnout

2003^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani (Incumbent)	72,504	59.04	5.26
	DPJ	Kumiko Tamura	31,377	25.55	2.48
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	18,927	15.41	2.79
Turnout

2000^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani (Incumbent)	67,312	53.78	9.17
	DPJ	Hisami Nakamura	35,079	28.03	New
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	22,774	18.20	4.30
Turnout

1996^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani	72,772	62.95	New
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	26,018	22.50	New
	NSP	Yoshihiko Hamada	16,820	14.55	New
Turnout