Kyoto 4th district

Kyoto 4th district (京都府第4区, Kyoto-fu dai-yonku or simply 京都4区, Kyoto-yonku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kyoto Prefecture.

Kyoto 4th district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kyoto Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kyoto
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	392,075[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Independent
Representatives	Keiro Kitagami
Municipalities	Kameoka, Nantan, Funai District and Nishikyō-ku and Ukyō-ku of Kyoto City.

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996[2]	Hiromu Nonaka		Liberal Democratic
2000[3]
2003[4]	Hideo Tanaka		Liberal Democratic	[a]
			Independent
2005[6]	Yasuhiro Nakagawa		Liberal Democratic
2009[7]	Keiro Kitagami		Democratic
2012[8]	Hideyuki Tanaka		Liberal Democratic
2014[9]
2017[10]
2021[11]	Keiro Kitagami		Independent

Election results

2021^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keiro Kitagami	96,172	44.21	New
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Hideyuki Tanaka (Incumbent) (won PR seat)	80,775	37.13
	Communist	Koichi Yoshida	40,603	18.66
Majority			15,397	7.08
Registered electors			396,960
Turnout				56.21	6.11
	Independent gain from LDP

2017^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Hideyuki Tanaka (Incumbent)	83,286	42.45
	Kibō no Tō	Keiro Kitagami (PR seat Incumbent)	71,068	36.23	New
	Communist	Koichi Yoshida	38,219	19.48
	Happiness Realization	Yuki Enda	3,606	1.84	N/A
Majority			12,218	6.22
Registered electors			402,079
Turnout				50.10
	LDP hold

2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Hideyuki Tanaka (Incumbent)	75,744	39.14
	Democratic	Keiro Kitagami	58,692	30.33
	Communist	Koichi Yoshida	32,895	17.00
	Innovation	Kunie Hatamoto	26,175	13.53	New
Majority			17,052	8.81
Turnout
	LDP hold

• Kitagami was additionally elected by Kinki proportional representation block following Kenta Izumi's resignation (running in a by-election).

2012^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Hideyuki Tanaka	73,162	33.14
	Democratic (endorsed by PNP)	Keiro Kitagami (Incumbent)	48,934	22.17
	Restoration	Kunie Hatamoto	36,587	16.57	New
	Communist	Koichi Yoshida	25,276	11.45
	Your	Tetsuo Ishida	13,283	6.02	New
	Independent	Yasuhiro Nakagawa	12,505	5.66	New
	Tomorrow (endorsed by Daichi)	Juntaro Toyota [ja]	9,271	4.20	New
	Happiness Realization	Mina Wada	1,745	0.79
Majority			24,228	10.97
Turnout
	LDP gain from Democratic

2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (endorsed by PNP)	Keiro Kitagami (PR seat Incumbent)	109,865	41.24
	Independent	Hideo Tanaka	89,257	33.51
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yasuhiro Nakagawa (Incumbent)	35,314	13.26
	Communist	Koichi Yoshida	30,410	11.42
	Happiness Realization	Hiroshi Deno	1,541	0.58	New
Majority			20,608	7.73
Turnout
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yasuhiro Nakagawa	75,192	28.98
	Independent	Hideo Tanaka (Incumbent)	75,036	28.92	New
	Democratic	Keiro Kitagami (won PR seat)	73,550	28.34
	Communist	Mariko Narumiya	35,705	13.76
Majority			156	0.06
Turnout
	LDP gain from Independent

2003^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hideo Tanaka	108,209	49.67
	Democratic	Keiro Kitagami	72,665	33.35
	Communist	Mariko Narumiya	36,980	16.97
Majority			35,544	16.32
Turnout
	LDP hold

2000^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hiromu Nonaka (Incumbent)	121,439	53.02
	Communist	Sirō Kamine	54,646	23.86
	Democratic	Kimiya Sagawa	34,522	15.07	New
	Liberal	Juntaro Toyota [ja]	18,452	8.06	New
Majority			66,793	29.16
Turnout
	LDP hold

1996^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hiromu Nonaka	100,703	48.82	New
	Communist	Sirō Kamine	60,918	29.53	New
	New Frontier	Juntaro Toyota [ja]	44,637	21.64	New
Majority			39,785	19.29
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

References

1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
2. "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 京都4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
3. "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 京都4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
4. "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 京都4区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
5. "〈追跡・政界流動〉反小泉 執念の野中氏". asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
6. "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 京都4区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
7. "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 京都4区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
8. "開票結果 小選挙区 京都". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
9. "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
10. "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
11. "2021年衆議院総選挙　京都4区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.

1. Tanaka failed to win the Liberal Democratic Party's nomination and became an independent because he voted against the postal service privatization law submitted by the Second Koizumi Cabinet^[5].