# 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.

## List of representatives

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

## Election Results

2021 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 287,552 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,195 | 61.49 | 6.29 |
2017 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 301,709 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,208 | 55.20 | 2.06 |
2014 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 304,249 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,239 | 53.14 | |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Gen Nakatani (Incumbent) | 76,662 | 73.59 | 20.17 |
| | JCP | Yoshihide Okada | 27,513 | 26.41 | 16.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
2009 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
2005 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
2003 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
2000 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
1996 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |