# Kanagawa 3rd district

Kanagawa 3rd district (神奈川県第3区, Kanagawa-ken dai-sanku or simply 神奈川3区, Kanagawa-sanku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

## Areas covered
### Since 1994

* Yokohama
** Kanagawa-ku
** Tsurumi-ku

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party | Notes |
| 1996 | Tomoo Nishikawa | New Frontier | |
| 1996 | Tomoo Nishikawa | Reform Club | |
| 2000 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | |
| 2003 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | |
| 2005 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | |
| 2009 | Eiko Okamoto [ja] | Democratic | |
| 2009 | Eiko Okamoto [ja] | PLF | |
| 2009 | Eiko Okamoto [ja] | Tomorrow | |
| 2012 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | Okonogi resigned on July 18, 2021 to run for mayor of Yokohama. |
| 2014 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | Okonogi resigned on July 18, 2021 to run for mayor of Yokohama. |
| 2017 | Hachiro Okonogi | LDP | Okonogi resigned on July 18, 2021 to run for mayor of Yokohama. |
| 2021 | Kenji Nakanishi | LDP | |
| 2024 | Kenji Nakanishi | LDP | |

## Election Results
### 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenji Nakanishi (Incumbent) | 92,125 | 40.54 | 12.00 |
| | CDP | Taketo Nakamura | 71,464 | 31.45 | 1.28 |
| | Ishin | Kaoru Sato | 26,622 | 11.72 | New |
| | Sanseitō | Emiko Uchida | 18,866 | 8.30 | New |
| | JCP | Seigo Yokoyama | 18,145 | 7.99 | 2.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,661 | 9.09 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 445,947 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.55 | 0.09 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kenji Nakanishi | 119,199 | 52.54 | 2.32 |
| | CDP | Taketo Kobayashi | 68,457 | 30.17 | New |
| | JCP | Tadaaki Kisaki | 23,310 | 10.27 | 1.39 |
| | Independent | Akiko Fujimura | 15,908 | 7.02 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50,742 | 22.37 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 442,398 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.64 | 4.78 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent) | 101,157 | 50.22 | 0.03 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Koichiro Katsumata [ja] | 46,284 | 22.98 | New |
| | Independent | Kumiko Ito | 26,314 | 13.07 | New |
| | JCP | Susumu Kugimaru | 23,476 | 11.66 | 3.96 |
| | Happiness Realization | Aiko Iki | 4,177 | 2.07 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54,873 | 27.24 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 433,774 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.86 | 2.79 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent) | 102,323 | 50.19 | 13.21 |
| | Democratic | Koichiro Katsumata [ja] | 50,199 | 24.62 | 9.59 |
| | JCP | Tadaaki Kisaki | 31,853 | 15.62 | 8.36 |
| | Future Generations | Mitsuhiro Yokota | 19,516 | 9.57 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52,124 | 25.57 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 419,186 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.65 | 6.80 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi | 85,451 | 36.98 | 2.49 |
| | Restoration | Mayumi Takahashi | 39,781 | 17.21 | New |
| | Democratic | Koichiro Katsumata [ja] | 34,738 | 15.03 | 33.42 |
| | Your | Takeshi Moro | 32,189 | 13.93 | 6.07 |
| | Tomorrow | Eiko Okamoto [ja] (Incumbent) | 22,163 | 9.59 | New |
| | JCP | Kayo Motohashi | 16,773 | 7.26 | 0.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,670 | 19.77 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.45 | 7.63 |
| | LDP gain from Tomorrow | LDP gain from Tomorrow | LDP gain from Tomorrow | LDP gain from Tomorrow | LDP gain from Tomorrow |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Eiko Okamoto [ja] | 125,856 | 48.45 | 17.53 |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent) | 89,588 | 34.49 | 18.71 |
| | Your | Masanori Kato | 20,407 | 7.86 | New |
| | JCP | Yasuhiko Furuya | 19,419 | 7.48 | 1.32 |
| | Independent | Koichiro Yamashita | 2,279 | 0.88 | 1.14 |
| | Happiness Realization | Masahiro Tokushima | 2,206 | 0.84 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,268 | 13.96 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.08 | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |

### 2005

2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent) | 131,831 | 53.20 | 9.08 |
| | Democratic | Naohiko Kato [ja] | 76,625 | 30.92 | 8.75 |
| | JCP | Tsutomu Ohtani | 21,810 | 8.80 | 0.33 |
| | NP-Nippon | Toshihisa Kono | 12,537 | 5.06 | New |
| | Independent | Koichiro Yamashita | 5,007 | 2.02 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55,206 | 22.28 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Incumbent) | 91,207 | 44.12 | 14.85 |
| | Democratic | Naohiko Kato [ja] (Won PR seat) | 81,996 | 39.67 | 5.68 |
| | JCP | Tsutomu Ohtani | 18,867 | 9.13 | 5.04 |
| | Social Democratic | Shigeru Wada | 10,158 | 4.91 | New |
| | Independent | Koichiro Yamashita | 4,489 | 2.17 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,211 | 4.45 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |

### 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi | 61,016 | 29.27 | 0.14 |
| | Democratic | Naohiko Kato [ja] | 55,389 | 26.57 | New |
| | Reform Club (Japan) | Tomoo Nishikawa (Incumbent) | 41,429 | 19.87 | New |
| | JCP | Tetsuya Ōmachi | 29,546 | 14.17 | 0.03 |
| | Liberal | Shigenori Kamachi | 15,478 | 7.42 | New |
| | Liberal League | Sayoko Kimura | 5,613 | 2.70 | 2.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,627 | 2.70 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan) | LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan) | LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan) | LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan) | LDP gain from Reform Club (Japan) |

### 1996

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Frontier | Tomoo Nishikawa | 60,360 | 31.31 | New |
| | LDP | Hachiro Okonogi (Won PR seat) | 56,700 | 29.41 | New |
| | Democratic | Naohiko Kato [ja] | 41,750 | 21.66 | New |
| | JCP | Takezi Kurasaki | 27,258 | 14.14 | New |
| | New Socialist | Nobuhiro Akita | 5,426 | 2.81 | New |
| | Liberal League | Shuma Sawaguchi | 1,291 | 0.67 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,660 | 1.90 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) | New Frontier win (new seat) |