# Kanagawa 4th district

Kanagawa 4th district (神奈川県第4区, Kanagawa-ken dai-yonku or simply 神奈川4区, Kanagawa-yonku) 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 city
** Sakae-ku
* Kamakura
* Zushi
* Miura District

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Tadayoshi Iijima [ja] | LDP |
| 2000 | Hisako Ōishi | Democratic |
| 2003 | Hisako Ōishi | Democratic |
| 2005 | Jun Hayashi | LDP |
| 2009 | Kazuyoshi Nagashima [ja] | Democratic |
| 2012 | Keiichiro Asao | Your |
| 2014 | Keiichiro Asao | Independent |
| 2017 | Yuki Waseda | CDP |
| 2021 | Yuki Waseda | CDP |
| 2024 | Yuki Waseda | CDP |

## Election Results
### 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Yuki Waseda (Incumbent) | 96,874 | 51.47 | 18.44 |
| | LDP | Tomohiro Yamamoto | 44,016 | 23.39 | 0.09 |
| | Ishin | Chika Kato | 34,625 | 18.40 | 10.22 |
| | Sanseitō | Teruhisa Tsuno | 12,704 | 6.74 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52,858 | 28.08 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 330,487 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.12 | 2.58 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |

### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Yuki Waseda (Incumbent) | 66,841 | 33.03 | New |
| | Independent | Keiichiro Asao | 63,687 | 31.47 | 4.77 |
| | LDP | Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat) | 47,511 | 23.48 | 5.41 |
| | Ishin | Akihiko Takaya | 16,559 | 8.18 | New |
| | Independent | Tsuneki Ōnishi | 7,790 | 3.84 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,154 | 1.56 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 332,708 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.70 | 2.66 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Yuki Waseda | 67,020 | 34.76 | New |
| | LDP | Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat) | 55,700 | 28.89 | 3.60 |
| | Independent | Keiichiro Asao (Incumbent) | 51,495 | 26.70 | 21.42 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Noriko Kazama | 18,618 | 9.65 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,320 | 5.87 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 332,192 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.04 | 0.07 |
| | CDP gain from Independent | CDP gain from Independent | CDP gain from Independent | CDP gain from Independent | CDP gain from Independent |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Keiichiro Asao (Incumbent) | 91,063 | 48.12 | New |
| | LDP | Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat) | 61,479 | 32.49 | 4.65 |
| | JCP | Katsuhiro Kato | 20,063 | 10.60 | 3.12 |
| | Independent | Takahiro Ogiwara | 16,633 | 8.79 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,584 | 15.63 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 327,687 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.17 | 5.25 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Your | Keiichiro Asao | 100,632 | 48.70 | 18.55 |
| | LDP | Tomohiro Yamamoto (Won PR seat) | 57,542 | 27.84 | 0.56 |
| | Democratic | Takahiro Ogiwara | 33,022 | 15.98 | 21.99 |
| | JCP | Katsuhiro Kato | 15,456 | 7.48 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43,090 | 20.86 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.42 | 7.82 |
| | Your gain from Democratic | Your gain from Democratic | Your gain from Democratic | Your gain from Democratic | Your gain from Democratic |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Kazuyoshi Nagashima [ja] | 89,082 | 37.97 | 3.57 |
| | Your | Keiichiro Asao (Won PR seat) | 70,728 | 30.15 | New |
| | LDP | Jun Hayashi (Incumbent) | 64,006 | 27.28 | 25.26 |
| | Independent | Kohei Ito | 7,270 | 3.10 | New |
| | Happiness Realization | Mari Obara | 3,505 | 1.50 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,354 | 7.82 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.24 | |
| | 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 | Jun Hayashi | 119,618 | 52.54 | 13.65 |
| | Democratic | Hisako Ōishi (Incumbent) | 78,326 | 34.40 | 12.48 |
| | NP-Nippon | Yoshihiro Takano | 15,961 | 7.01 | New |
| | JCP | Nobuaki Hayashi | 13,774 | 6.05 | 1.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,292 | 18.14 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |

### 2003

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Hisako Ōishi (Incumbent) | 89,515 | 46.88 | 9.23 |
| | LDP | Jun Hayashi | 74,267 | 38.89 | 12.19 |
| | Independent | Tatsuharu Mawatari | 13,706 | 7.18 | New |
| | JCP | Nobuaki Hayashi | 13,473 | 7.05 | 3.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,248 | 7.99 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Hisako Ōishi | 73,979 | 37.65 | New |
| | LDP | Tadayoshi Iijima [ja] (Incumbent) | 52,468 | 26.70 | 1.61 |
| | Liberal League | Yoshihiro Takano | 36,528 | 18.59 | 8.07 |
| | JCP | Yoshihiko Tanaka | 20,127 | 10.24 | 1.49 |
| | Independent | Fumihiko Sakai | 8,969 | 4.56 | New |
| | Independent | Masatoshi Kawakami | 2,549 | 1.30 | New |
| | Independent | Kazuya Atsumi | 1,896 | 0.96 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,511 | 10.95 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP |

### 1996

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Tadayoshi Iijima [ja] | 46,389 | 25.09 | New |
| | New Frontier | Keiichiro Asao | 38,725 | 20.95 | New |
| | Democratic | Akio Nakajima | 29,967 | 16.21 | New |
| | Independent | Kazuyoshi Nagashima [ja] | 28,656 | 15.50 | New |
| | JCP | Yasuko Utsunomiya | 21,681 | 11.73 | New |
| | Liberal League | Yoshihiro Takano | 19,464 | 10.52 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,664 | 4.14 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) |