# Kanagawa 2nd district

Kanagawa 2nd district (神奈川県第2区, Kanagawa-ken dai-niku or 神奈川2区, Kanagawa niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture and consists of Yokohama city's Nishi (West), Minami (South) and Kōnan wards. As of December 1, 2020, 435,659 eligible voters were registered in the district.
Before the electoral reform of the 1990s, the area had been split between the former four-member 1st district and the former five-member 4th district.
The 2nd district's only representative since the electoral reform has been Liberal Democrat Yoshihide Suga (without factional affiliation), the former Prime Minister of Japan, and a former member of the Yokohama city council who entered the Diet as a newcomer in 1996. He was able to beat Akihiro Ueda (New Frontier Party, ex-Kōmeitō), one of the incumbents for the pre-reform 4th district. In subsequent elections he defended the seat against Democrats Akira Ōide and Kazuya Miura. Suga was Internal Affairs Minister in the First Abe cabinet and Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Second Abe Cabinet.

## List of the member representing the district

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1996 | Yoshihide Suga | Liberal Democratic | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006–2007)Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012–2020)President of the Liberal Democratic Party (2020–2021)Prime Minister of Japan (2020–2021)Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (2024–present) |

## Election results
### 2021

General election 2021: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 146,166 | 61.1 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Eiko Okamoto | 92,880 | 38.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 239,046 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2017

General election 2017: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 123,218 | 57.1 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Noe Takahashi | 47,191 | 21.9 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Kumi Hashimoto | 28,635 | 13.3 |
| | Communist | Kiyofumi Ohnuki | 16,699 | 7.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 215,743 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2014

General election 2014: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 147,084 | 67.7 |
| | Communist | Chiemi Miwa | 47,119 | 21.7 |
| | People's Life | Kōzō Okamoto | 23,011 | 10.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 217,214 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2012

General election 2012: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 138,040 | 57.9 |
| | Democratic | Kazuya Mimura | 71,302 | 29.9 |
| | Communist | Toshiaki Kodama | 28,947 | 12.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 238,289 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2009

General election 2009: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 132,270 | 46.5 |
| | Democratic | Kazuya Mimura (elected by PR) | 131,722 | 46.3 |
| | Communist | Osamu Takayama | 20,366 | 7.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 284,358 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2005

General election 2005: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 160,111 | 58.4 |
| | Democratic | Akira Ohide | 91,723 | 33.5 |
| | Communist | Miyako Itaya | 22,284 | 8.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 274,118 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2003

General election 2003: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 115,495 | 49.8 |
| | Democratic | Akira Ohide (re-elected by PR) | 93,406 | 40.3 |
| | Communist | Miwako Yukawa | 22,997 | 9.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 231,898 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 2000

General election 2000: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 95,960 | 42.3 |
| | Democratic | Akira Ohide (elected by PR) | 93,434 | 41.2 |
| | Communist | Miwako Yukawa | 37,485 | 16.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 226,879 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold |

### 1996

General election 1996: Kanagawa's 2nd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshihide Suga | 70,459 | 32.2 |
| | New Frontier | Akihiro Ueda | 65,905 | 30.2 |
| | Democratic | Akira Ohide | 44,184 | 20.2 |
| | Communist | Chiemi Miwa | 30,550 | 14.0 |
| | New Socialist | Yasuhiko Matsunaga | 5,855 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal League | Tomoki Kanoya | 1,555 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 218,508 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) | Liberal Democratic win (new seat) |