2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election

2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election
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Kyoto 3rd district
Turnout30.12%
 
Nominee Kenta Izumi Natsue Mori Yukiko Ono
Party Democratic Ishin Japanese Kokoro
Popular vote 65,051 20,710 6,449
Percentage 65.42% 20.83% 6.49%
 
Nominee Masafumi Tabuchi Mitsuko Ōyagi Akihiko Kōri
Party Independent Happiness Realization Independent
Popular vote 4,599 2,247 370
Percentage 4.63% 2.26% 0.37%
Representative before election

Kensuke Miyazaki
LDP

Elected Representative

Kenta Izumi
Democratic

A by-election for the Kyoto-3rd seat in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 24 April 2016, coinciding with the by-election in Hokkaido. The seat became vacant after sitting member Kensuke Miyazaki resigned on 12 February 2016 in the midst of an extramarital affair scandal.[1] Miyazaki, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served the district from 2012. He defeated Democratic Party MP Kenta Izumi by slim margins in the 2012 (0.1%) and 2014 (2.7%) elections.

Izumi managed to wrest back his old seat by a landslide, eclipsing his nearest rival by 45 percentage points.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Paternity leave trailblazer Miyazaki quits over affair". Japan Times. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ "京都３区補選 民進 泉健太氏が当選" [Kyoto 3rd district by-election: Democratic Party's Kenta Izumi has been elected] (in Japanese). NHK. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ^ "LDP-backed candidate Wada projected to win seat in Hokkaido by-election". Japan Times. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.