Kanagawa 15th district

Kanagawa 15th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kanagawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureKanagawa
Proportional DistrictSouthern Kanto
Electorate472,647[1]
Current constituency
SeatsOne
PartyLDP

Kanagawa 15th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, and includes the cities of Chigasaki and Hiratsuka, and the town of Ōiso.

As of 2022, the district was home to 472,647 constituents.

The district is represented by Taro Kono of the Liberal Democratic Party; he has represented the district since the 1996 election.[2]

  1. ^ "令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022]. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2023.
  2. ^ "KONO_Taro_Shugiin". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-08-01.