Kanagawa 18th district

Kanagawa 18th district
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
A map of the House of Representatives constituencies in Kanagawa
PrefectureKanagawa
Proportional DistrictSouthern Kanto
Electorate408,423 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2002
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic
RepresentativeDaishirō Yamagiwa
Created fromKanagawa 8th, 9th, 10th district
MunicipalitiesTakatsu-ku, parts of Miyamae-ku and Nakahara-ku in Kawasaki

Kanagawa 18th district (神奈川県第18区, Kanagawa-ken dai-jyūhakku or 神奈川18区, Kanagawa jyūhakku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in western Kawasaki. The district consists of the wards of Takatsu, Miyamae and Nakahara. As of December 1, 2020, 449,625 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

In 2003, the first election since the establishment of this electoral district, Takkeshi Hidaka of the Democratic Party was elected, and Daishirō Yamagiwa of the Liberal Democratic Party was proportionally restored. Since then, he has alternated between Yamagiwa in 2005 and Hidaka in 2009, but since 2012, Yamagiwa has continued to be elected.

  1. ^ a b "選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of registered voters]. Kanagawa Prefecture Election Commission (in Japanese). 2023.