Kōchi 2nd district

Kōchi 2nd District
Kōchi 2nd District
Parliamentaryconstituencyfor the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Kōchi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kōchi
Proportional District	Shikoku
Electorate	284,670
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masanao Ozaki
Municipalities	In the west of Kōchi city, Tosa, Susaki, Sukumo, Tosashimizu, Shimanto, Agawa District, Takaoka District and Hata District

Kōchi 2nd district (高知県第2区, Kōchi-ken dai-niku or simply 高知2区, Kōchi-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Kōchi Prefecture.

List of representatives

Election	Representative		Dates
1996	Gen Nakatani	LDP	1996 – 2014
2000
2003
2005
2009
2012
2014	Yūji Yamamoto	LDP	2014 – 2017
2017	Hajime Hirota	Indep.	2017 – 2020
2017	Hajime Hirota	CDP	2020 - 2021
2021	Masanao Ozaki	LDP	2021–present

Election results

2024^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masanao Ozaki(Incumbent)(endorsed by Komeito)	102,501	70.26	3.02
	JCP	Yuriko Hamagawa	43,394	29.74	New
Registered electors			274,184
Turnout			145,895	54.59	6.91

2021^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Masanao Ozaki	117,810	67.24	23.72
	CDP	Hajime Hirota(Incumbent)	55,214	31.52	New
	NHK	Shinichiro Hirota	2,171	1.24	New
Registered electors			287,552
Turnout			175,195	61.49	6.29

2017^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Indep.	Hajime Hirota	92,179	56.48	New
	LDP	Yūji Yamamoto(Incumbent)(elected by PR)	71,029	43.52	10.09
Registered electors			301,709
Turnout			163,208	55.20	2.06

2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūji Yamamoto(Incumbent-Kōchi 3rd)	83,764	53.61	19.98
	DPJ	Norio Takeuchi	42,562	27.24	8.00
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	29,913	19.15	7.26
Registered electors			304,249
Turnout			156,239	53.14

2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani(Incumbent)	76,662	73.59	20.17
	JCP	Yoshihide Okada	27,513	26.41	16.35
Turnout

2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani(Incumbent)	75,554	53.42	2.29
	DPJ	Kiyo Kusumoto	49,842	35.24	2.45
	JCP	Masahiro Yamanaka	14,225	10.06	6.02
	HRP	Risa Ito	1,822	1.29	New
Turnout

2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani(Incumbent)	70,010	51.13	7.91
	DPJ	Kumiko Tamura	44,890	32.79	7.24
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	22,014	16.08	0.67
Turnout

2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani(Incumbent)	72,504	59.04	5.26
	DPJ	Kumiko Tamura	31,377	25.55	2.48
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	18,927	15.41	2.79
Turnout

2000^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani(Incumbent)	67,312	53.78	9.17
	DPJ	Hisami Nakamura	35,079	28.03	New
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	22,774	18.20	4.30
Turnout

1996^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Gen Nakatani	72,772	62.95	New
	JCP	Haruyuki Tanizaki	26,018	22.50	New
	NSP	Yoshihiko Hamada	16,820	14.55	New
Turnout

References

^Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1](in Japanese)
^日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
^"2021年衆議院総選挙高知2区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"開票結果小選挙区高知". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1](in Japanese)

[2] 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.

[3] "2021年衆議院総選挙高知2区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[4] "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[5] "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[6] "開票結果小選挙区高知". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[7] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[8] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[9] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[10] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

[11] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 高知2区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

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v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Kōichirō Genba, Fukushima 2nd
Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 seats Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 seats Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4

Kōchi 2nd District
Parliamentary constituencyfor the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Kōchi Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Kōchi
Proportional District	Shikoku
Electorate	284,670^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masanao Ozaki
Municipalities	In the west of Kōchi city, Tosa, Susaki, Sukumo, Tosashimizu, Shimanto, Agawa District, Takaoka District and Hata District