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The 2021 Japanese general election in Southern Kanto were held on October 31, 2021, to elect the 55 representatives, one from each of 33 Electoral districts and 22 proportional seats.

2021 Japanese general election in Southern Kanto

← 2017 October 31, 2021 Next →
All 55 Southern Kanto seats to the House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party LDP CDP Ishin Last election 33 seats Did not exist 1 seats Constituency 22 11 0 Constituency votes 3,638,274 2,714,915 416,637 PR seats 9 5 3 Popular votes 2,590,787 1,651,562 863,897 Total 31 16 3 Seat change 2 New 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Komeito JCP DPP Last election 2 seats 2 seats Did not exist Constituency 0 0 0 Constituency votes - 254,236 54,320 PR seats 2 1 1 Popular votes 850,667 534,493 384,481 Total 2 1 1 Seat change 1 New   Seventh party   Party Reiwa Last election Did not exist Constituency 0 Constituency votes 30,432 PR seats 1 Popular votes 302,675 Total 1 Seat change New

Results summary

Party			Constituency				Proportional				Total
			Votes	%	Seats		Votes	%	Seats
		LDP	3,638,274	49.25	22	3	2,590,787	34.94	9	1	31	2
		Komeito	ー	ー	0		850,667	11.47	2		2
	LDP-Komeito Coalition		3,638,274	49.25	22	3	3,441,454	46.41	11	1	33	2
	CDP		2,714,915	36.75	11	New	1,651,562	22.28	5	New	16	New
	Ishin		416,637	5.64	0		863,897	11.65	3	2	3	2
	JCP		254,236	3.44	0		534,493	7.21	1	1	1	1
	DPP		54,320	0.74	0	New	384,481	5.19	1	New	1	New
	Reiwa		30,432		0	New	302,675		1	New	1	New
	SDP		46,312		0		124,447		0		0
	Anti-NHK		18,140		0	New	111,298		0	New	0	New
	Kunimori		10,272		0	New	ー	ー	ー	ー	0	New
	Independent		203,550	2.76	0	4	ー	ー	ー	ー	0	4
Total			7,387,088	100.00	33		7,414,307	100.00	22		55

Results by single-seat constituencies

Chiba 1st district

2021 Chiba 1st district election

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Nominee Kaname Tajima Hiroaki Kadoyama Party CDP LDP Popular vote 128,556 99,895 Percentage 56.27% 43.73%

Representative before election Hiroaki Kadoyama LDP Elected Representative Kaname Tajima CDP

Background

In the last general election, Hiroaki Kadoyama, the Liberal Democratic Party, won a seat after a close race over Kaname Tajima, an incumbent candidate from the Kibō no Tō. Tajima joined the Constitutional Democratic Party in 2020 through the Democratic Party For the People. In this general election, the Japanese Communist Party did not field any candidates and the opposition candidates were unified into Tajima, the CDP. The LDP nominated Kadoyama, the incumbent of Chiba 1st district, as a candidate.

Candidates

Result

After a one-on-one battle, Tajima beat Kadoyama to regain his seat（Kadoyama won the seat through proportional representation and maintained his position as a member of the House of Representatives.）.

Chiba 2nd district

2021 Chiba 2nd district election

← 2017

Nominee Takayuki Kobayashi Yu Kuroda Party LDP CDP Popular vote 153,017 69,583 Percentage 62.04% 28.21%

Representative before election Takayuki Kobayashi LDP Elected Representative Takayuki Kobayashi LDP

Background

The Liberal Democratic Party nominated Takayuki Kobayashi, the incumbent of Chiba 2nd district since 2012 and the incumbent Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Kishida Cabinet, as its candidate. On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party nominated Yu Kuroda, a former member of the House of Representatives, as its candidate. In addition, the Japanese Communist Party also fielded a candidate.

Candidates

Result

Kobayashi was re-elected after beating other candidates by a large margin.

Chiba 3rd district

2021 Chiba 3rd district election

← 2017

Nominee Hirokazu Matsuno Kazumasa Okajima Party LDP CDP Popular vote 106,500 65,627 Percentage 61.87% 38.13%

Representative before election Hirokazu Matsuno LDP Elected Representative Hirokazu Matsuno LDP

Background

The Liberal Democratic Party nominated Hirokazu Matsuno, the incumbent of Chiba 3rd district and the incumbent Chief Cabinet Secretary, as a candidate. The Constitutional Democratic Party nominated Kazumasa Okajima, an incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Southern Kanto proportional representation block and the Secretary-General of the CDP’s Chiba Prefectural federation, as a candidate.

Candidates

Result

Matsuno was re-elected after defeating Okajima. Unlike the last general election, Okajima failed to win a proportional representation seat.

Chiba 4th district

2021 Chiba 4th district election

← 2017

Nominee Yoshihiko Noda Tetsuya Kimura Party CDP LDP Popular vote 154,412 84,813 Percentage 64.55% 35.45%

Representative before election Yoshihiko Noda CDP Elected Representative Yoshihiko Noda CDP

Background

After the Democratic Party split in 2017, Yoshihiko Noda, a Former Prime Minister and a veteran politician, joined neither and was an independent. In 2020, when the original Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party For the People merged, Noda agreed. Eventually, he joined the newly formed Constitutional Democratic Party.

Candidates

Result

Noda defeated Kimura by a large margin.

Chiba 5th district

2021 Chiba 5th district election

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Nominee Kentaro Sonoura Kentaro Yazaki Tamotsu Shiiki [ja] Party LDP CDP Ishin Popular vote 111,985 69,887 32,241 Percentage 46.97% 29.31% 13.52%   Nominee Atsushi Tokita Party DPP Popular vote 24,307 Percentage 10.19%

Japanese Representative before election Kentaro Sonoura LDP Elected Japanese Representative Kentaro Sonoura LDP

Background

The Liberal Democratic Party nominated Kentaro Sonoura, the incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Chiba 5th district, as its candidate.

In opposition parties, the Constitutional Democratic Party and Ishin, and the Democratic Party for the People fielded candidates, and opposition parties failed to unify candidates.

Candidates

Result

Sonoura defeated other candidates.

Chiba 6th district

2021 Chiba 6th district election

← 2017

Nominee Hiromichi Watanabe Kenta Fujimaki [ja] Fumiko Asano Party LDP Ishin JCP Popular vote 80,764 48,829 32,444 Percentage 42.48% 25.68% 17.07%   Nominee Yukio Ubukata [ja] Party Independent Popular vote 28,083 Percentage 14.77%

Japanese Representative before election Hiromichi Watanabe LDP Elected Japanese Representative Hiromichi Watanabe LDP

Background

The Liberal Democratic Party nominated Hiromichi Watanabe, the incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Chiba 6th district, as its candidate. In opposition parties, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Ishin planned to field candidates.

The CDP initially tried to nominate Yukio Ubukata, an incumbent member of the House of Representatives from Southern Kanto proportional representation block and the Chairman of the Chiba Prefectural Federation of the CDP. However, Ubukata was criticized for his remarks on North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. When Ubukata discussed the abduction of Japanese by North Korea at the rally just before the general election, he mentioned Megumi Tokota, one of the abductees and a symbol of North Korean abductions, and insisted "Nobody thinks she is still alive. None of the (ruling) Liberal Democratic Party’s lawmakers do, either. If she were alive, (North Korea) would have returned her." In addition, Regarding the abductees who returned after negotiations, Ubukata said, "We should have returned them to North Korea after a certain period of time, as promised with North Korea," adding that Koizumi's decision to refuse to return them to North Korea was wrong. The family association of abductees protested Ubukata's remarks, and Sakie Yokota, the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota, said, "I was surprised that there were Japanese like this. We believe the abductees are alive." CDP Secretary-General Tetsuro Fukuyama and Yuko Mori, who heads the party’s headquarters on the issue of abduction, responded with an emergency statement that distanced the party from his comments. They said his remarks were “completely at odds with the party’s thinking” and “deeply hurt families of the abductees and all people involved with resolving the abduction issue.” The party said it has severely reprimanded Ubukata. As a result of a slip of tongue, Ubukata resigned as chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Chiba prefectural federation and left the Constitutional Democratic Party.

The Ishin nominated Kenta Fujimaki [ja] whose father is Takeshi Fujimaki [ja], a former member of the House of Councillors, as its candidate. Following Ubukata's departure from the CDP, the Japanese Communist Party, which had not fielded a candidate for election cooperation with the CDP, also fielded a candidate.

Candidates

Result

Watanabe defeated other candidates and Ubukata lost many votes he had gained in the last election and placed fourth. On the other hand, Fujimaki won the proportional representation block seat.

Chiba 7th district

2021 Chiba 7th district election

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Nominee Ken Saitō Chiharu Takeuchi Akira Uchiyama Party LDP CDP Ishin Popular vote 127,548 71,048 28,594 Percentage 54.99% 30.63% 12.33%

Japanese Representative before election Ken Saitō LDP Elected Japanese Representative Ken Saitō LDP

Chiba 8th district

2021 Chiba 8th district election

← 2017

Nominee Satoshi Honjo [ja] Yoshitaka Sakurada Party CDP LDP Popular vote 135,125 81,556 Percentage 59.65% 36.00%

Japanese Representative before election Yoshitaka Sakurada LDP Elected Japanese Representative Satoshi Honjo CDP

Chiba 9th district

2021 Chiba 9th district election

← 2017

Nominee Soichiro Okuno [ja] Masatoshi Akimoto Party CDP LDP Popular vote 107,322 102,741 Percentage 51.09% 48.91%

Japanese Representative before election Masatoshi Akimoto LDP Elected Japanese Representative Soichiro Okuno CDP

Chiba 10th district

2021 Chiba 10th district election

← 2017

Nominee Motoo Hayashi Hajime Yatagawa [ja] Party LDP CDP Popular vote 83,822 80,971 Percentage 47.29% 45.68%

Japanese Representative before election Motoo Hayashi LDP Elected Japanese Representative Motoo Hayashi LDP

Chiba 11th district

2021 Chiba 11th district election

← 2017

Nominee Eisuke Mori Fumiaki Shiina Ryo Tagaya [ja] Party LDP JCP Reiwa Popular vote 110,538 30,557 30,432 Percentage 64.44% 17.81% 17.74%

Japanese Representative before election Eisuke Mori LDP Elected Japanese Representative Eisuke Mori LDP

Chiba 12th district

2021 Chiba 12th district election

← 2017

Nominee Yasukazu Hamada Takeshi Hidaka Shigeru Kuzuhara Party LDP CDP JCP Popular vote 123,210 56,747 12,530 Percentage 64.01% 29.48% 6.51%

Japanese Representative before election Yasukazu Hamada LDP Elected Japanese Representative Yasukazu Hamada LDP

Chiba 13th district

2021 Chiba 13th district election

← 2017

Nominee Hisashi Matsumoto [ja] Shin Miyakawa [ja] Kiyoshi Shimizu [ja] Party LDP CDP Ishin Popular vote 100,227 79,687 42,473 Percentage 45.07% 35.83% 19.10%

Japanese Representative before election Takaki Shirasuka Independent Elected Japanese Representative Hisashi Matsumoto LDP

Kanagawa 1st district

2021 Kanagawa 1st district election

← 2017

Nominee Gō Shinohara [ja] Jun Matsumoto Yoshiharu Asakawa [ja] Party CDP Independent Ishin Popular vote 100,118 76,064 46,271 Percentage 45.01% 34.19% 20.80%

Japanese Representative before election Jun Matsumoto Independent Elected Japanese Representative Gō Shinohara CDP

Kanagawa 2nd district

2021 Kanagawa 2nd district election

← 2017

Nominee Yoshihide Suga Eiko Okamoto [ja] Party LDP CDP Popular vote 146,166 92,880 Percentage 61.15% 38.85%

Japanese Representative before election Yoshihide Suga LDP Elected Japanese Representative Yoshihide Suga LDP

Kanagawa 3rd district

2021 Kanagawa 3rd district election

← 2017

Nominee Kenji Nakanishi Taketo Kobayashi Tadamasa Kisaki Party LDP CDP JCP Popular vote 119,199 68,457 23,310 Percentage 52.54% 30.17% 10.27%   Nominee Akiko Fujimura Party Independent Popular vote 15,908 Percentage 7.01%

Japanese Representative before election Vacant Elected Japanese Representative Kenji Nakanishi LDP

Kanagawa 4th district

2021 Kanagawa 4th district election

← 2017

Nominee Yuki Waseda Keiichiro Asao Tomohiro Yamamoto Party CDP Independent LDP Popular vote 66,841 63,687 47,511 Percentage 33.03% 31.47% 23.48%

Japanese Representative before election Yuki Waseda CDP Elected Japanese Representative Yuki Waseda CDP

Kanagawa 5th district

2021 Kanagawa 5th district election

← 2017

Nominee Manabu Sakai Makoto Yanazaki [ja] Party LDP CDP Popular vote 136,288 118,619 Percentage 53.47% 46.53%

Japanese Representative before election Manabu Sakai LDP Elected Japanese Representative Manabu Sakai LDP

Kanagawa 6th district

2021 Kanagawa 6th district election

← 2017

Nominee Naoki Furukawa [ja] Yoichiro Aoyagi [ja] Seiichi Kushida [ja] Party LDP CDP Ishin Popular vote 92,405 87,880 28,214 Percentage 44.32% 42.15% 13.53%

Japanese Representative before election Yoichiro Aoyagi CDP Elected Japanese Representative Naoki Furukawa LDP

Kanagawa 7th district

2021 Kanagawa 7th district election

← 2017

Nominee Keisuke Suzuki Kazuma Nakatani Party LDP CDP Popular vote 128,870 124,524 Percentage 50.86% 49.14%

Japanese Representative before election Keisuke Suzuki LDP Elected Japanese Representative Keisuke Suzuki LDP

Kanagawa 8th district

2021 Kanagawa 8th district election

← 2017

Nominee Kenji Eda Hidehiro Mitani [ja] Party CDP LDP Popular vote 130,925 117,963 Percentage 52.60% 47.40%

Japanese Representative before election Kenji Eda CDP Elected Japanese Representative Kenji Eda CDP

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1. Includes independent politicians and all other parties
2. Includes an other party candidate (I) and an independent (II)
   (I) 10,272
   (II) 2,173
3. Includes two independent politicians (I)(II)
   (I) 63,687
   (II) 7,790

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