Kanagawa 20th district

Kanagawa 20th District
Single-member district constituency for the National Diet
Map of single-member constituencies in Kanagawa Prefecture
Electorate	345,518 (as of June 1, 2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created	2022
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representatives	Sayuri Otsuka  [ ja ]

Kanagawa 20th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The district was created as part of the 2022 reapportionments that added two districts to Kanagawa Prefecture because of relative increases in population in the prefecture. ^[2] Sayuri Otsuka became the first representative as a result of the 2024 general election; defeating Akira Amari, former LDP Secretary-General.

Area

• Minami ward of Sagamihara city
• Zama city

Minami ward had previously been split between the 14th and 16th districts and Zama had been a part of the 13th district.

Elected representatives

Representative	Party		Years Served	Notes
Sayuri Otsuka  [ ja ]		CDP	2024 –

Election results

2024 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Sayuri Otsuka	83,282	46.8
	LDP	Akira Amari	63,217	35.5
	Ishin	Yōichi Kaneko	31,550	17.7
Turnout				53.45

References

1. "選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of registered voters]. Kanagawa Prefecture Election Commission (in Japanese). 2023.
2. "Parliament OKs bill to redraw Lower House electoral map to curtail vote-value disparities". The Japan Times. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. "2024年衆議院総選挙 神奈川20区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-01.