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.[1]
2021 Japanese general election in Southern Kanto
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Party
Liberal Democratic
CDP
Ishin
Last election
34 seats
-
1 seats
Constituency
22
11
0
PR seats
9
5
3
Total
31
16
3
Seat change
3
New
2
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Party
Komeito
Communist
Democratic Party for the People
Last election
2 seats
2 seats
-
Constituency
0
0
0
PR seats
2
1
1
Total
2
1
1
Seat change
1
New
Seventh party
Party
Reiwa
Last election
-
Constituency
0
PR seats
1
Total
1
Seat change
New
Chiba 1st district
2021 Chiba 1st district election
In the last general election, Kadoyama Hiroaki of the Liberal Democratic Party won his seat after a close race over Kaname Tajima, an incumbent candidate from the Kibō no Tō. In this general election, the Japanese Communist Party did not field any candidates and the opposition candidates were unified into Tajima.
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.).[2]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Hiroaki Kadoyama
LDP
2012
Incumbent defeated. (Won PR seat.)
Kaname Tajima
CDP
Chiba 2nd district
2021 Chiba 2nd district election
Kobayashi Takayuki, the incumbent minister of State for science and technology policy in the Kishida cabinet, was re-elected after beating other candidates by a large margin.[3]
Chiba 3rd district
2021 Chiba 3rd district election
Current Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno was re-elected after defeating Kazumasa Okajima of the Constitutional Democratic Party (proportional representation block’s incumbent ). Unlike the last general election, Okajima failed to win a proportional representation seat.[4]
Chiba 4th district
2021 Chiba 4th district election
Yoshihiko Noda, a former Prime Minister and incumbent of the Constitutional Democratic Party, defeated Tetsuya Kimura of the Liberal Democratic Party by a large margin and fought again.Unlike the last general election, Kimura failed to win a proportional representation seat.[5]
Chiba 5th district
2021 Chiba 5th district election
[6]
Chiba 6th district
2021 Chiba 6th district election
[7]
Chiba 7th district
2021 Chiba 7th district election
[8]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Ken Saitō
LDP
2009
Incumbent reelected.
Ken Saitō
LDP
Chiba 8th district
2021 Chiba 8th district election
[9]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Yoshitaka Sakurada
LDP
1996
Incumbent defeated. (Won PR seat.)
Satoshi Honjo [ja]
CDP
Chiba 9th district
2021 Chiba 9th district election
[10]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Masatoshi Akimoto
LDP
2012
Incumbent defeated. (Won PR seat.)
Soichiro Okuno [ja]
CDP
Chiba 10th district
2021 Chiba 10th district election
Nominee
Motoo Hayashi
Hajime Yatagawa [ja]
Mari Azusa
Party
Liberal Democratic
CDP
Kunimori Conservative Party
Popular vote
83,822
80,971
10,272
Percentage
47.29%
45.68%
5.80%
[11]
Chiba 11th district
2021 Chiba 11th district election
[12]
Chiba 12th district
2021 Chiba 12th district election
[13]
Chiba 13th district
2021 Chiba 13th district election
Nominee
Hisashi Matsumoto [ja]
Shin Miyakawa [ja]
Kiyoshi Shimizu [ja]
Party
Liberal Democratic
CDP
Ishin
Popular vote
100,227
79,687
42,473
Percentage
45.07%
35.83%
19.10%
[14]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Takaki Shirasuka [ja]
Independent
2012
Incumbent retired. LDP pick up.
Hisashi Matsumoto [ja]
LDP
Kanagawa 1st district
2021 Kanagawa 1st district election
[15]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Jun Matsumoto
Independent
1996
Incumbent defeated.
Gō Shinohara [ja]
CDP
Kanagawa 2nd district
2021 Kanagawa 2nd district election
[16]
Kanagawa 3rd district
2021 Kanagawa 3rd district election
[17]
Kanagawa 4th district
2021 Kanagawa 4th district election
[18]
Kanagawa 5th district
2021 Kanagawa 5th district election
[19]
Kanagawa 6th district
2021 Kanagawa 6th district election
Nominee
Naoki Furukawa [ja]
Yoichiro Aoyagi [ja]
Seiichi Kushida [ja]
Party
Liberal Democratic
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
Liberal Democratic
[20]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Yoichiro Aoyagi [ja]
CDP
2012
Incumbent defeated. (Won PR seat.)
Naoki Furukawa [ja]
LDP
Kanagawa 7th district
2021 Kanagawa 7th district election
[21]
Kanagawa 8th district
2021 Kanagawa 8th district election
[22]
Incumbent
Elected Member
Member
Party
First elected
Status
Member
Party
Kenji Eda
CDP
2002 (by-el)
Incumbent reelected.
Kenji Eda
CDP
Preferences
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