Kanagawa 2nd district

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Japanese House of Representatives electoral district

Kanagawa 2nd district is a Japanese House of Representatives electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the long-time constituency of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Kanagawa 1st multi-member district 1
Kanagawa 2nd district (multi-member, pre-1994) 1
神奈川2区 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese House of Representatives electoral district ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction national elections of Japan ⓘ
belongsTo Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) ⓘ
contains Isogo Ward, Yokohama ⓘ
Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama ⓘ
Kōnan Ward, Yokohama ⓘ
Minami Ward, Yokohama ⓘ
Nishi Ward, Yokohama ⓘ
parts of Yokohama ⓘ
coordinateSystem Japanese electoral district system ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electoralTier single-member district tier ⓘ
electorate voters of parts of Yokohama City ⓘ
elects Members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
governingLaw Public Offices Election Act of Japan ⓘ
hasElectionCycle maximum four-year term for representatives ⓘ
hasFormerRepresentative Yoshihide Suga ⓘ
hasJapaneseName Kanagawa 2nd district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 神奈川2区
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
hasPrefectureCapital Yokohama ⓘ
hasRepresentative Yoshihide Suga ⓘ
hasVoterEligibility Japanese citizens aged 18 or over ⓘ
inception 1994 ⓘ
isPartOf single-member districts introduced after 1994 electoral reform ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kantō region NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being the long-time constituency of Yoshihide Suga ⓘ
numberOfMembersElected 1 ⓘ
partOf House of Representatives constituencies of Japan ⓘ
regionServed southern Yokohama area ⓘ
replaces Kanagawa 2nd district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kanagawa 1st multi-member district
usedFor by-elections of the House of Representatives ⓘ
general elections of the House of Representatives ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Kanagawa 2nd district → hasJapaneseName → Kanagawa 2nd district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 神奈川2区
Yoshihide Suga → parliamentaryConstituency → Kanagawa 2nd district ⓘ
Kanagawa 11th district → predecessor → Kanagawa 2nd district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanagawa 2nd district (multi-member, pre-1994)
Kanagawa 2nd district → replaces → Kanagawa 2nd district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanagawa 1st multi-member district
Suga → represents → Kanagawa 2nd district ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoshihide Suga