2019 Osaka 12th district by-election
21 April 2019
Osaka 12th district
Turnout47.00%
Representative before election

Tomokatsu Kitagawa
Liberal Democratic

 Elected Representative

Fumitake Fujita
Innovation

A by-election for the Osaka 12th district in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 21 April 2019.[1] The by-election was called following the death of the incumbent member Tomokatsu Kitagawa, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), from peritonitis on 26 December 2018. Kitagawa had served the district almost continuously since 2005 (except between 2009–12) and defended the seat by a narrow 4.4% margin in the 2017 election, making the seat a potential battleground. The by-election was held on the same day with the second round of the unified local elections and another House by-election for the Okinawa 3rd district.

The by-election was won by Nippon Ishin no Kai's Fumitake Fujita, marking a gain for the party.[2]

Candidates

Campaign

Results

House of Representatives: Osaka 12th district by-election, 2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Fumitake Fujita 60,341 38.5
Liberal Democratic Shinpei Kitagawa 47,025 30.0
Independent Shinji Tarutoko 35,358 22.6
Communist Takeshi Miyamoto 14,027 8.9
Total votes 156,751
Turnout 47.00 -0.50
Innovation gain from Liberal Democratic Swing

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ "北川知克・衆院議員が死去、６７歳　元環境副大臣" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
    2. ↑ "LDP loses both by-elections in Okinawa, Osaka prefectures". Asahi Shimbun. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
    3. 1 2 3 Kyodo News (4 February 2019). "北川氏おいが出馬表明　自民擁立、衆院大阪12区" (in Japanese). The Nikkei. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
    4. ↑ Okamura, Natsuki; Nakazaki, Taro (10 April 2019). "Lower House by-elections seen as trial run for Upper House poll". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.