2019 Osaka 12th district by-election

2019 Osaka 12th district by-election
	21 April 2019
Osaka 12th district
Turnout	47.00%
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

Shinji Tarutoko (Independent), former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and representative for the district.[3]
Shinpei Kitagawa (LDP), event organiser and nephew of Tomokatsu Kitagawa.[3]
Fumitake Fujita (Ishin), company president.[3]
Takeshi Miyamoto (Independent - JCP), former member of the House of Representatives.[4]

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

"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.
"LDP loses both by-elections in Okinawa, Osaka prefectures". Asahi Shimbun. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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.
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.

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[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.

[candidates-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.