Numbered map of Osaka Prefecture single-member districts
Ōsaka 19th district (大阪府第19区,Ōsaka-fu dai-jūkyū-ku or simply 大阪19区,Ōsaka-jūkyū-ku) is a single-member electoral district for theHouse of Representatives, the lower house of the nationalDiet of Japan. It is located in southernOsaka and consists of the cities ofKaizuka,Izumisano,Sennan,Hannan and the towns ofKumatori,Tajiri andMisaki in the former county ofSennan. As of September 2012, 307,237 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
Before the electoral reform of the 1990s, the area had formed part of the five-memberOsaka 5th district.
Between 2012 and 2021 the Representative from the district wasHodaka Maruyama. Initially a member of theJapan Restoration Party but later its successor partyIshin. In 2019, Maruyama was ejected from Ishin for comments he made under the influence of alcohol during a visit to theKuril Islands and he joined the single-issueAnti-NHK party.[2]Nobuhisa Itō, former Representative of theOsaka 11th district gained the seat back for Ishin in 2021.
Note: Thedecimal votes (anbunhyō, "proportional fractional votes") stem from the fact that in this case the given names Takashi and Yutaka are the reading of the sameChinese character 豊, and some voters apparently voted for 豊 without specifying a family name.