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Tokyo at-large district
東京都選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional BlockNational PR
Electorate11,539,720 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats12
CouncillorsClass of 2019:

Class of 2022:

Tokyo at-large district (東京都選挙区, Tokyo-to Senkyo-ku) is an electoral district of the House of Councillors in the National Diet, the national legislature of Japan. The district was created in 1947 by the new Constitution of Japan and sent 8 members to the House from 1947 until 2007. From 2007 until 2016, this district sent 10 members to the House, and from 2016 onwards, the district has sent 12 councillors to the House, making it by far the largest constituency in the House of Councillors.

Elected Councillors

class of (1947/1953/...) Election Year class of (1950/1956/...)
#1
(1947: #1, 6-year term)
#2
(1947: #2, 6-year term)
#3
(1947: #3, 6-year term;
1962: #5, 3-year term)
#4
(1947: #4, 6-year term)
#5 #6 #1
(1947: #5, 3-year term)
#2
(1947: #6, 3-year term)
#3
(1947: #7, 3-year term)
#4
(1947: #8, 3-year term)
#5 #6
Tatsurō Sakurauchi
(DP)
Suejirō Yoshikawa
(JSP)
Kiyoshi Shima
(JSP)
Takeo Kurokawa
(JLP)
1947 Kei Hoashi
(Indep.)
Tamae Fukagawa
(Indep.)
Masao Nishikawa
(JLP)
Heiichi Tōyama
(JLP)
1950 Ken Yasui (LP) Toshiharu Shigemori
(JSP)
Makoto Hori
(Workers and Farmers Party)
Tamae Fukagawa
(DP)
Takeo Kurokawa
(Yoshida LP)
Fusae Ichikawa
(Indep.)
Sōji Okada
(JSP, left)
Kei Ishii
(Yoshida LP)
1953
1956 Ken Yasui
(LDP)
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)
Kiyoshi Shima
(JSP)
Toshiharu Shigemori
(JSP)
Yasu Kashiwabara
(Indep.)
Kinjirō Aikawa
(LDP)
Takeo Kurokawa
(LDP)
1959
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)
1962
& by-election
Satoru Izumi
(Indep.)
Kei Ishii
(LDP)
Sōji Okada
(JSP)
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)
Hiroshi Hōjō
(Kōmeitō)
Kihachirō Kimura
(JSP)
Fusae Ichikawa
(Indep.)
1965
1968 Ken’ichi Abe
(Kōmeitō)
Ken Yasui
(LDP)
Masatoshi Matsushita
(DSP)
Hideo Urabe
(JSP)
Bunbē Hara
(LDP)
Akira Kuroyanagi
(Kōmeitō)
Norio Kijima
(DSP)
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)
1971
1974 Ken Yasui
(LDP)
Tetsu Ueda
(JSP)
Ken’ichi Abe
(Kōmeitō)
Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Kōji Kakizawa
(NLC)
1977
1980 Ken Yasui
(Indep.)
Tadao Miki
(Kōmeitō)
Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Tokuma Utsunomiya(Indep.)
Chinpei Nozue
(Tax Party)
Bunbē Hara
(LDP)
Akira Kuroyanagi
(Kōmeitō)
Isao Naitō
(JCP)
1983
1986 Tadao Miki
(Kōmeitō)
Kiyoko Ono
(LDP)
Tetsuo Tanabe
(LDP)
Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Hideo Den
(Indep.)
Chinpei Nozue
(Tax Party)
Akira Kuroyanagi
(Kōmeitō)
1989
1992 Toshiko Hamayotsu
(Kōmeitō)
Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Kensaku Morita
(Indep.)
Kiyoko Ono
(LDP)
Yūichirō Uozumi
(NFP)
Sanzō Hosaka
(LDP)
Yasuo Ogata
(JCP)
Hideo Den
(Peace and Citizens Union)
1995
1998 Toshio Ogawa
(DPJ)
Toshiko Hamayotsu
(Kōmeitō)
Miyo Inoue
(JCP)
Atsuo Nakamura
(Indep.)
Sanzō Hosaka
(LDP)
Natsuo Yamaguchi
(Kōmeitō)
Kan Suzuki
(DPJ)
Yasuo Ogata
(JCP)
2001
2004 Masaharu Nakagawa
(LDP)
Toshio Ogawa
(DPJ)
Renhō
(DPJ)
Yūji Sawa
(Kōmeitō)
Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) Tamayo Marukawa
(LDP)
Ryūhei Kawada
(Indep.)
2007
2010 Renhō (DPJ) Toshiko Takeya
(Kōmeitō)
Masaharu Nakagawa
(LDP)
Toshio Ogawa (DPJ) Kōta Matsuda (YP)
Tamayo Marukawa
(LDP)
Yoshiko Kira
(JCP)
Tarō Yamamoto
(Indep.)
Keizō Takemi
(LDP)
2013
2016 Renhō
(DP)
Masaharu Nakagawa
(LDP)
Toshiko Takeya
(Kōmeitō)
Taku Yamazoe
(JCP)
Kentarō Asahi
(LDP)
Toshio Ogawa
(DP)
Ayaka Shiomura
(CDP)
Shun Otokita
(Ishin)
Keizō Takemi (LDP) 2019
2022 Kentarō Asahi
(LDP)
Toshiko Takeya
(Kōmeitō)
Taku Yamazoe
(JCP)
Renhō
(CDP)
Akiko Ikuina
(LDP)
Tarō Yamamoto
(Reiwa)
  1. Winner of the by-election by coming in 5th place during the 1962 election.

Election Results

Notes:

  • Decimals from anbunhyō ("fractional proportional votes" that stem from ambiguous votes, e.g. from ballots reading just "Suzuki") omitted in the 2016, 2013 and 2007 results
  • (2016 only) (*): ineligible as runner-up replacement (kuriage-tōsen), lost deposit
A scatter diagram showing the correlation between the rates of votes, which each major candidates obtained, and average household income in each municipalities. It is based on data by Tokyo Metropolitan Government Election Administration Commission and Statistics Japan.
Two candidates from LDP (green) are more supported in municipalities, where average household income is higher, while Takeya from Komeito (yellow) is more supported where average household income is lower.

Elections in the 2020s

2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kentaro Asahi 922,783 14.7 Decrease5.2
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 742,968 11.8 Decrease2.4
JCP Taku Yamazoe 685,224 10.9 Decrease1.4
CDP Renhō 670,339 10.6 Decrease1.4
LDP Akiko Ikuina 619,792 9.8 New
Reiwa Tarō Yamamoto 565,925 9.0 New
Ishin Yuki Ebisawa 530,861 8.4 Decrease0.7
CDP Akihiro Matsuo 372,064 5.9 New
Independent Hirotada Ototake 322,904 5.1 New
Tomin First Chiharu Araki 284,629 4.5 New
Sanseitō Mio Kawanashi 137,692 2.2 New
Social Democratic Ryūichi Hattori 59,365 1.0 New
Anti-NHK Miki Matsuda 53,032 0.8 New
Children's Party Yōhei Saiki 50,661 0.8 New
Japan Reform Party Ryōji Kutsuzawa 46,641 0.7 New
Republican Party Mana Tamura 28,408 0.4 New
Happiness Realization Yukihisa Oikawa 25,209 0.4 New
Ishin Seito Shimpu Kenji Kōno 22,306 0.4 New
Kunimori Conservative Party Hiroshi Andō 20,758 0.3 New
Anti-NHK Ken Tanaka 19,287 0.3 New
Metaverse Party Teruki Gotō 19,100 0.3 New
Japan First Miyuki Sugawara 17,020 0.3 New
Free Republican Party Masayuki Aoyama 14,845 0.2 New
Anti-NHK Yōhei Hasegawa 13,341 0.2 New
Anti-NHK Keiji Ino 10,150 0.2 New
Anti-NHK Kenji Setta 9,658 0.1 New
Independent Takahashi Nakamura 7,417 0.1 New
Independent Tomoharu Nakagawa 7,203 0.1 New
Smile Party Hiroshi Komiyama 5,408 0.1 New
Peace Party Hisao Naitō 3,559 0.1 New
Independent Fumimisa Aburai 3,370 0.1 New
Tenmei Party Haruhiko Kobata 3,283 0.1 New
Party to take over U.S. military base in Okinawa to Tokyo Midori Nakamura 3,043 0.1 New
Nuclear Fusion Party Yasufumi Kuwajima 1,913 0.0 New
Registered electors 11,454,822
Turnout 6,477,702 56.6 Increase4.8
LDP gain from Democratic Swing Decrease2.6
Komeito gain from LDP Swing Decrease1.6
JCP gain from Komeito Swing Decrease0.7
CDP gain from JCP Swing Decrease5.8
LDP hold Swing New
Reiwa gain from Democratic Swing New

Elections in the 2010s

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tamayo Marukawa 1,143,458 19.9 Increase1.0
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 815,445 14.2 0.0
JCP Yoshiko Kira 706,532 12.3 Decrease0.2
CDP Ayaka Shiomura 688,234 12.0 New
Ishin Shun Otokita 526,575 9.2 New
LDP Keizō Takemi 525,302 9.1 Decrease1.8
CDP Issei Yamagishi 496,347 8.6 New
Reiwa Yoshimasa Nohara 214,438 3.7 New
Democratic Party for the People Motoko Mizuno 186,667 3.2 New
Anti-NHK Masanobu Ōhashi 129,628 2.2 New
Independent Chinpei Nozue 91,194 1.6
Social Democratic Reiko Asakura 86,355 1.5 New
Happiness Realization Hiroko Nanami 34,121 0.6 New
Assembly to Consider Euthanasia Hitoshi Satō 26,958 0.5 New
Assembly to Consider Euthanasia Masahiro Yokoyama 23,582 0.4 New
Olive Tree Koichi Mizoguchi 18,123 0.3 New
Independent Jun Mori 15,475 0.3 New
Independent Yasuhiro Sekiguchi 9,686 0.2 New
Independent Teikichi Nishino 9,562 0.2 New
Independents of Japan Kikuo Ōtsuka 3,586 0.1 New
Registered electors 11,396,789
Turnout 5,900,118 51.8 Decrease5.7
LDP hold Swing Increase4.1
Komeito hold Swing Increase0.4
JCP hold Swing Decrease0.1
CDP gain from Independent Swing New
Ishin gain from LDP Swing New
LDP win (new seat)
2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Renhō 1,123,145 18.0 Decrease10.1
LDP Masaharu Nakagawa 884,823 14.2 Increase2.5
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 770,535 12.4 Decrease0.8
JCP Taku Yamazoe 665,835 10.7 New
LDP Kentarō Asahi 644,799 10.4 New
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 508,131 8.2 Decrease3.5
Ishin Yasuo Tanaka 469,314 7.5 New
Independent Katsuhito Yokokume 310,133 5.0 New
Independent Yōhei Miyake 257,036 4.1 New
Japanese Kokoro Mariko Suzuki 102,402 1.6 New
Social Democratic Ren Masuyama 93,677 1.5 New
Voice of Popular Anger Kōki Kobayashi 82,357 1.3 New
Independent Kaori Satō 67,535 1.1 New
New Renaissance Saya Takagi 60,431 1.0 New
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki 42,858 0.7 Decrease0.7
Independent Kazuyuki Hamada 28,403 0.5 New
Happiness Realization Tokuma 20,412 0.3 New
Independent Tatsuo Suzuki 16,187 0.3 New
Independent Hidetoshi Yanagaisawa 12,091 0.2 New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Hitoshi Satō 7,853 0.1 New
Independent Yoshihisa Yokobori 7,329 0.1 New
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 6,114 0.1 New
Independent Kōji Kawakami 5,812 0.1 New
Peace Katsuko Inamura 5,388 0.1 New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Fumihiko Otsuki 5,377 0.1 New
Independent Yukio Iwasaka 5,184 0.1 New
Independent Kimiaki Harada 5,017 0.1 New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Takashi Fukae 4,497 0.1 New
World Peace Party Kenji Himeji 3,854 0.1 New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Ryōji Samejima 3,714 0.1 New
Challenged Nippon Hiroyuki Fujishiro 3,296 0.1 New
Registered electors 11,157,991
Turnout 6,415,845 57.5 Increase4.0
Democratic gain from Democratic
LDP gain from Komeito
Komeito gain from LDP
JCP gain from Democratic
LDP gain from Your
Democratic win (new seat)
  1. Her real name is Ikue Matsudo, however she ran under her stage name of Saya Takagi
2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tamayo Marukawa 1,064,660 18.9 +7.2
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 797,811 14.2 +0.7
JCP Yoshiko Kira 703,901 12.5 New
Independent Tarō Yamamoto 666,684 11.8 New
LDP Keizō Takemi 612,388 10.9 New
Democratic Kan Suzuki 552,714 9.8 −3.4
Restoration Jun Ogura 413,637 7.3 New
Your Rowland Kirishima 320,857 5.7 New
Independent Masako Ōkawara 236,953 4.2 −14.2
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki 77,465 1.4 +1.0
Green Wind Yasuko Maruko 70,571 1.3 New
Independent Yoshirō Nakamatsu 48,362 0.9 −0.7
Happiness Realization Ryōko Shaku 20,137 0.4 New
Independent Katsuko Inomaru 12,683 0.2 New
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 12,228 0.2 +0.1
Independent Kiyoshi Mori 6,432 0.1 0
Independent Minoru Matsumoto 6,123 0.1 New
Independent Takashi Nakamura 6,033 0.1 New
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 5,633 0.1 0.0
Independent Teikichi Nishino 3,103 0.1 New
Turnout 5,767,098 53.5 −5.2
LDP gain from Democratic
Komeito hold
JCP gain from Democratic
Independent gain from LDP
LDP gain from Independent
  1. Originally nominated by the DPJ, but the nomination due to her refusal to move to the proportional representation district since she was doing worse in the party survey, and so ran as an independent
2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Renhō 1,710,734 28.1
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 806,862 13.2
LDP Masaharu Nakagawa 711,171 11.7
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 696,672 10.8
Your Kōta Matsuda 656,029 9.1
JCP Akira Koike 552,187 9.1
LDP Yukiko Tōkai 299,353 4.9
Ishin Hiroshi Yamada 200,692 3.3
Sunrise Asako Ogura 120,023 2.0
Social Democratic Hideo Moirihara 95,685 1.6
New Renaissance Kōtarō Umiji 79,828 1.6
People's New Seori Egi 53,948 0.9
Independent Yūmi Ishihara 45,405 0.7
Independent Hiroko Tanaka 16,340 0.3
Happiness Realization Hissho Yanai 10,496 0.2
Independent Shoji Ogawa 8,677 0.1
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 7,599 0.1
Independent Minoru Matsumoto 5.889 0.1
Independent Tetsuo Sawada 5,636 0.1
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 4,900 0.1
Shinto Honshitsu Hidemitsu Sano 3,662 0.1
Independent Kenji Himeji 2,280 0.0
Shinto Freeway Club Hidenori Wago 1,893 0.0
Akitsu Shinto Akitoshi Saka 1,816 0.0
Turnout 6,234,137 58.7 +0.8
Democratic hold
Komeito hold
LDP hold
Democratic hold
Your win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Masako Ōkawara 1,087,453 18.4
Komeito Katsuo Yamaguchi 794,936 13.5
Democratic Kan Suzuki 780,662 13.2
LDP Tamayo Murakawa 691,367 11.7
Independent Ryūhei Kawada 683,629 11.6
LDP Sanzo Hosaka 651,484 11.0
JCP Tomoko Tamura 554,104 9.4
Social Democratic Hitomi Sugiura 209,053 3.5
People's New Keiichiro Nakamura 151,715 2.6
Independent Dr. Nakamatsu 92,512 1.6
Kyosei Shinto Kisho Kurokawa 70,275 1.2
Independent Yūko Tōjō 59,607 1.0
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki 21,548 0.4
Halve Parliament Kikuo Suda 18,448 0.3
Independent Toshiaki Kanda 11,222 0.2
Independent Tetsuo Arai 8,409 0.1
Independent Tetsuo Sawada 7,682 0.1
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 6,408 0.1
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 5,289 0.1
Shinto Freeway Club Hidenori Wago 3,420 0.1
Turnout 6,043,345 57.9 +1.8
Democratic gain from LDP
Komeito hold
Democratic hold
LDP gain from JCP
Independent win (new seat)


2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masaharu Nakagawa 1,014,293 18.3
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 991,477 17.9
Democratic Renho 924,643 16.7
Komeito Yuji Sawa 827,091 14.9
Independent Yukio Aoshima 596,272 10.7
JCP Junichiro Imamura 453,287 8.2
Independent Shomei Masumoto 381,771 6.9
Social Democratic Naoto Nakagawa 176,289 3.2
Independent Tetsu Ueda 165,551 3.0
Ishin Seito Shimpu Hisayoshi Matsumara 10,479 0.2
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 8,382 0.2
Turnout 5,671,608 56.1 +2.8
LDP gain from Democratic
Democratic gain from Komeito
Democratic gain from JCP
Komeito gain from Independent
2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hosaka Sanzo 1,407,437 27.9
Komeito Yamaguchi Natsuo 881,314 17.5
Democratic Hiroshi Suzuki 759.110 15.1
JCP Yasuo Ogata 630,196 12.5
Liberal Nobuhiko Endo 361,965 7.2
Independent Megumi Hata 210,806 4.2
Independent Tetsu Ueda 209,806 4.2
Independent Chitsuko Kuroiwa 167,566 3.3
Social Democratic Sadaharu Hirota 159,226 3.2
Liberal League Itaru Kobayashi 105,720 2.1
Women's Party Hanako Igarashi 89,037 1.8
Independent Shigeo Araraki 28,232 0.6
Independent Mazao Nakagawa 14,286 0.3
Ishin Seito Shimpu Naotoshi Hashimoto 10,601 0.2
Independent Toshiro Saito 7,608 0.2
Turnout 5,256,584 53.3 −4.6
LDP gain from New Frontier
Komeito gain from LDP
Democratic gain from JCP
JCP gain from Peace and Citizens Union

Elections in the 1990s

1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 1,026,797 19.2
Komeito Toshiko Hamayotsu 896,890 16.8
JCP Miyo Inoue 896,890 16.8
Independent Atsuo Nakamura 719,203 13.4
LDP Kiyoko Ono 623,483 11.7
LDP Koji Tsukahara 451,016 8.4
Independent Tetsu Ueda 227,790 4.3
Social Democratic Shunsuke Iwasaki 204,479 3.8
Women's Party Hiroko Suzuki 43,325 0.8
Liberal League Nobutaro Taka 41,182 0.8
Sports & Peace Yoshimori Inoki 37,649 0.7
New Socialist Eiko Toyama 35,860 0.7
Youth Liberal Party Isao Nakamura 34,118 0.6
Liberal Republican Shogoro Sawada 5,991 0.1
Independent Toshiro Saito 5,478 0.1
Sports & Peace Takeshi Hatanaka 5,445 0.1
Independent Hirokuni Suga 4,714 0.1
Ishin Seito Shimpu Hisayoshi Matsumura 4,108 0.1
Ishin Seito Shimpu Mika Takazawa 3,286 0.1
Independent Susumu Saito 3,220 0.1
Sports & Peace Makoto Ozeki 3,056 0.1
Sports and Peace Party Ruriko Shikama 1,965 0.04
Japan National Political Union Sadaharu Akaishi 1,682 0.03
Turnout 5,542,728 57.9 +15.6
Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from JCP
JCP gain from Independent
Independent gain from LDP
1995
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Yuichiro Uozumi 1,059,582 27.7
LDP Hosaka Sanzo 607,470 15.9
JCP Yasuo Ogata 475,647 12.5
Peace and Citizens Union Hideo Den 435,773 11.4
NP-Sakigake Atsuo Nakamura 404,409 10.6
Independent Mieko Mishiro 395,690 10.4
Independent Kikuo Suzuki 193,161 5.1
Independent Dr. Nakamatsu 101,547 2.7
Qingdao Cheering Squad Yoshiki Yamaga 18,620 0.5
Solidarity of Constitutional Green Farming Ken Ogata 17,810 0.5
Women's Party Hiroko Suzuki 14,588 0.4
Japan Welfare Party Etsuko Fukuoka 5,864 0.2
Independent Hiroshi Suzuki 4,823 0.1
New Liberal Club Narinobu Takahashi 4,712 0.1
New Liberal Club Shuji Sekiguchi 4,572 0.1
Citizens and Farmers Union of Green and Life Yoichi Shindo 4,424 0.1
All Japan Drivers Club Yukio Hashimoto 3,734 0.1
New Liberal Party Kazumi Ishizu 3,401 0.1
Independent Yoshiharu Yamada 3,195 0.1
Education Party Noriko Kojima 2,937 0.1
Japan Welfare Party Yasuo Mizutani 2,930 0.1
Japan Welfare Party Tokiyo Yamakita 2,776 0.1
Independent Shinichi Koyama 2,723 0.1
Independent Setsuo Yamaguchi 2,571 0.1
Japan Welfare Party Watanabe Keikichiro 2,403 0.1
Independent Masao Hosokawa 2,380 0.1
All Japan Drivers Club Masateru Niimura 2,199 0.1
Freedom and Expression Hiromi Yajima 1,954 0.1
Kokuminto Shigeko Matsumoto 1,950 0.1
Freedom and Expression Party Senkichi Miyazawa 1,845 0.1
Freedom and Expression Party Senkichi Miyazawa 1,752 0.1
All Japan Drivers Club Shunji Iihama 1,738 0.1
Freedom and Expression Party Senkichj Miyazawa 1,752 0.1
Freedom and Expression Party Mitsuo Yada 1,646 0.04
education party Minoru Fukui 1,626 0.04
Commoner Party Masaru Ishiguro 1,580 0.04
Free Work Union Toshiya Yoshida 1,446 0.04
Kokuminto Takeshi Nara 1.260 0.03
Kokuminto Yoko Nakano 1,190 0.03
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory" Kiyoshi Amamiya 1,170 0.03
New Political Wind Party Kenji Ono 1,169 0.03
Japan National Political Union Akira Oshima 1,070 0.03
Commoner Party Kenichi Hamada 1,034 0.03
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory" Kenzan Nonaka 982 0.03
Japan Social Reform Party Fumihiko Ono 962 0.03
Cultural Forum Reiko Yasuda 878 0.02
Voice of the Common People Taiji Sato 807 0.02
Mob Party Masahiko Mori 782 0.02
Kokuminto Yoshiaki Yamazaki 770 0.02
Commoner Party Yuji Kageyama 749 0.02
Japan Social Reform Party Inui Yuka 725 0.02
Voice of the Common People Hiroshi Kamata 721 0.02
Free Work Union Party Higashi Tetsuro 684 0.02
Mob Party Tamotsu Yoshizawa 674 0.02
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory" Hiroaki Morimitsu 655 0.02
Mob Party Hirokichi Takahashi 647 0.02
Voice of the Common People Katsuya Nitta 642 0.02
Mob Party Hideo Tsuboi 609 0.02
Cultural Forum Yukie Otsuka 565 0.01
Japan Social Reform Party Kurashige Hiroshi 544 0.01
World Johrekai Yoshiyuki Nozawa 503 0.01
Japan National Political Union Shinichiro Okada 501 0.01
Japan National Political Union Hideaki Takehara 498 0.01
Cultural Party Suzumu Saito 487 0.01
New Political Wind Mitsuyuki Asano 478 0.01
Voice of the Common People Shoichi Sasai 478 0.01
Japan National Political Union Mitsuo Enoki 437 0.01
Free Work Union Keiji Fukunaga 430 0.01
New Political Winds Akio Yanagisawa 407 0.01
Cultural Forum Hayakawa Joji 383 0.01
Commoner Party Akihiro Sakamoto 371 0.01
Cultural Forum Hanba Kiyo 285 0.01
Free Work Union Issei Okajima 251 0.01
Turnout 3,988,069 42.3
New Frontier gain from Independent
LDP hold
JCP gain from Tax Party
Peace and Citizens Union gain from Kōmeitō
1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kōmeitō Toshiko Hamayotsu 902,242 21.8
JCP Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent) 756.647 18.2
Independent Kensaku Morita 716,793 17.3
LDP Kiyoko Ono (Incumbent) 671,457 16.2
LDP Hajime Ogura 597,711 14.4
Independent Masatoshi Uchida 314,291 7.6
Japan Welfare Party Sangen Higashi 27,569 0.7
All Japan Dtivers Club Naoko Ito 17,349 0.4
People's New Junichi Akutsu 15,670 0.4
Japan Democratic Party Shinagawa Tsukasa 15,286 0.4
New Liberal Party Shuji Sekiguchi 14,876 0.4
Turnout
Kōmeitō hold
JCP gain from LDP
Independent gain from LDP
LDP gain from JCP

Elections in the 1980s

1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hideo Den 1,164,511 22.7
LDP Bunbee Hara 1,143,878 22.3
Tax Party Nozue Shimpei 889,633 17.4
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi 776,878 15.2
Turnout
Independent gain from Tax Party
LDP hold
Tax Party gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from JCP
1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kōmeitō Tadao Miki (Incumbent) 851,217 16.8
LDP Kiyoko Ono 850,441 16.8
LDP Tatsuo Tanabe 742,766 14.7
JCP Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent) 702,232 13.9
Turnout 5,329,816 61.1
Kōmeitō gain from LDP
LDP gain from Kōmeitō
LDP gain from JCP
JCP gain from Independent
1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tax Party Nozue Shimpei (Incumbent) 963,146 22.5
LDP Bunbee Hara (Incumbent) 938,454 21.9
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi (Incumbent) 817,387 19.1
JCP Isao Naito 551,364 12.9
Turnout 4,364,586 51.9
Tax Party gain from LDP
LDP gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
JCP gain from New Liberal Club
1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ken Yasui (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by the LDP)
1,315,583 24.8
Kōmeitō Tadao Miki (Incumbent) 874,017 16.5
JCP Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent) 815,754 15.4
Independent Tokuma Utsunomiya
(Endorsed by the NLC and the DSP)
813,583 15.3
Turnout 5,537,135 67.5 +3.5
Independent gain from LDP
Kōmeitō gain from Socialist
JCP gain from Kōmeitō
Independent gain from JCP

Elections in the 1970s

1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Bunbee Hara 1,245,118 24.9
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi 841,159 16.8
Democratic Socialist Norio Kijima 632,045 12.6
New Liberal Club Koji Kakizawa 580,134 11.6
Turnout 5,217,346 64.0 −4.6
LDP hold
Kōmeitō hold
Democratic Socialist hold
New Liberal Club gain from JCP
1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ken Yasui (Incumbent) 1,268,412 23.5
Socialist Tetsu Ueda 1,111,780 20.6
Kōmeitō Kenichi Abe (Incumbent) 842,761 15.6
JCP Koichiro Ueda 819,895 15.2
Turnout 5,555,130 68.6 +11.9
LDP gain from Kōmeitō
Socialist gain from LDP
Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
JCP gain from Socialist
1971
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Bunbee Hara 881,104 20.0
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi (Incumbent) 773,405 17.5
Democratic Socialist Norio Kijima 714,535 16.2
JCP Sanzo Nosaka 713,903 16.2
Turnout 4,535,534 56.5 −6.1
LDP gain from JCP
Kōmeitō hold
Democratic Socialist gain from Socialist
JCP gain from Independent

Elections in the 1960s

1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kōmeitō Kenichi Abe 831,893 17.5
LDP Ken Yasui (Incumbent) 821,204 17.3
Democratic Socialist Masatoshi Matsuhita 702,603 14.8
Socialist Hideo Urabe 682,817 14.4
Turnout 4,908,219 62.6 +1.5
Kōmeitō gain from LDP
LDP gain from Independent
Democratic Socialist gain from LDP
Socialist hold
1965
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JCP Sanzo Nosaka 619,893 16.0
Kōmeitō Hiroshi Hojo 608,235 15.7
Socialist Kimura Kihachiro 556,189 14.4
Independent Fusae Ichikawa 496,795 12.8
Turnout 4,073,539 61.1
JCP gain from Independent
Kōmeitō gain from Independent
Socialist gain from JCP
Independent gain from LDP
1962
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ken Yasui (Incumbent) 794,618 22.8
Independent Satoru Izumi 529,575 15.2
LDP Katsura Ishii 506,469 14.5
Socialist Souji Okada 474,963 13.6
JCP Sanzo Nosaka 415,598 11.9
Turnout
JCP gain from LDP
LDP hold
Independent gain from JCP
LDP gain from Socialist
Socialist hold

Elections in the 1950s

1959
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yasu Kashiwabara 471,472 19.1
Independent Fusae Ichikawa (Incumbent) 292,927 11.7
LDP Kinjiro Ayukawa 256,602 10.4
LDP Takeo Kurokawa 254,502 10.3
Turnout 2,565,993 49.4 +0.4
Independent gain from Liberal
Independent hold
LDP gain from Left Socialist
LDP gain from Liberal
1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ken Yasui (Incumbent) 473,549 22.6
JCP Sanzo Nosaka 272,531 13.0
Socialist Kiyoshi Shima 255,992 12.2
Socialist Toshiharu Shigemori 240,123 11.5
Turnout 2,221,122 49.0 +4.2
LDP gain from Liberal
JCP gain from Socialist
Socialist gain from Workers and Farmers Party (Japan)
Socialist gain from Democratic
1953
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Takeo Kurokawa (Incumbent) 294,181 17.8
Independent Fusae Ichikawa 191,539 11.6
Left Socialist Soji Okada (Incumbent) 185,863 11.2
Liberal Kastura Ishii 178,595 10.8
Turnout 1,794,587 44.8 −9.9
Liberal gain from Democratic
Independent gain from Socialist
Left Socialist gain from Socialist
Liberal gain from Liberal
1950
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Yasui 281,256 17.2
Socialist Toshiharu Shigemori 199,113 12.2
Workers and Farmers Party Makoto Hori 193,902 11.8
Democratic Fukugawa Tamae 161,341 9.9
Turnout 1,845,433 54.7 +2.0
Liberal gain from Independent
Socialist gain from Independent
Workers and Farmers Party (Japan) gain from Liberal
Democratic gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1940s

1947
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tatsuro Sakurauchi 138,705 11.7
Socialist Suejiro Yoshikawa 111,862 9.5
Socialist Kiyoshi Shima 101,128 8.6
Liberal Takeo Kurokawa 89,413 7.6
Independent Kei Hoashi 83,493 7.1
Independent Fukagawa Tamae 79,396 6.7
Liberal Masao Nishikawa 78,757 6.7
Liberal Heichii Toyama 75,637 6.4
Turnout 1,392,383 52.7 N/A
Democratic win (new seat)
Socialist win (new seat)
Socialist win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

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  16. endorsed by New Liberal Club and Socialist Democratic Federation
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Electoral districts of Tokyo for the National Diet of Japan
House of Representatives
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present)
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30 (25→30 majoritarian Representatives)
PR regional "block" districts (1996–present)Tokyo PR block (19→17→19 proportional Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
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3
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11 (43 Representatives)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946)
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2 (22 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)
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7 (31 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)
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12
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16 (25 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917)
Tokyo city
counties (gunbu) (16 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898)
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3
4
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8
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10
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12 (12 Representatives)
House of Councillors (1947–)At-large (8→10→12 Councillors)
House of Peers (1890–1947)At-large (1→2 elected top taxpayer Peers)
Districts of the Japanese House of Councillors of the National Diet
President of the House of Councillors: Hidehisa Otsuji (Kagoshima)
Vice President of the House of Councillors: Hiroyuki Nagahama (Chiba)
Hokkaido - Tohoku
Kanto
Chūbu
Kinki
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu - Okinawa
National Proportional representation
Abolished in 2015 reform
Abolished in 1983 electionNational (SNTV) district (0)
(in parentheses): Number of representatives per district

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