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Tokyo 2nd district

Tokyo 2nd district (東京都第2区 Tōkyō-to dai-ni-ku or simply 東京2区 Tōkyō ni-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers central parts of the former Tokyo City. The district consists of the wards of Chūō and Taitō. As of 2012, 424,273 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Tokyo 2nd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional DistrictTokyo
Electorate424,273 (2012)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeKiyoto Tsuji
Created fromTokyo 8th district
WardsChūō, Taitō

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed Tokyo 8th district where two Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. The current Representative for the 2nd district is Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji who won in the 2012 Representatives election with less than a third of the vote.

List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Notes
Kunio Hatoyama DPJ 1996 – 1999 Resigned for the 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election
Yoshikatsu Nakayama DPJ 1999 – 2005 Failed reelection in the Tokyo PR block[2]
Takashi Fukaya LDP 2005 – 2009
Yoshikatsu Nakayama DPJ 2009 – 2012 Failed re-election in the Tokyo block
Kiyoto Tsuji LDP 2012 – Incumbent

Election results

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2024[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kiyoto Tsuji 66,050 37.09  6.35
DPP Kiichirō Hatoyama 48,527 27.25 New
Ishin Mitsuru Imamura 29,860 16.77  0.07
JCP Mari Hosono 22,316 12.53 New
Sanseitō Yoshinori Mogami 11,322 6.36 New
Turnout 57.12  3.70
2021[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kiyoto Tsuji 119,281 43.44  2.46
CDP Akihiro Matsuo 90,422 32.93  4.13
Ishin Takatane Kiuchi 45,754 16.7 New
Reiwa Itaru Kitamura 14,487 5.3 new
Independent Shinichiro Deguchi 4,659 1.7 New
Turnout 274,603 60.82  2.82
LDP hold Swing -2.46
2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (K) Kiyoto Tsuji 103,954 42.6  10.2
DPJ Yoshikatsu Nakayama 58,407 23.9  0.8
JIP Toshiaki Ōkuma 44,550 18.3  0.3
JCP Noriyuki Ishizawa 32,296 13.2 new
Others Katsuko Inumaru 4,668 1.9 new
2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kiyoto Tsuji 84,663 32.4
DPJ (PNP) Yoshikatsu Nakayama 64,676 24.7
YP Toshiaki Ōkuma (elected by PR) 48,704 18.6
JRP Kazumi Matsumoto 38,564 14.7
JCP Fumihiko Kuwana 23,035 8.8
Independent Masahiro Inoue 2,045 0.8
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ (PNP support) Yoshikatsu Nakayama 138,603
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Takashi Fukaya 98,593
JCP Tsukane Nakajima 26,172
Independent Hiroko Tanaka 4,579
HRP Bunkō Katō 1,924
Independent Jun Chiba 1,748
Turnout 277,779 68.53
2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takashi Fukaya 127,889
DPJ Yoshikatsu Nakayama 98,335
JCP Tsukane Nakajima 24,848
Turnout 256,897 68.46
2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Yoshikatsu Nakayama 104,477
LDP Takashi Fukaya 91,926
JCP Kiyokazu Muro 21,334
Turnout 223,464 62.14
2000[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Yoshikatsu Nakayama 88,744
LDP Takashi Fukaya 81,923
JCP Kiyokazu Muro 32,155
Independent Hiroshi Sakae 5,371
LL Kazuhiko Komatsu 3,665
1999 by-election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Yoshikatsu Nakayama 134,265
JCP Tsukane Nakajima 36,261
1996[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Kunio Hatoyama 88,183
LDP Takashi Fukaya 68,503
JCP Tsukane Nakajima 40,461
Turnout 202,767 61.85

References

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  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京>民主. ザ･選挙] (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  3. ^ "東京 | 第50回衆院選". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  4. ^ "東京 | 第49回衆院選". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  5. ^ 総選挙2014>開票結果 小選挙区 東京. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 東京. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  7. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  8. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  9. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  10. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  11. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  12. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

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