Tokyo 11th district

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Tokyo 11th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
Prefecture Tokyo
Proportional Block Tokyo
Electorate388,347
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
Party LDP
Representative Hakubun Shimomura
Created fromFormer Tokyo 1st district
Wards Parts of Itabashi

Tokyo's 11th district is an electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan's National Diet. [1] The district was established in 1994 as part of the move to single-member districts, and since its first election in 1996 it has only been held by the Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura.

Contents

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Hakubun Shimomura LDP 1996–present Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2012–2015)

Re-elected in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021

Areas covered

Current district

As of 18 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:

Areas from 2017-2022

From the first redistricting

Areas from before 2017

Elected representatives

RepresentativePartyYears servedNotes
Hakubun Shimomura LDP 1996

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district

‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Tokyo PR district

Elections in the 2020s

2021 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
122,465 50.0 Increase2.svg5.1
CDP Yukihiko Akutsu (incumbent - Tokyo 24th)
(endorsed by the SDP)
87,63535.8Increase2.svg9.9
Communist Shoto Nishinohara29,30412.0Increase2.svg1.1
Independent Yasufumi Kuwashima5,6392.3New
Registered electors 462,626
Majority34,83014.2Decrease2.svg4.8
Turnout 254,30655.0Increase2.svg2.3
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg8.2

Elections in the 2010s

2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
104,612 44.9 Decrease2.svg11.2
CDP Junichiro Maeda60,29125.9New
Kibō no Tō Chie Shishido42,66818.3New
Communist Kozue Higashi25,42610.9Decrease2.svg7.7
Registered electors 454,255
Majority44,32119.0Decrease2.svg18.5
Turnout 239,21152.7Increase2.svg0.8
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.9
2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
129,587 56.1 Increase2.svg10.6
Communist Kanekyu Yamauchi43,08318.6Increase2.svg7.8
Democratic Minako Kumaki43,04018.6Increase2.svg4.5
Independent Mei Shimomura15,4476.7New
Registered electors 446,555
Majority86,50437.5Increase2.svg11.3
Turnout 239,08653.5Decrease2.svg6.7
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg6.9
2012 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
116,521 45.5 Increase2.svg3.1
Restoration Takashi Ino
(endorsed by Your Party)
49,33419.3New
Democratic Junko Ota
(endorsed by the PNP)
36,14414.1New
Communist Takemi Sudo27,72610.8Decrease2.svg2.4
Tomorrow Kumi Hashimoto
(endorsed by the NPD)
26,46910.3New
Registered electors 442,124
Majority67,18726.2Increase2.svg24.9
Turnout 266,02660.2Decrease2.svg4.8
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg7.9

Elections in the 2000s

2009 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)117.472 42.4 Decrease2.svg12.6
New Party Nippon Yoshio Arita
(endorsed by the DPJ)
113,98841.1New
Communist Doshin Tokudome36,48713.2Increase2.svg0.1
Happiness Realization Koichi Maeda6,8532.5New
NPF Hidenori Wago2,3600.9New
Registered electors 439,676
Majority3,4841.3Decrease2.svg16.8
Turnout 285,57065.0Increase2.svg0.7
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.3
2005 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)148,099 55.0 Increase2.svg6.0
Democratic Koichiro Watanabe 85,83231.9Decrease2.svg5.8
Communist Doshin Tokudome35,23313.1Decrease2.svg0.3
Registered electors 428,608
Majority62,26723.1Increase2.svg11.1
Turnout 275,38164.3Increase2.svg8.1
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg8.6
2003 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)113,477 49.0 Increase2.svg11.2
Democratic Koichiro Watanabe 87,33137.7Increase2.svg10.5
Communist Doshin Tokudome30,99813.4Decrease2.svg9.4
Registered electors 427,315
Majority26,14611.3Increase2.svg0.7
Turnout 240,27956.2Decrease2.svg3.1
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg9.5
2000 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura (incumbent)90,483 37.8 Increase2.svg7.8
Democratic Osamu Shibutani
(incumbent - Tokyo PR)
65,10927.2New
Communist Taketoshi Nakajima
(incumbent - Tokyo PR)
54,69822.8Decrease2.svg1.2
Liberal Kazuhiro Furuyama29,30712.2New
Registered electors 414,218
Majority25,37410.6Increase2.svg7.5
Turnout 245,75659.3Increase2.svg2.5
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg3.9

Elections in the 1990s

1996 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hakubun Shimomura 68,321 30.1 New
New Frontier Kazuhiro Furuyama61,22127.0New
Communist Taketoshi Nakajima ‡‡
(incumbent - former Tokyo 9th)
54,55924.0New
Democratic Osamu Shibutani 38,45416.9New
New Socialist Susumu Nishikawa4,4702.0New
Registered electors 407,058
Majority7,1003.1New
Turnout 231,17856.8N/A
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

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