Tokyo 9th district

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Tokyo 9th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
Prefecture Tokyo
Proportional District Tokyo
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
Party CDP
Representative Issei Yamagishi
Wards Nerima

Tokyo's 9th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. [1] It covers the western half of Nerima ward in North Tokyo.

Contents

The district was won by the Constitutional Democratic Party in the 2021 Japanese general election. The previous incumbent, former economy minister Isshu Sugawara, resigned in 2021 after being found guilty of breaking election law. [2] Sugawara was furthermore barred from running for office for 3 years. [3]

List of Representatives

ElectionRepresentativePartyNotes
1996 [4] Koichi Yoshida  [ ja ] New Frontier
Sun
Good Governance
2000 [5] Democratic
2003 [6] Isshu Sugawara Liberal Democratic
2005 [7]
2009 [8] Takatane Kiuchi  [ ja ] Democratic
Independent
People's Life First
Tomorrow
2012 [9] Isshu Sugawara Liberal Democratic
2014 [10]
2017 [11]
Independent
Vacant (June 2021 - October 2021)
2021 [12] Issei Yamagishi  [ ja ] CDP

Election results

2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP Issei Yamagishi  [ ja ]
Independent
(endorsed by Komeito and LDP)
Isshu Sugawara
Innovation Shigeta Ookōchi
Your Party Ayaka Otsu New
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
2021 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP
(endorsed by SDP)
Issei Yamagishi  [ ja ]109,48940.90New
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Takao Ando  [ ja ]
(PR seat incumbent)
95,28435.59
Innovation Jun Minami47,84217.87New
Yamato Party Kōki Kobayashi 15,0915.64New
Majority14,2055.31
Registered electors 478,743
Turnout 57.71Increase2.svg 3.03
Constitutional Democratic gain from Independent
2017 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Isshu Sugawara
(incumbent)
122,27949.17
Kibō no Tō Satoshi Takamatsu64,73126.03New
Communist Junko Hara57,43923.10
Independent Yoshinari Maeda4,2431.71New
Majority57,54823.14
Registered electors 468,623
Turnout 54.68Decrease2.svg 0.11
Liberal Democratic hold
2014 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Isshu Sugawara
(incumbent)
123,36851.40
Innovation
(endorsed by DPJ, PLP)
Takatane Kiuchi  [ ja ]
(won PR seat)
65,80927.42New
Communist Junko Hara50,86121.19
Majority57,55923.98
Registered electors 452,092
Turnout 54.79Decrease2.svg 8.67
Liberal Democratic hold
2012 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Isshu Sugawara
(PR seat incumbent)
145,01353.49
Tomorrow
(endorsed by Daichi)
Takatane Kiuchi  [ ja ]
(incumbent)
55,73620.56New
Democratic
(endorsed by PNP)
Takashi Fukumura45,38616.74
Communist Masayuki Sakajiri24,9769.21
Majority89,27732.93
Registered electors 448,660
Turnout 63.46Decrease2.svg 4.42
Liberal Democratic gain from Tomorrow
2009 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic
(endorsed by PNP)
Takatane Kiuchi  [ ja ]140,10947.24
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito)
Isshu Sugawara
(incumbent)
(won PR seat)
126,02642.49
Communist Yoshinobu Kishi26,7969.04
Happiness Realization Tadahiro Okihara3,6441.23New
Majority14,0834.75
Registered electors 444,929
Turnout 67.88Increase2.svg 0.40
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2005 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Isshu Sugawara
(incumbent)
153,30953.86
Democratic Tomotaro Kawashima  [ ja ]87,89030.88
Communist Yasuko Mochizuki28,49310.01
Social Democratic Naoto Nakagawa14,9525.25
Majority65,41922.98
Registered electors 429,691
Turnout 67.48Increase2.svg 7.78
Liberal Democratic hold
2003 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Isshu Sugawara 112,86845.83
Democratic Koichi Yoshida  [ ja ]
(incumbent)
96,66239.25
Communist Yasuko Mochizuki27,90311.33
Social Democratic Satoshi Murata8,8413.59N/A
Majority16,2066.58
Registered electors 423,412
Turnout 59.73Decrease2.svg 1.68
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
2000 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Koichi Yoshida  [ ja ]
(incumbent)
86,45035.43New
Liberal Democratic Isshu Sugawara 81,91233.57
Communist Yasuko Mochizuki44,05718.05
Liberal Tomotaro Kawashima  [ ja ]31,61212.95New
Majority4,5381.86
Registered electors 409,647
Turnout 61.41Increase2.svg 3.94
Democratic hold
1996 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Frontier Koichi Yoshida  [ ja ]67,65730.74New
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 59,66827.11New
Liberal Democratic Guts Ishimatsu 43,76619.89New
Communist Kotaro Masumura37,17216.89New
Social Democratic Tomoo Bando11,8085.37New
Majority7,9893.63
Turnout 57.47
New Frontier win (new seat)

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