Tokyo at-large district

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Tokyo at-large district
東京都選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
Tokyo in Japan.svg
Prefecture Tokyo
Proportional Block National PR
Electorate11,539,720 (as of September 2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats12
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Tamayo Marukawa
  •   Natsuo Yamaguchi
  •   Yoshiko Kira
  •   Ayaka Shiomura
  •   Shun Otokita
  •   Keizo Takemi

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.

Contents

Elected Councillors

class of (1947/1953/...)Election Yearclass 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 [2] Kei Hoashi
(Indep.) [3] 		Tamae Fukagawa
(Indep.)		 Masao Nishikawa
(JLP)		 Heiichi Tōyama
(JLP)		––
1950 [4] 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 [5]
1956 [6] Ken Yasui
(LDP)		 Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)		Kiyoshi Shima
(JSP)		Toshiharu Shigemori
(JSP)
Yasu Kashiwabara
(Indep.) [7] 		Kinjirō Aikawa
(LDP)		Takeo Kurokawa
(LDP)		 1959 [8]
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP) [note 1] 		1962
& by-election [9] 		Satoru Izumi
(Indep.) [7] 		Kei Ishii
(LDP)		Sōji Okada
(JSP)
Sanzō Nosaka
(JCP)		 Hiroshi Hōjō
(Kōmeitō)		 Kihachirō Kimura
(JSP)		Fusae Ichikawa
(Indep.)		 1965 [10]
1968 [11] 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 [12]
1974 [13] Ken Yasui
(LDP)		 Tetsu Ueda
(JSP)		Ken’ichi Abe
(Kōmeitō)		 Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Kōji Kakizawa
(NLC)		 1977 [14]
1980 [15] Ken Yasui
(Indep.)		 Tadao Miki
(Kōmeitō)		Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)		 Tokuma Utsunomiya(Indep.) [16]
Chinpei Nozue
(Tax Party)		 Bunbē Hara
(LDP)		 Akira Kuroyanagi
(Kōmeitō)		 Isao Naitō
(JCP)		 1983 [17]
1986 [18] Tadao Miki
(Kōmeitō)		 Kiyoko Ono
(LDP)		 Tetsuo Tanabe
(LDP)		Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)
Hideo Den
(Indep.) [19] 		Chinpei Nozue
(Tax Party)		Akira Kuroyanagi
(Kōmeitō)		 1989 [20]
1992 [21] Toshiko Hamayotsu
(Kōmeitō)		Kōichirō Ueda
(JCP)		 Kensaku Morita
(Indep.) [22] 		Kiyoko Ono
(LDP)
Yūichirō Uozumi
(NFP)		 Sanzō Hosaka
(LDP)		 Yasuo Ogata
(JCP)		Hideo Den
(Peace and Citizens Union)		 1995 [23]
1998 [24] Toshio Ogawa
(DPJ)		Toshiko Hamayotsu
(Kōmeitō)		 Miyo Inoue
(JCP)		 Atsuo Nakamura
(Indep.) [25]
Sanzō Hosaka
(LDP)		 Natsuo Yamaguchi
(Kōmeitō)		 Kan Suzuki
(DPJ)		Yasuo Ogata
(JCP)		 2001 [26]
2004 [27] Masaharu Nakagawa
(LDP)		Toshio Ogawa
(DPJ)		 Renhō
(DPJ)		 Yūji Sawa
(Kōmeitō)
Masako Ōkawara (DPJ) Tamayo Marukawa
(LDP)		 Ryūhei Kawada
(Indep.) [28] 		2007 [29]
2010 [30] 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 [31]
2016 [32] 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 [33]
2022 [34] 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:

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. Election Result (2016) and Household Income in Tokyo at-large district (eng).png
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 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Kentaro Asahi 922,783 14.7 Decrease2.svg5.2
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 742,968 11.8 Decrease2.svg2.4
Communist Taku Yamazoe 685,224 10.9 Decrease2.svg1.4
CDP Renhō 670,339 10.6 Decrease2.svg1.4
Liberal Democratic Akiko Ikuina 619,792 9.8 New
Reiwa Tarō Yamamoto 565,925 9.0 New
Innovation Yuki Ebisawa530,8618.4Decrease2.svg0.7
CDP Akihiro Matsuo372,0645.9New
Independent Hirotada Ototake322,9045.1New
Tomin First Chiharu Araki 284,6294.5New
Sanseitō Mio Kawanashi137,6922.2New
Social Democratic Ryūichi Hattori59,3651.0New
Anti-NHK Miki Matsuda53,0320.8New
Children's PartyYōhei Saiki50,6610.8New
Japan Reform PartyRyōji Kutsuzawa46,6410.7New
Republican PartyMana Tamura28,4080.4New
Happiness Realization Yukihisa Oikawa25,2090.4New
Ishin Seito Shimpu Kenji Kōno22,3060.4New
Kunimori Conservative PartyHiroshi Andō20,7580.3New
Anti-NHK Ken Tanaka19,2870.3New
Metaverse PartyTeruki Gotō19,1000.3New
Japan First Miyuki Sugawara17,0200.3New
Free Republican PartyMasayuki Aoyama14,8450.2New
Anti-NHK Yōhei Hasegawa13,3410.2New
Anti-NHK Keiji Ino10,1500.2New
Anti-NHK Kenji Setta9,6580.1New
Independent Takahashi Nakamura7,4170.1New
Independent Tomoharu Nakagawa7,2030.1New
Smile PartyHiroshi Komiyama5,4080.1New
Peace PartyHisao Naitō3,5590.1New
Independent Fumimisa Aburai3,3700.1New
Tenmei PartyHaruhiko Kobata3,2830.1New
Party to take over U.S. military base in Okinawa to TokyoMidori Nakamura3,0430.1New
Nuclear Fusion PartyYasufumi Kuwajima1,9130.0New
Registered electors 11,454,822
Turnout 6,477,70256.6Increase2.svg4.8
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing Decrease2.svg2.6
Komeito gain from Liberal Democratic Swing Decrease2.svg1.6
Communist gain from Komeito Swing Decrease2.svg0.7
CDP gain from Communist Swing Decrease2.svg5.8
Liberal Democratic hold Swing New
Reiwa gain from Democratic Swing New

Elections in the 2010s

2019 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Tamayo Marukawa 1,143,458 19.9 Increase2.svg1.0
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 815,445 14.2 0.0
Communist Yoshiko Kira 706,532 12.3 Decrease2.svg0.2
CDP Ayaka Shiomura 688,234 12.0 New
Innovation Shun Otokita 526,575 9.2 New
Liberal Democratic Keizō Takemi 525,302 9.1 Decrease2.svg1.8
CDP Issei Yamagishi496,3478.6New
Reiwa Yoshimasa Nohara214,4383.7New
DPP Motoko Mizuno186,6673.2New
Anti-NHK Masanobu Ōhashi129,6282.2New
Independent Chinpei Nozue91,1941.6
Social Democratic Reiko Asakura86,3551.5New
Happiness Realization Hiroko Nanami34,1210.6New
Assembly to Consider EuthanasiaHitoshi Satō26,9580.5New
Assembly to Consider EuthanasiaMasahiro Yokoyama23,5820.4New
Olive TreeKoichi Mizoguchi18,1230.3New
Independent Jun Mori15,4750.3New
Independent Yasuhiro Sekiguchi9,6860.2New
Independent Teikichi Nishino9,5620.2New
Independents of JapanKikuo Ōtsuka3,5860.1New
Registered electors 11,396,789
Turnout 5,900,11851.8Decrease2.svg5.7
Liberal Democratic hold Swing Increase2.svg4.1
Komeito hold Swing Increase2.svg0.4
Communist hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.1
CDP gain from Independent Swing New
Innovation gain from Liberal Democratic Swing New
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)
2016 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Renhō 1,123,145 18.0 Decrease2.svg10.1
Liberal Democratic Masaharu Nakagawa 884,823 14.2 Increase2.svg2.5
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 770,535 12.4 Decrease2.svg0.8
Communist Taku Yamazoe 665,835 10.7 New
Liberal Democratic Kentarō Asahi 644,799 10.4 New
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 508,131 8.2 Decrease2.svg3.5
Innovation Yasuo Tanaka 469,3147.5New
Independent Katsuhito Yokokume 310,1335.0New
Independent Yōhei Miyake257,0364.1New
Japanese Kokoro Mariko Suzuki102,4021.6New
Social Democratic Ren Masuyama93,6771.5New
Voice of Popular Anger Kōki Kobayashi 82,3571.3New
Independent Kaori Satō67,5351.1New
New Renaissance Saya Takagi [note 1] 60,4311.0New
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki42,8580.7Decrease2.svg0.7
Independent Kazuyuki Hamada 28,4030.5New
Happiness Realization Tokuma20,4120.3New
Independent Tatsuo Suzuki16,1870.3New
Independent Hidetoshi Yanagaisawa12,0910.2New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Hitoshi Satō7,8530.1New
Independent Yoshihisa Yokobori7,3290.1New
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 6,1140.1New
Independent Kōji Kawakami5,8120.1New
Peace Katsuko Inamura5,3880.1New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Fumihiko Otsuki5,3770.1New
Independent Yukio Iwasaka5,1840.1New
Independent Kimiaki Harada5,0170.1New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Takashi Fukae4,4970.1New
World Peace PartyKenji Himeji3,8540.1New
Shiji Seitō Nashi Ryōji Samejima3,7140.1New
Challenged NipponHiroyuki Fujishiro3,2960.1New
Registered electors 11,157,991
Turnout 6,415,84557.5Increase2.svg4.0
Democratic gain from Democratic
Liberal Democratic gain from Komeito
Komeito gain from Liberal Democratic
Communist gain from Democratic
Liberal Democratic 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 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Tamayo Marukawa 1,064,660 18.9 +7.2
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 797,811 14.2 +0.7
Communist Yoshiko Kira 703,901 12.5 New
Independent Tarō Yamamoto 666,684 11.8 New
Liberal Democratic Keizō Takemi 612,388 10.9 New
Democratic Kan Suzuki 552,7149.8-3.4
Restoration Jun Ogura413,6377.3New
Your Rowland Kirishima320,8575.7New
Independent Masako Ōkawara [note 1] 236,9534.2-14.2
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki77,4651.4+1.0
Green Wind Yasuko Maruko70,5711.3New
Independent Yoshirō Nakamatsu 48,3620.9-0.7
Happiness Realization Ryōko Shaku20,1370.4New
Independent Katsuko Inomaru12,6830.2New
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 12,2280.2+0.1
Independent Kiyoshi Mori6,4320.10
Independent Minoru Matsumoto6,1230.1New
Independent Takashi Nakamura6,0330.1New
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 5,6330.10.0
Independent Teikichi Nishino3,1030.1New
Turnout 5,767,09853.5-5.2
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
Komeito hold
Communist gain from Democratic
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic 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 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Renhō 1,710,734 28.1
Komeito Toshiko Takeya 806,862 13.2
Liberal Democratic Masaharu Nakagawa 711,171 11.7
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 696,672 10.8
Your Kōta Matsuda 656,029 9.1
Communist Akira Koike 552,1879.1
Liberal Democratic Yukiko Tōkai299,3534.9
Innovation Hiroshi Yamada 200,6923.3
Sunrise Asako Ogura120,0232.0
Social Democratic Hideo Moirihara95,6851.6
New Renaissance Kōtarō Umiji79,8281.6
People's New Seori Egi53,9480.9
Independent Yūmi Ishihara45,4050.7
Independent Hiroko Tanaka16,3400.3
Happiness Realization Hissho Yanai10,4960.2
Independent Shoji Ogawa8,6770.1
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 7,5990.1
Independent Minoru Matsumoto5.8890.1
Independent Tetsuo Sawada5,6360.1
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 4,9000.1
Shinto HonshitsuHidemitsu Sano3,6620.1
Independent Kenji Himeji2,2800.0
Shinto Freeway ClubHidenori Wago1,8930.0
Akitsu ShintoAkitoshi Saka1,8160.0
Turnout 6,234,13758.7+0.8
Democratic hold
Komeito hold
Liberal Democratic hold
Democratic hold
Your win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

2007 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Masako Ōkawara 1,087,453 18.4
Komeito Katsuo Yamaguchi 794,936 13.5
Democratic Kan Suzuki 780,662 13.2
Liberal Democratic Tamayo Murakawa 691,367 11.7
Independent Ryūhei Kawada 683,629 11.6
Liberal Democratic Sanzo Hosaka 651,48411.0
Communist Tomoko Tamura554,1049.4
Social Democratic Hitomi Sugiura209,0533.5
People's New Keiichiro Nakamura151,7152.6
Independent Dr. Nakamatsu92,5121.6
Kyosei ShintoKisho Kurokawa70,2751.2
Independent Yūko Tōjō59,6071.0
Ishin Seito Shimpu Nobuyuki Suzuki21,5480.4
Halve ParliamentKikuo Suda18,4480.3
Independent Toshiaki Kanda11,2220.2
Independent Tetsuo Arai8,4090.1
Independent Tetsuo Sawada7,6820.1
Smile Party Mac Akasaka 6,4080.1
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi 5,2890.1
Shinto Freeway ClubHidenori Wago3,4200.1
Turnout 6,043,34557.9+1.8
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
Komeito hold
Democratic hold
Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
Independent win (new seat)


2004 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic 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 596,27210.7
Communist Junichiro Imamura453,2878.2
Independent Shomei Masumoto 381,7716.9
Social Democratic Naoto Nakagawa176,2893.2
Independent Tetsu Ueda 165,5513.0
Ishin Seito Shimpu Hisayoshi Matsumara 10,4790.2
World Economic Community Party Mitsuo Matayoshi8,3820.2
Turnout 5,671,60856.1+2.8
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
Democratic gain from Komeito
Democratic gain from Communist
Komeito gain from Independent
2001 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Hosaka Sanzo 1,407,437 27.9
Komeito Yamaguchi Natsuo 881,314 17.5
Democratic Hiroshi Suzuki 759.110 15.1
Communist Yasuo Ogata 630,196 12.5
Liberal Nobuhiko Endo 361,9657.2
Independent Megumi Hata 210,8064.2
Independent Tetsu Ueda 209,8064.2
Independent Chitsuko Kuroiwa 167,5663.3
Social Democratic Sadaharu Hirota159,2263.2
Liberal League Itaru Kobayashi 105,7202.1
Women's PartyHanako Igarashi89,0371.8
Independent Shigeo Araraki28,2320.6
Independent Mazao Nakagawa 14,2860.3
Ishin Seito Shimpu Naotoshi Hashimoto10,6010.2
Independent Toshiro Saito7,6080.2
Turnout 5,256,58453.3-4.6
Liberal Democratic gain from New Frontier
Komeito gain from Liberal Democratic
Democratic gain from Communist
Communist gain from Peace and Citizens Union

Elections in the 1990s

1998 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Toshio Ogawa 1,026,797 19.2
Komeito Toshiko Hamayotsu 896,890 16.8
Communist Miyo Inoue 896,890 16.8
Independent Atsuo Nakamura 719,203 13.4
Liberal Democratic Kiyoko Ono 623,48311.7
Liberal Democratic Koji Tsukahara451,0168.4
Independent Tetsu Ueda 227,7904.3
Social Democratic Shunsuke Iwasaki 204,4793.8
Women's PartyHiroko Suzuki43,3250.8
Liberal League Nobutaro Taka 41,1820.8
Sports & Peace Yoshimori Inoki 37,6490.7
New Socialist Eiko Toyama35,8600.7
Youth Liberal Party Isao Nakamura34,1180.6
Liberal Republican Shogoro Sawada 5,9910.1
Independent Toshiro Saito5,4780.1
Sports & Peace Takeshi Hatanaka5,4450.1
Independent Hirokuni Suga4,7140.1
Ishin Seito Shimpu Hisayoshi Matsumura4,1080.1
Ishin Seito Shimpu Mika Takazawa3,2860.1
Independent Susumu Saito 3,2200.1
Sports & Peace Makoto Ozeki3,0560.1
Sports and Peace PartyRuriko Shikama1,9650.04
Japan National Political UnionSadaharu Akaishi1,6820.03
Turnout 5,542,72857.9+15.6
Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from Communist
Communist gain from Independent
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
1995 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Frontier Yuichiro Uozumi 1,059,582 27.7
Liberal Democratic Hosaka Sanzo 607,470 15.9
Communist Yasuo Ogata 475,647 12.5
Peace and Citizens Union Hideo Den 435,773 11.4
New Party Sakigake Atsuo Nakamura404,40910.6
Independent Mieko Mishiro 395,69010.4
Independent Kikuo Suzuki 193,1615.1
Independent Dr. Nakamatsu101,5472.7
Qingdao Cheering SquadYoshiki Yamaga18,6200.5
Solidarity of Constitutional Green Farming Ken Ogata 17,8100.5
Women's Party Hiroko Suzuki14,5880.4
Japan Welfare Party Etsuko Fukuoka5,8640.2
Independent Hiroshi Suzuki 4,8230.1
New Liberal Club Narinobu Takahashi4,7120.1
New Liberal Club Shuji Sekiguchi4,5720.1
Citizens and Farmers Union of Green and LifeYoichi Shindo4,4240.1
All Japan Drivers ClubYukio Hashimoto3,7340.1
New Liberal Party Kazumi Ishizu3,4010.1
Independent Yoshiharu Yamada3,1950.1
Education PartyNoriko Kojima2,9370.1
Japan Welfare Party Yasuo Mizutani2,9300.1
Japan Welfare Party Tokiyo Yamakita2,7760.1
Independent Shinichi Koyama2,7230.1
Independent Setsuo Yamaguchi 2,5710.1
Japan Welfare Party Watanabe Keikichiro2,4030.1
Independent Masao Hosokawa2,3800.1
All Japan Drivers Club Masateru Niimura2,1990.1
Freedom and ExpressionHiromi Yajima1,9540.1
KokumintoShigeko Matsumoto1,9500.1
Freedom and Expression PartySenkichi Miyazawa1,8450.1
Freedom and Expression PartySenkichi Miyazawa1,7520.1
All Japan Drivers Club Shunji Iihama1,7380.1
Freedom and Expression PartySenkichj Miyazawa1,7520.1
Freedom and Expression PartyMitsuo Yada1,6460.04
education partyMinoru Fukui1,6260.04
Commoner PartyMasaru Ishiguro1,5800.04
Free Work UnionToshiya Yoshida1,4460.04
KokumintoTakeshi Nara1.2600.03
KokumintoYoko Nakano1,1900.03
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"Kiyoshi Amamiya1,1700.03
New Political Wind PartyKenji Ono1,1690.03
Japan National Political UnionAkira Oshima1,0700.03
Commoner PartyKenichi Hamada1,0340.03
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"Kenzan Nonaka9820.03
Japan Social Reform Party Fumihiko Ono9620.03
Cultural ForumReiko Yasuda8780.02
Voice of the Common PeopleTaiji Sato8070.02
Mob Party Masahiko Mori 7820.02
KokumintoYoshiaki Yamazaki7700.02
Commoner PartyYuji Kageyama7490.02
Japan Social Reform PartyInui Yuka7250.02
Voice of the Common PeopleHiroshi Kamata7210.02
Free Work Union PartyHigashi Tetsuro6840.02
Mob PartyTamotsu Yoshizawa6740.02
The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"Hiroaki Morimitsu6550.02
Mob PartyHirokichi Takahashi6470.02
Voice of the Common PeopleKatsuya Nitta6420.02
Mob PartyHideo Tsuboi6090.02
Cultural ForumYukie Otsuka5650.01
Japan Social Reform PartyKurashige Hiroshi5440.01
World JohrekaiYoshiyuki Nozawa5030.01
Japan National Political UnionShinichiro Okada5010.01
Japan National Political UnionHideaki Takehara4980.01
Cultural Party Suzumu Saito 4870.01
New Political WindMitsuyuki Asano4780.01
Voice of the Common PeopleShoichi Sasai4780.01
Japan National Political UnionMitsuo Enoki4370.01
Free Work UnionKeiji Fukunaga4300.01
New Political WindsAkio Yanagisawa4070.01
Cultural ForumHayakawa Joji3830.01
Commoner PartyAkihiro Sakamoto3710.01
Cultural ForumHanba Kiyo2850.01
Free Work UnionIssei Okajima2510.01
Turnout 3,988,06942.3
New Frontier gain from Independent
Liberal Democratic hold
Communist gain from Tax Party
Peace and Citizens Union gain from Kōmeitō
1992 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Kōmeitō Toshiko Hamayotsu 902,242 21.8
Communist Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent)756.647 18.2
Independent Kensaku Morita 716,793 17.3
Liberal Democratic Kiyoko Ono (Incumbent)671,457 16.2
Liberal Democratic Hajime Ogura597,71114.4
Independent Masatoshi Uchida 314,2917.6
Japan Welfare PartySangen Higashi27,5690.7
All Japan Dtivers Club Naoko Ito17,3490.4
People's New Junichi Akutsu15,6700.4
Japan Democratic Party Shinagawa Tsukasa 15,2860.4
New Liberal PartyShuji Sekiguchi14,8760.4
Turnout
Kōmeitō hold
Communist gain from Liberal Democratic
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic gain from Communist

Elections in the 1980s

1989 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hideo Den 1,164,511 22.7
Liberal Democratic Bunbee Hara 1,143,878 22.3
Tax PartyNozue Shimpei 889,633 17.4
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi 776,878 15.2
Turnout
Independent gain from Tax Party
Liberal Democratic hold
Tax Party gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from Communist
1986 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Kōmeitō Tadao Miki (Incumbent)851,217 16.8
Liberal Democratic Kiyoko Ono 850,441 16.8
Liberal Democratic Tatsuo Tanabe 742,766 14.7
Communist Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent)702,232 13.9
Turnout 5,329,81661.1
Kōmeitō gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
Communist gain from Independent
1983 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tax Party Nozue Shimpei (Incumbent)963,146 22.5
Liberal Democratic Bunbee Hara (Incumbent)938,454 21.9
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi (Incumbent)817,387 19.1
Communist Isao Naito 551,364 12.9
Turnout 4,364,58651.9
Tax Party gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
Communist gain from New Liberal Club
1980 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ken Yasui (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by the LDP)		1,315,583 24.8
Kōmeitō Tadao Miki (Incumbent)874,017 16.5
Communist Koichiro Ueda (Incumbent)815,754 15.4
Independent Tokuma Utsunomiya
(Endorsed by the NLC and the DSP)		813,583 15.3
Turnout 5,537,13567.5+3.5
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
Kōmeitō gain from Socialist
Communist gain from Kōmeitō
Independent gain from Communist

Elections in the 1970s

1977 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic 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 5,217,34664.0-4.6
Liberal Democratic hold
Kōmeitō hold
Democratic Socialist hold
New Liberal Club gain from Communist
1974 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Ken Yasui (Incumbent)1,268,412 23.5
Socialist Tetsu Ueda 1,111,780 20.6
Kōmeitō Kenichi Abe (Incumbent)842,761 15.6
Communist Koichiro Ueda 819,895 15.2
Turnout 5,555,13068.6+11.9
Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
Socialist gain from Liberal Democratic
Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
Communist gain from Socialist
1971 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Bunbee Hara 881,104 20.0
Kōmeitō Akira Kuroyanagi (Incumbent)773,405 17.5
Democratic Socialist Norio Kijima 714,535 16.2
Communist Sanzo Nosaka 713,903 16.2
Turnout 4,535,53456.5-6.1
Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
Kōmeitō hold
Democratic Socialist gain from Socialist
Communist gain from Independent

Elections in the 1960s

1968 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Kōmeitō Kenichi Abe 831,893 17.5
Liberal Democratic Ken Yasui (Incumbent)821,204 17.3
Democratic Socialist Masatoshi Matsuhita 702,603 14.8
Socialist Hideo Urabe 682,817 14.4
Turnout 4,908,21962.6+1.5
Kōmeitō gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent
Democratic Socialist gain from Liberal Democratic
Socialist hold
1965 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Communist 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 4,073,53961.1
Communist gain from Independent
Kōmeitō gain from Independent
Socialist gain from Communist
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
1962 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Ken Yasui (Incumbent)794,618 22.8
Independent Satoru Izumi 529,575 15.2
Liberal Democratic Katsura Ishii 506,469 14.5
Socialist Souji Okada 474,963 13.6
Communist Sanzo Nosaka 415,598 11.9
Turnout
Communist gain from Liberal Democratic
Liberal Democratic hold
Independent gain from Communist
Liberal Democratic gain from Socialist
Socialist hold

Elections in the 1950s

1959 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Yasu Kashiwabara 471,472 19.1
Independent Fusae Ichikawa (Incumbent)292,927 11.7
Liberal Democratic Kinjiro Ayukawa 256,602 10.4
Liberal Democratic Takeo Kurokawa 254,502 10.3
Turnout 2,565,99349.4+0.4
Independent gain from Liberal
Independent hold
Liberal Democratic gain from Left Socialist
Liberal Democratic gain from Liberal
1956 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Ken Yasui (Incumbent)473,549 22.6
Communist Sanzo Nosaka 272,531 13.0
Socialist Kiyoshi Shima 255,992 12.2
Socialist Toshiharu Shigemori 240,123 11.5
Turnout 2,221,12249.0+4.2
Liberal Democratic gain from Liberal
Communist gain from Socialist
Socialist gain from Workers and Farmers Party (Japan)
Socialist gain from Democratic
1953 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 1,794,58744.8-9.9
Liberal gain from Democratic
Independent gain from Socialist
Left Socialist gain from Socialist
Liberal gain from Liberal
1950 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 1,845,43354.7+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 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 1,392,38352.7N/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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