Tokyo 17th district

Tokyo 17th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers northeastern parts of the former city of Tokyo. The district consists of Katsushika and parts of Edogawa ward. As of 2009, 438,609 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Katsushika, Edogawa and Adachi had been part of Tokyo 10th district where five Representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote.

The only representative for the 17th district since its creation has been Katsuei Hirasawa (LDP, Yamasaki faction), former Vice Minister in the Cabinet Office and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Katsuei Hirasawa LDP 1996– Incumbent

Election results

2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuei Hirasawa 138,512
DPJ (PNP support) Kumiko Hayakawa (elected via PR) 106,892
JCP Sugio Arai 21,448
HRP Ippei Fukao 2,787
Turnout 284,935 65.22
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuei Hirasawa 161,324
DPJ Atsushi Nishikōri 67,300
JCP Sachiko Kojima 27,597
Turnout 274,356 63.73
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuei Hirasawa 142,916
DPJ Atsushi Nishikōri 65,269
JCP Katsusuke Kanno 22,316
Turnout 245,312 57.39
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuei Hirasawa 95,606
Kōmeitō Natsuo Yamaguchi 74,633
DPJ Kumiko Yoneyama 42,882
JCP Jun'ichi Mikota 41,083
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuei Hirasawa 73,726
NFP Natsuo Yamaguchi 63,732
JCP Akira Sugie 34,662
DPJ Kumiko Yoneyama 33,667
Independent Shigenobu Sekine 9,236
"Green Party" Kiyoko Shinagawa 1,755
Turnout 223,645 53.56

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (Japanese)
  2. ^ "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23794.html. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  3. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_502.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5896.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5594.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5123.html. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
Tokyo's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Tokyo PR block · House of Councillors: At-large (25 Representatives (PR block: 19→17), 8→10 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (43 Representatives, 8 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946): 1 2 (22 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (31 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (25 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917): Tokyo city · counties (gunbu) (16 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (12 Representatives)