Tokyo 2nd district (1947–1993)

Tokyo 2nd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). Between 1947 and 1993 it elected three, later five representatives by single non-transferable vote. It initially consisted of Shinagawa and Ōta in Eastern mainland Tokyo and, following their return from US military administration, Tokyo's Izu and Ogasawara islands. Since the election of 1996, the area forms the new single-member 3rd district.

Prominent representatives from the 2nd district included feminist pioneer Shizue Katō, her husband, labor activist Kanjū Katō, conservative environment and transport minister Shintarō Ishihara and DSP president Keigo Ōuchi.

Contents

Summary of results during the 1955 party system

General election 1958 1960 1963 1967 1969 1972 1976 1979 1980 1983 1986 1990 1993
LDP & conservative independents 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Opposition center-left 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 3
JSP 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
JCP 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Seats up 3 5

Elected Representatives

election
year		 highest vote
(top tōsen)		 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1947[1] Komakichi Matsuoka (JSP) Shizue Katō (JSP) Yoshirō Kikuchi (JLP) –
1949[2] Yoshirō Kikuchi (DLP) Komakichi Matsuoka (JSP) Kenichi Itō (JCP)
1952[3] Komakichi Matsuoka (JSP, right) Tokuma Utsunomiya (LP) Kanjū Katō (JSP, right)
1953[4] Kanjū Katō (JSP, right) Yoshirō Kikuchi (Yoshida LP) Tokuma Utsunomiya (Yoshida LP)
1955[5] Komakichi Matsuoka (JSP, right) Yoshirō Kikuchi (JDP) Tokuma Utsunomiya (JDP)
1958[6] Kanjū Katō (JSP) Tokuma Utsunomiya (LDP) Komakichi Matsuoka (JSP)
1960[7] Shigeo Ōshiba (JSP)
1963[8] Shigeo Ōshiba (JSP) Yoshirō Kikuchi (LDP) Tokuma Utsunomiya (LDP)
1967[9] Tokuma Utsunomiya (LDP) Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Kanjū Katō (JSP)
1969[10] Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Tokuma Utsunomiya (LDP) Itaru Yonehara (JCP) Yoshirō Kikuchi (LDP) Fumio Kawabata (DSP)
1972[11] Shintarō Ishihara (Indep.)[12] Itaru Yonehara (JCP) Shigeo Ōshiba (JSP) Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Tokuma Utsunomiya (LDP)
1976[13] Shintarō Ishihara (LDP) Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Keigo Ōuchi (DSP) Tokuma Utsunomiya (Indep.)[14] Shigeo Ōshiba (JSP)
1979[15] Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Tetsu Ueda (JSP) Shintarō Ishihara (LDP) Keigo Ōuchi (DSP) Toshio Sakaki (JCP)
1980[16] Shintarō Ishihara (LDP) Keigo Ōuchi (DSP) Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō)
1983[17] Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō) Tetsu Ueda (JSP) Masuhide Okazaki (JCP)
1986[18] Shōkei Arai (LDP) Yasuo Suzukiri (Kōmeitō)
1990[19] Tetsu Ueda (JSP) Shōkei Arai (LDP) Keigo Ōuchi (DSP) Otohiko Endō (Kōmeitō)
1993[20] Keigo Ōuchi (DSP) Otohiko Endō (Kōmeitō) Noboru Usami (NPH)

Last election result 1993

1993[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shintarō Ishihara 92,259
DSP Keigo Ōuchi 73,314
LDP Shōkei Arai 72,059
Kōmeitō (lit. "Justice Party") Otohiko Endō 70,590
NPH Noboru Usami 62,188
JCP Masuhide Okazaki 57,346
JSP Tetsu Ueda 54,820
Independent Kazumi Tokunaga 2,540
Zatsumintō (lit. "Crude People's Party") Hirokichi Takahashi 348
Kokumintō (lit. "People's Party") Tokuichi Nakamura 335
Turnout 489,555 60.45

References

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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)