Tokyo 8th district

Tokyo 8th 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 western parts of the former city of Tokyo. The district consists of Suginami ward. As of 2009, 463,722 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Suginami had been part of Tokyo 4th district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

The only representative for the 8th district since its creation has been Nobuteru Ishihara (LDP, Yamasaki faction), the son of former environment minister and current governor of Tokyo Shintarō Ishihara (independent, formerly LDP, Ishihara→Fukuda faction).

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Nobuteru Ishihara LDP 1996 – Incumbent

Election results

2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Nobuteru Ishihara 147,514
SDP (DPJ, PNP support) Nobuto Hosaka 116,723
JCP Shunji Sawada 24,965
HRP Seiichi Ueta 6,132
Turnout 301,928 65.5
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuteru Ishihara 161,966
DPJ Morio Suzuki 94,074
JCP Shunji Sawada 26,819
Turnout 288,840 64.61
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuteru Ishihara 136,429
DPJ Morio Suzuki 78,007
JCP Shunji Sawada 17,572
SDP Akiko Sugiyama 16,156
Turnout 254,314 57.39
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuteru Ishihara 105,779
DPJ Mitsuyo Katayama 77,132
JCP Kazuko Yamazaki 36,546
Independent Hidenori Hasegawa 22,799
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Nobuteru Ishihara 74,856
NFP Hiroshi Yamada 67,670
JCP Kazuyoshi Hatta 40,677
DPJ Seijun Murata 37,598
Independent Takeshi Tsuji 8,324
Turnout 234,869 55.64

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>東京8区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23785.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  3. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京8区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_493.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京8区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5887.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京8区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5585.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京8区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5114.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
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)