Tokyo at-large district

Tokyo at-large district
Tokyo at-large district
東京都選挙区
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Tokyo
Proportional Block	National PR
Electorate	11,539,720 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	12
Councillors	Class of 2019: Tamayo Marukawa; Natsuo Yamaguchi; Yoshiko Kira; Ayaka Shiomura; Shun Otokita; Keizo Takemi; Class of 2022: Kentarō Asahi; Toshiko Takeya; Taku Yamazoe; Renhō; Akiko Ikuina; Tarō Yamamoto;

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.

Elected Councillors

class of (1947/1953/...)						Election Year	class 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	Election Year	#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)	–	–
Tatsurō Sakurauchi (DP)	Suejirō Yoshikawa (JSP)	Kiyoshi Shima (JSP)	Takeo Kurokawa (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]	Ken Yasui (LP)	Toshiharu Shigemori (JSP)	Makoto Hori (Workers and Farmers Party)	Tamae Fukagawa (DP)
Takeo Kurokawa (Yoshida LP)		Sōji Okada (JSP, left)	Kei Ishii (Yoshida LP)			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)	Kiyoshi Shima (JSP)	Toshiharu Shigemori (JSP)
Yasu Kashiwabara (Indep.)^[7]		Sanzō Nosaka (JCP) ^{[note 1]}	Takeo Kurokawa (LDP)			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]		Satoru Izumi (Indep.)^[7]	Kei Ishii (LDP)	Sōji Okada (JSP)
Sanzō Nosaka (JCP)	Hiroshi Hōjō (Kōmeitō)	Kihachirō Kimura (JSP)	Fusae Ichikawa (Indep.)			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]	Ken’ichi Abe (Kōmeitō)	Ken Yasui (LDP)	Masatoshi Matsushita (DSP)	Hideo Urabe (JSP)
			Sanzō Nosaka (JCP)			1974^[13]	Ken Yasui (LDP)	Tetsu Ueda (JSP)	Ken’ichi Abe (Kōmeitō)	Kōichirō Ueda (JCP)
			Kōji Kakizawa (NLC)			1977^[14]	Ken Yasui (LDP)	Tetsu Ueda (JSP)	Ken’ichi Abe (Kōmeitō)	Kōichirō Ueda (JCP)
			Kōji Kakizawa (NLC)			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]	Ken Yasui (Indep.)	Tadao Miki (Kōmeitō)	Kōichirō Ueda (JCP)	Tokuma Utsunomiya(Indep.)^[16]
Chinpei Nozue (Tax Party)		Akira Kuroyanagi (Kōmeitō)	Isao Naitō (JCP)			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]	Tadao Miki (Kōmeitō)	Kiyoko Ono (LDP)	Tetsuo Tanabe (LDP)	Kōichirō Ueda (JCP)
Hideo Den (Indep.)^[19]		Chinpei Nozue (Tax Party)	Akira Kuroyanagi (Kōmeitō)			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]	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)			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]	Toshio Ogawa (DPJ)	Toshiko Hamayotsu (Kōmeitō)	Miyo Inoue (JCP)	Atsuo Nakamura (Indep.)^[25]
Sanzō Hosaka (LDP)			Yasuo Ogata (JCP)			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]	Masaharu Nakagawa (LDP)	Toshio Ogawa (DPJ)	Renhō (DPJ)	Yūji Sawa (Kōmeitō)
Masako Ōkawara (DPJ)			Tamayo Marukawa (LDP)	Ryūhei Kawada (Indep.)^[28]		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]	Renhō (DPJ)	Toshiko Takeya (Kōmeitō)	Masaharu Nakagawa (LDP)	Toshio Ogawa (DPJ)	Kōta Matsuda (YP)
			Tarō Yamamoto (Indep.)	Keizō Takemi (LDP)		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]	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)	2022^[34]	Kentarō Asahi (LDP)	Toshiko Takeya (Kōmeitō)	Taku Yamazoe (JCP)	Renhō (CDP)	Akiko Ikuina (LDP)	Tarō Yamamoto (Reiwa)

Election Results

Notes:

Decimals from anbunhyō ("fractional proportional votes" that stem from ambiguous votes, e.g. from ballots reading just "Suzuki") omitted in the 2016, 2013 and 2007 results
(2016 only) (*): ineligible as runner-up replacement (kuriage-tōsen), lost deposit

Elections in the 2020s

2022^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kentaro Asahi	922,783	14.7	5.2
	Komeito	Toshiko Takeya	742,968	11.8	2.4
	Communist	Taku Yamazoe	685,224	10.9	1.4
	Constitutional Democratic	Renhō	670,339	10.6	1.4
	Liberal Democratic	Akiko Ikuina	619,792	9.8	*New*
	Reiwa	Tarō Yamamoto	565,925	9.0	*New*
	Ishin	Yuki Ebisawa	530,861	8.4	0.7
	Constitutional Democratic	Akihiro Matsuo	372,064	5.9	New
	Independent	Hirotada Ototake	322,904	5.1	New
	Tomin First	Chiharu Araki	284,629	4.5	New
	Sanseitō	Mio Kawanashi	137,692	2.2	New
	Social Democratic	Ryūichi Hattori	59,365	1.0	New
	Anti-NHK	Miki Matsuda	53,032	0.8	New
	Children's Party	Yōhei Saiki	50,661	0.8	New
	Japan Reform Party	Ryōji Kutsuzawa	46,641	0.7	New
	Republican Party	Mana Tamura	28,408	0.4	New
	Happiness Realization	Yukihisa Oikawa	25,209	0.4	New
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Kenji Kōno	22,306	0.4	New
	Kunimori Conservative Party	Hiroshi Andō	20,758	0.3	New
	Anti-NHK	Ken Tanaka	19,287	0.3	New
	Metaverse Party	Teruki Gotō	19,100	0.3	New
	Japan First	Miyuki Sugawara	17,020	0.3	New
	Free Republican Party	Masayuki Aoyama	14,845	0.2	New
	Anti-NHK	Yōhei Hasegawa	13,341	0.2	New
	Anti-NHK	Keiji Ino	10,150	0.2	New
	Anti-NHK	Kenji Setta	9,658	0.1	New
	Independent	Takahashi Nakamura	7,417	0.1	New
	Independent	Tomoharu Nakagawa	7,203	0.1	New
	Smile Party	Hiroshi Komiyama	5,408	0.1	New
	Peace Party	Hisao Naitō	3,559	0.1	New
	Independent	Fumimisa Aburai	3,370	0.1	New
	Tenmei Party	Haruhiko Kobata	3,283	0.1	New
	Party to take over U.S. military base in Okinawa to Tokyo	Midori Nakamura	3,043	0.1	New
	Nuclear Fusion Party	Yasufumi Kuwajima	1,913	0.0	New
Registered electors			11,454,822
Turnout			6,477,702	56.6	4.8
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic		Swing	2.6
	Komeito gain from Liberal Democratic		Swing	1.6
	Communist gain from Komeito		Swing	0.7
	Constitutional Democratic gain from Communist		Swing	5.8
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	New
	Reiwa gain from Democratic		Swing	New

Elections in the 2010s

2019^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tamayo Marukawa	1,143,458	19.9	1.0
	Komeito	Natsuo Yamaguchi	815,445	14.2	0.0
	Communist	Yoshiko Kira	706,532	12.3	0.2
	Constitutional Democratic	Ayaka Shiomura	688,234	12.0	*New*
	Ishin	Shun Otokita	526,575	9.2	*New*
	Liberal Democratic	Keizō Takemi	525,302	9.1	1.8
	Constitutional Democratic	Issei Yamagishi	496,347	8.6	New
	Reiwa	Yoshimasa Nohara	214,438	3.7	New
	Democratic Party for the People	Motoko Mizuno	186,667	3.2	New
	Anti-NHK	Masanobu Ōhashi	129,628	2.2	New
	Independent	Chinpei Nozue	91,194	1.6
	Social Democratic	Reiko Asakura	86,355	1.5	New
	Happiness Realization	Hiroko Nanami	34,121	0.6	New
	Assembly to Consider Euthanasia	Hitoshi Satō	26,958	0.5	New
	Assembly to Consider Euthanasia	Masahiro Yokoyama	23,582	0.4	New
	Olive Tree	Koichi Mizoguchi	18,123	0.3	New
	Independent	Jun Mori	15,475	0.3	New
	Independent	Yasuhiro Sekiguchi	9,686	0.2	New
	Independent	Teikichi Nishino	9,562	0.2	New
	Independents of Japan	Kikuo Ōtsuka	3,586	0.1	New
Registered electors			11,396,789
Turnout			5,900,118	51.8	5.7
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	4.1
	Komeito hold		Swing	0.4
	Communist hold		Swing	0.1
	Constitutional Democratic gain from Independent		Swing	New
	Ishin gain from Liberal Democratic		Swing	New
	Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

2016^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Renhō	1,123,145	18.0	10.1
	Liberal Democratic	Masaharu Nakagawa	884,823	14.2	2.5
	Komeito	Toshiko Takeya	770,535	12.4	0.8
	Communist	Taku Yamazoe	665,835	10.7	*New*
	Liberal Democratic	Kentarō Asahi	644,799	10.4	*New*
	Democratic	Toshio Ogawa	508,131	8.2	3.5
	Ishin	Yasuo Tanaka	469,314	7.5	New
	Independent	Katsuhito Yokokume	310,133	5.0	New
	Independent	Yōhei Miyake	257,036	4.1	New
	Japanese Kokoro	Mariko Suzuki	102,402	1.6	New
	Social Democratic	Ren Masuyama	93,677	1.5	New
	Voice of Popular Anger	Kōki Kobayashi	82,357	1.3	New
	Independent	Kaori Satō	67,535	1.1	New
	New Renaissance	Saya Takagi ^{[note 1]}	60,431	1.0	New
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Nobuyuki Suzuki	42,858	0.7	0.7
	Independent	Kazuyuki Hamada	28,403	0.5	New
	Happiness Realization	Tokuma	20,412	0.3	New
	Independent	Tatsuo Suzuki	16,187	0.3	New
	Independent	Hidetoshi Yanagaisawa	12,091	0.2	New
	Shiji Seitō Nashi	Hitoshi Satō	7,853	0.1	New
	Independent	Yoshihisa Yokobori	7,329	0.1	New
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	6,114	0.1	New
	Independent	Kōji Kawakami	5,812	0.1	New
	Peace	Katsuko Inamura	5,388	0.1	New
	Shiji Seitō Nashi	Fumihiko Otsuki	5,377	0.1	New
	Independent	Yukio Iwasaka	5,184	0.1	New
	Independent	Kimiaki Harada	5,017	0.1	New
	Shiji Seitō Nashi	Takashi Fukae	4,497	0.1	New
	World Peace Party	Kenji Himeji	3,854	0.1	New
	Shiji Seitō Nashi	Ryōji Samejima	3,714	0.1	New
	Challenged Nippon	Hiroyuki Fujishiro	3,296	0.1	New
Registered electors			11,157,991
Turnout			6,415,845	57.5	4.0
	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)

2013^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	552,714	9.8	-3.4
	Restoration	Jun Ogura	413,637	7.3	New
	Your	Rowland Kirishima	320,857	5.7	New
	Independent	Masako Ōkawara ^{[note 1]}	236,953	4.2	-14.2
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Nobuyuki Suzuki	77,465	1.4	+1.0
	Green Wind	Yasuko Maruko	70,571	1.3	New
	Independent	Yoshirō Nakamatsu	48,362	0.9	-0.7
	Happiness Realization	Ryōko Shaku	20,137	0.4	New
	Independent	Katsuko Inomaru	12,683	0.2	New
	Smile Party	Mac Akasaka	12,228	0.2	+0.1
	Independent	Kiyoshi Mori	6,432	0.1	0
	Independent	Minoru Matsumoto	6,123	0.1	New
	Independent	Takashi Nakamura	6,033	0.1	New
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	5,633	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Teikichi Nishino	3,103	0.1	New
Turnout			5,767,098	53.5	-5.2
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
	Komeito hold
	Communist gain from Democratic
	Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
	Liberal Democratic gain from Independent

2010^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	552,187	9.1
	Liberal Democratic	Yukiko Tōkai	299,353	4.9
	Innovation	Hiroshi Yamada	200,692	3.3
	Sunrise	Asako Ogura	120,023	2.0
	Social Democratic	Hideo Moirihara	95,685	1.6
	New Renaissance	Kōtarō Umiji	79,828	1.6
	People's New	Seori Egi	53,948	0.9
	Independent	Yūmi Ishihara	45,405	0.7
	Independent	Hiroko Tanaka	16,340	0.3
	Happiness Realization	Hissho Yanai	10,496	0.2
	Independent	Shoji Ogawa	8,677	0.1
	Smile Party	Mac Akasaka	7,599	0.1
	Independent	Minoru Matsumoto	5.889	0.1
	Independent	Tetsuo Sawada	5,636	0.1
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	4,900	0.1
	Shinto Honshitsu	Hidemitsu Sano	3,662	0.1
	Independent	Kenji Himeji	2,280	0.0
	Shinto Freeway Club	Hidenori Wago	1,893	0.0
	Akitsu Shinto	Akitoshi Saka	1,816	0.0
Turnout			6,234,137	58.7	+0.8
	Democratic hold
	Komeito hold
	Liberal Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Your win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

2007^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	651,484	11.0
	Communist	Tomoko Tamura	554,104	9.4
	Social Democratic	Hitomi Sugiura	209,053	3.5
	People's New	Keiichiro Nakamura	151,715	2.6
	Independent	Dr. Nakamatsu	92,512	1.6
	Kyosei Shinto	Kisho Kurokawa	70,275	1.2
	Independent	Yūko Tōjō	59,607	1.0
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Nobuyuki Suzuki	21,548	0.4
	Halve Parliament	Kikuo Suda	18,448	0.3
	Independent	Toshiaki Kanda	11,222	0.2
	Independent	Tetsuo Arai	8,409	0.1
	Independent	Tetsuo Sawada	7,682	0.1
	Smile Party	Mac Akasaka	6,408	0.1
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	5,289	0.1
	Shinto Freeway Club	Hidenori Wago	3,420	0.1
Turnout			6,043,345	57.9	+1.8
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
	Komeito hold
	Democratic hold
	Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
	Independent win (new seat)

2004^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	596,272	10.7
	Communist	Junichiro Imamura	453,287	8.2
	Independent	Shomei Masumoto	381,771	6.9
	Social Democratic	Naoto Nakagawa	176,289	3.2
	Independent	Tetsu Ueda	165,551	3.0
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Hisayoshi Matsumara	10,479	0.2
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	8,382	0.2
Turnout			5,671,608	56.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
	Democratic gain from Komeito
	Democratic gain from Communist
	Komeito gain from Independent

2001^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	361,965	7.2
	Independent	Megumi Hata	210,806	4.2
	Independent	Tetsu Ueda	209,806	4.2
	Independent	Chitsuko Kuroiwa	167,566	3.3
	Social Democratic	Sadaharu Hirota	159,226	3.2
	Liberal League	Itaru Kobayashi	105,720	2.1
	Women's Party	Hanako Igarashi	89,037	1.8
	Independent	Shigeo Araraki	28,232	0.6
	Independent	Mazao Nakagawa	14,286	0.3
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Naotoshi Hashimoto	10,601	0.2
	Independent	Toshiro Saito	7,608	0.2
Turnout			5,256,584	53.3	-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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	623,483	11.7
	Liberal Democratic	Koji Tsukahara	451,016	8.4
	Independent	Tetsu Ueda	227,790	4.3
	Social Democratic	Shunsuke Iwasaki	204,479	3.8
	Women's Party	Hiroko Suzuki	43,325	0.8
	Liberal League	Nobutaro Taka	41,182	0.8
	Sports & Peace	Yoshimori Inoki	37,649	0.7
	New Socialist	Eiko Toyama	35,860	0.7
	Youth Liberal Party	Isao Nakamura	34,118	0.6
	Liberal Republican	Shogoro Sawada	5,991	0.1
	Independent	Toshiro Saito	5,478	0.1
	Sports & Peace	Takeshi Hatanaka	5,445	0.1
	Independent	Hirokuni Suga	4,714	0.1
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Hisayoshi Matsumura	4,108	0.1
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Mika Takazawa	3,286	0.1
	Independent	Susumu Saito	3,220	0.1
	Sports & Peace	Makoto Ozeki	3,056	0.1
	Sports and Peace Party	Ruriko Shikama	1,965	0.04
	Japan National Political Union	Sadaharu Akaishi	1,682	0.03
Turnout			5,542,728	57.9	+15.6
	Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
	Kōmeitō gain from Communist
	Communist gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Liberal Democratic

1995^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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 Nakamura	404,409	10.6
	Independent	Mieko Mishiro	395,690	10.4
	Independent	Kikuo Suzuki	193,161	5.1
	Independent	Dr. Nakamatsu	101,547	2.7
	Qingdao Cheering Squad	Yoshiki Yamaga	18,620	0.5
	Solidarity of Constitutional Green Farming	Ken Ogata	17,810	0.5
	Women's Party	Hiroko Suzuki	14,588	0.4
	Japan Welfare Party	Etsuko Fukuoka	5,864	0.2
	Independent	Hiroshi Suzuki	4,823	0.1
	New Liberal Club	Narinobu Takahashi	4,712	0.1
	New Liberal Club	Shuji Sekiguchi	4,572	0.1
	Citizens and Farmers Union of Green and Life	Yoichi Shindo	4,424	0.1
	All Japan Drivers Club	Yukio Hashimoto	3,734	0.1
	New Liberal Party	Kazumi Ishizu	3,401	0.1
	Independent	Yoshiharu Yamada	3,195	0.1
	Education Party	Noriko Kojima	2,937	0.1
	Japan Welfare Party	Yasuo Mizutani	2,930	0.1
	Japan Welfare Party	Tokiyo Yamakita	2,776	0.1
	Independent	Shinichi Koyama	2,723	0.1
	Independent	Setsuo Yamaguchi	2,571	0.1
	Japan Welfare Party	Watanabe Keikichiro	2,403	0.1
	Independent	Masao Hosokawa	2,380	0.1
	All Japan Drivers Club	Masateru Niimura	2,199	0.1
	Freedom and Expression	Hiromi Yajima	1,954	0.1
	Kokuminto	Shigeko Matsumoto	1,950	0.1
	Freedom and Expression Party	Senkichi Miyazawa	1,845	0.1
	Freedom and Expression Party	Senkichi Miyazawa	1,752	0.1
	All Japan Drivers Club	Shunji Iihama	1,738	0.1
	Freedom and Expression Party	Senkichj Miyazawa	1,752	0.1
	Freedom and Expression Party	Mitsuo Yada	1,646	0.04
	education party	Minoru Fukui	1,626	0.04
	Commoner Party	Masaru Ishiguro	1,580	0.04
	Free Work Union	Toshiya Yoshida	1,446	0.04
	Kokuminto	Takeshi Nara	1.260	0.03
	Kokuminto	Yoko Nakano	1,190	0.03
	The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"	Kiyoshi Amamiya	1,170	0.03
	New Political Wind Party	Kenji Ono	1,169	0.03
	Japan National Political Union	Akira Oshima	1,070	0.03
	Commoner Party	Kenichi Hamada	1,034	0.03
	The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"	Kenzan Nonaka	982	0.03
	Japan Social Reform Party	Fumihiko Ono	962	0.03
	Cultural Forum	Reiko Yasuda	878	0.02
	Voice of the Common People	Taiji Sato	807	0.02
	Mob Party	Masahiko Mori	782	0.02
	Kokuminto	Yoshiaki Yamazaki	770	0.02
	Commoner Party	Yuji Kageyama	749	0.02
	Japan Social Reform Party	Inui Yuka	725	0.02
	Voice of the Common People	Hiroshi Kamata	721	0.02
	Free Work Union Party	Higashi Tetsuro	684	0.02
	Mob Party	Tamotsu Yoshizawa	674	0.02
	The UFO Party of "Open Star Theory"	Hiroaki Morimitsu	655	0.02
	Mob Party	Hirokichi Takahashi	647	0.02
	Voice of the Common People	Katsuya Nitta	642	0.02
	Mob Party	Hideo Tsuboi	609	0.02
	Cultural Forum	Yukie Otsuka	565	0.01
	Japan Social Reform Party	Kurashige Hiroshi	544	0.01
	World Johrekai	Yoshiyuki Nozawa	503	0.01
	Japan National Political Union	Shinichiro Okada	501	0.01
	Japan National Political Union	Hideaki Takehara	498	0.01
	Cultural Party	Suzumu Saito	487	0.01
	New Political Wind	Mitsuyuki Asano	478	0.01
	Voice of the Common People	Shoichi Sasai	478	0.01
	Japan National Political Union	Mitsuo Enoki	437	0.01
	Free Work Union	Keiji Fukunaga	430	0.01
	New Political Winds	Akio Yanagisawa	407	0.01
	Cultural Forum	Hayakawa Joji	383	0.01
	Commoner Party	Akihiro Sakamoto	371	0.01
	Cultural Forum	Hanba Kiyo	285	0.01
	Free Work Union	Issei Okajima	251	0.01
Turnout			3,988,069	42.3
	New Frontier gain from Independent
	Liberal Democratic hold
	Communist gain from Tax Party
	Peace and Citizens Union gain from Kōmeitō

1992^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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 Ogura	597,711	14.4
	Independent	Masatoshi Uchida	314,291	7.6
	Japan Welfare Party	Sangen Higashi	27,569	0.7
	All Japan Dtivers Club	Naoko Ito	17,349	0.4
	People's New	Junichi Akutsu	15,670	0.4
	Japan Democratic Party	Shinagawa Tsukasa	15,286	0.4
	New Liberal Party	Shuji Sekiguchi	14,876	0.4
Turnout
	Kōmeitō hold
	Communist gain from Liberal Democratic
	Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
	Liberal Democratic gain from Communist

Elections in the 1980s

1989^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hideo Den	1,164,511	22.7
	Liberal Democratic	Bunbee Hara	1,143,878	22.3
	Tax Party	Nozue 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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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			5,329,816	61.1
	Kōmeitō gain from Liberal Democratic
	Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
	Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
	Communist gain from Independent

1983^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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			4,364,586	51.9
	Tax Party gain from Liberal Democratic
	Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
	Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
	Communist gain from New Liberal Club

1980^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			5,537,135	67.5	+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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			5,217,346	64.0	-4.6
	Liberal Democratic hold
	Kōmeitō hold
	Democratic Socialist hold
	New Liberal Club gain from Communist

1974^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			5,555,130	68.6	+11.9
	Liberal Democratic gain from Kōmeitō
	Socialist gain from Liberal Democratic
	Kōmeitō gain from Democratic Socialist
	Communist gain from Socialist

1971^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			4,535,534	56.5	-6.1
	Liberal Democratic gain from Communist
	Kōmeitō hold
	Democratic Socialist gain from Socialist
	Communist gain from Independent

Elections in the 1960s

1968^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			4,908,219	62.6	+1.5
	Kōmeitō gain from Liberal Democratic
	Liberal Democratic gain from Independent
	Democratic Socialist gain from Liberal Democratic
	Socialist hold

1965^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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			4,073,539	61.1
	Communist gain from Independent
	Kōmeitō gain from Independent
	Socialist gain from Communist
	Independent gain from Liberal Democratic

1962^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			2,565,993	49.4	+0.4
	Independent gain from Liberal
	Independent hold
	Liberal Democratic gain from Left Socialist
	Liberal Democratic gain from Liberal

1956^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			2,221,122	49.0	+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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			1,794,587	44.8	-9.9
	Liberal gain from Democratic
	Independent gain from Socialist
	Left Socialist gain from Socialist
	Liberal gain from Liberal

1950^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			1,845,433	54.7	+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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			1,392,383	52.7	N/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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