Tokyo 1st district

Tokyo 1st district (東京都第1区, Tōkyō-to dai-ikku or 東京1区, Tōkyō ikku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers central parts of the former city of Tokyo. The district consists of the wards of Chiyoda, Minato and Shinjuku. As of 2016, 514,974 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Tokyo 1st District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional DistrictTokyo
Electorate514,974 (2016)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyConstitutional Democratic Party
RepresentativeBanri Kaieda
Created fromTokyo's 1st "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesChiyoda, parts of Minato and Shinjuku

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Tokyo 1st district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. The two main candidates contesting the 1st district until 2009, Banri Kaieda (DPJ, Hatoyama group) and Kaoru Yosano (formerly LDP, without faction), had represented the old multi-member 1st district of Tokyo. In 2012, Yosano retired, and LDP newcomer Miki Yamada narrowly beat Kaieda who was re-elected to a proportional seat leading the Democratic list in Tokyo with a sekihairitsu of 98.6%.[2]

Kaieda regained the seat in the 2017 election.[3]

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Kaoru Yosano LDP 1996–2000 Failed re-election in the Tokyo PR block
Banri Kaieda DPJ 2000–2005 Failed re-election in the Tokyo PR block
Kaoru Yosano LDP 2005–2009 Re-elected in the Tokyo PR block
Banri Kaieda DPJ 2009–2012 Re-elected in the Tokyo block
Miki Yamada LDP 2012–2017 Re-elected in the Tokyo block[4]
Banri Kaieda CDP 2017– Incumbent

Election results
2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Constitutional Democratic (JCP, SDP) Banri Kaieda 96,255 40.7 +5.1
Liberal Democratic (New Kōmeitō) Miki Yamada 93,234 39.4 –3.3
Kibō Kaoru Matsuzawa 40,376 17.1 New
Happiness Realization Miki Haraguchi 3,806 1.6 New
Shōko Inumaru & Republican Party Mitsuka Inumaru 1,570 0.7 New
WECP Mitsuo Matayoshi 1,307 0.6 +0.0
Turnout 54.04 +1.00
Constitutional Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing +4.4
2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic (New Kōmeitō) Miki Yamada 107,015 42.7 +13.4
Democratic Banri Kaieda 89,232 35.6 +6.7
Communist Naoki Tomita 32,830 13.1 +6.4
Future Generations Tōru Watanabe 18,128 7.2 new
Independent Takanobu Nosaka 2,209 0.9 new
WECP Mitsuo Matayoshi 1,416 0.6 +0.2
2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic (New Kōmeitō) Miki Yamada 82,013 29.3
Democratic (People's New) Banri Kaieda (elected by PR) 80,879 28.9
Restoration Yoshitaka Katō 48,083 17.2
Your Tarō Kosai 31,554 11.3
Communist Naoki Tomita 18,763 6.7
Tomorrow (New Party Daichi) Tetsuo Nozawa 14,875 5.3
Happiness Realization Nozomi Itō 1,999 0.7
WECP Mitsuo Matayoshi 1,011 0.4
Independent Noriaki Kameyama 614 0.2
2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (People's New) Banri Kaieda 141,742
Liberal Democratic (New Kōmeitō) Kaoru Yosano (elected by PR) 130,030
Communist Naoki Tomita 19,288
Happiness Realization Junko Tanaka 2,718
Independent Tetsuo Nozawa 1,418
Independent Takekuni Kurosawa 1,300
Smile Mac Akasaka (Makoto Tonami) 987
WECP Jesus Matayoshi (Mitsuo Matayoshi) 718
Independent Yoshinobu Maeda 652
Turnout 303,595 65.58
2005[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kaoru Yosano 149,894
Democratic Banri Kaieda 101,396
Communist Yasunobu Horie 21,794
WECP Mitsuo Matayoshi 1,557
Turnout 278,974 65.25
2003[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Banri Kaieda 105,222
Liberal Democratic Kaoru Yosano (elected by PR) 103,785
Communist Fuminori Satō 20,640
Independent Makiko Hamada 5,572
WECP Mitsuo Matayoshi 698
Turnout 241,201 58.32
2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Banri Kaieda 93,173
Liberal Democratic Kaoru Yosano 90,540
Communist Junko Ōtsuka 36,525
Liberal League Yūsaku Hino 3,118
Independent Jin Marukawa 2,492
1996[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kaoru Yosano 82,098
Democratic Banri Kaieda (elected by PR) 63,661
Communist Junko Ōtsuka 36,308
New Frontier Taizō Shibano 27,424
Turnout 215,312 55.99

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成28年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (in Japanese)
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  3. https://www.jiji.com/jc/2017syu?l=senkyoku_13_01
  4. https://www.nikkei.com/2017shuin/kaihyo/hirei/?block=05
  5. 東京都第1区. NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  6. 総選挙2014>開票結果　小選挙区　東京. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  7. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　東京. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-10-08.
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