Tokyo proportional representation block


The Tōkyō proportional representation block, or more formally the proportional representation tier "Tokyo Metropolis electoral district", is one of eleven proportional representation "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists solely of the prefecture of Tokyo making it one of two blocks covering only one prefecture, the other being Hokkaido. Following the introduction of proportional voting Tokyo elected 19 representatives by PR in the 1996 general election, and 17 since the election of 2000 when the total number of PR seats was reduced from 200 to 180.

Summary of results

Beyond remote parts of Western Tokyo on the mainland and the Izu and Ogasawara islands, Tokyo's population is concentrated in urban and suburban areas. Reformist and left-of-center parties have usually won a majority of votes and seats. In the landslide "postal privatization" election of 2005 though, the LDP won a record 2.6 million votes in Tokyo; it would have received eight seats but hadn't nominated enough candidates: Of its 30 PR list candidates, 24 concurrently ran in single-member districts as dual candidates; 23 won their district races, leaving only a total of seven list candidates to be elected by PR. One seat went to the SDP as it would have been assigned a hypothetical, 18th seat under the d'Hondt method.
Party names are abbreviated as follows :
Note: Party affiliations as of election day.
D'Hondt allocation order19962000200320052009201220142017
1Takashi FukayaTetsundo IwakuniYukihiko AkutsuKuniko InoguchiKumiko HayakawaKiyoshi OdawaraTsukasa AkimotoTakao Ochi
2Masamitsu JōjimaMidori MatsushimaEita YashiroYoshinori SuematsuIchiro KamoshitaShintarō IshiharaAkihisa NakajimaYoshio Tezuka
3Eiko IshigeMasamitsu JōjimaYukihisa FujitaYamatada TsuchiyaMitsuaki TakedaBanri KaiedaFumiaki Matsumoto
Jin Matsubara
4Tetsuzo FuwaTetsuzo FuwaKunio HatoyamaKōichi KatōEiko IchigeTsukasa AkimotoAkira KasaiMiki Yamada
5Hyosuke KujiraokaShōzō AzumaYosuke TagakiKazuo AichiMasaaki TairaToshiaki ŌkumaTakayuki OchiaiYoshinori Suematsu
6Shōzō AzumaAkihiro ŌtaKazuo InoueYōsuke TakagiYōsuke TakagiYōsuke TakagiYōsuke TakagiYōsuke Takagi
7Sadao Yamahana
died 1999, replaced by
Osamu Shibutani		Kunio HatoyamaTatsuya ItōJun'ichirō YasuiKōki KobayashiHirofumi ImamuraHayato SuzukiAkira Kasai
8Ichirō TakahashiMuneaki SamejimaMuneaki SamejimaYōko KomiyamaAkira KasaiFumiaki MatsumotoJin MatsubaraKiyoshi Odawara
9Mutsumi SasakiKazuo InoueTomio YamaguchiAkira KasaiKaoru YosanoJin MatsubaraMegumi MaekawaMito Kakizawa
10Otohiko EndōTomio YamaguchiKaoru YosanoKenji WakamiyaKōichi YoshidaAkira KasaiTōru MiyamotoAkihiro Hatsushika
11Banri KaiedaYoshio SuzukiHisashi ShimadaAkihisa NagashimaTomotarō KawashimaAi AokiAkihiro HatsushikaFumiaki Matsumoto
12Kiyoshi OzawaNobuto HosakaMichiyo TakagiTaku ŌtsukaYuriko KoikeHiroshi YamadaMasaru Wakasa
resigned 2016, replaced by
Tsuyoshi Tabata		Takao Ando
13Akihiro ŌtaTatsuya ItōHirosato NakatsugawaMichiyo TakagiMito KakizawaTsuneo AkaedaMichiyo TakakiIkuo Yamahana
14Taketoshi NakajimaYōsuke TakagiIchirō KamoshitaAkira NagatsumaHirosato NakatsugawaHidehiro MitaniNaoto KanShunsuke Ito
15Yukihisa FujitaEiko IshigeEiko IshigeSeiichiro ShimizuMichiyo TakagiNaoto KanTsuneo AkaedaMichiyo Takagi
16Nobuto HosakaIchirō TakahashiTakashi KosugiJin MatsubaraKōichirō WatanabeMichiyo TakagiSaori IkeuchiToru Miyamoto
17Michio OchiHirosato NakatsugawaNoboru UsamiNobuto HosakaIsshū SugawaraTsuyoshi TabataTakatane KiuchiKei Tagaki
18Keiichi Ishii-------
19Kōki Ishii-------

Election result 2009