Tokyo 2nd district

{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Tokyo 2nd District

|type = Parliamentary

|constituency_link = Tokyo 2nd district

|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives

|map1 =

|map_size = 450px

|image = 衆議院小選挙区_東京都23区.svg

|map_entity =

|map_year =

|caption = Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts

|district_label = Prefecture

|district = Tokyo

|region_label = Proportional District

|region = Tokyo

|population =

|electorate = 424,273 (2012)

|future =

|year = 1994

|members_label = Representative

|members = Kiyoto Tsuji

|seats = One

|elects_howmany = One

|party_label = Party

|party = LDP

|next =

|previous = Tokyo 8th district

|blank1_name = Wards

|blank1_info = Chūō, Taitō

}}

Tokyo 2nd district (東京都第2区 Tōkyō-to dai-ni-ku or simply 東京2区 Tōkyō ni-ku) 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 Tokyo City. The district consists of the wards of Chūō and Taitō. As of 2012, 424,273 eligible voters were registered in the district.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h24.html 平成24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 lang|ja}}

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed Tokyo 8th district where two Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. The current Representative for the 2nd district is Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji who won in the 2012 Representatives election with less than a third of the vote.

List of representatives

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! Representative

! colspan="2" | Party

! Dates

! Notes

Kunio Hatoyama

| bgcolor=blue |

DPJ

| 1996 – 1999

| Resigned for the 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election

Yoshikatsu Nakayama

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DPJ

| 1999 – 2005

| Failed reelection in the Tokyo PR block{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_720_000003.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京>民主|work= ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2009-09-09|publisher=JANJAN|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817144532/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_720_000003.html|archivedate=2009-08-17}}

Takashi Fukaya

| bgcolor=green |

LDP

| 2005 – 2009

|

Yoshikatsu Nakayama

| bgcolor=blue |

DPJ

| 2009 – 2012

| Failed re-election in the Tokyo block

Kiyoto Tsuji

| bgcolor=green|

LDP

| 2012 –

| Incumbent

Election results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Kiyoto Tsuji

|votes = 66,050

|percentage = 37.09

|change = {{decrease}}6.35

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party For the People

|candidate = Kiichirō Hatoyama

|votes = 48,527

|percentage = 27.25

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nippon Ishin no Kai

|candidate = Mitsuru Imamura

|votes = 29,860

|percentage = 16.77

|change = {{increase}}0.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Mari Hosono

|votes = 22,316

|percentage = 12.53

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sanseitō

|candidate = Yoshinori Mogami

|votes = 11,322

|percentage = 6.36

|change = New

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =

|percentage = 57.12

|change = {{decrease}}3.70

}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Kiyoto Tsuji|votes=119,281|percentage=43.44|change={{decrease}}2.46|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Akihiro Matsuo|votes=90,422|percentage=32.93|change={{decrease}}4.13|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Nippon Ishin no Kai|candidate=Takatane Kiuchi|votes=45,754|percentage=16.7|change=New|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reiwa Shinsengumi|candidate=Itaru Kitamura|votes=14,487|percentage=5.3|change=new|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shinichiro Deguchi|votes=4,659|percentage=1.7|change=New}}{{Election box turnout|votes=274,603|percentage=60.82|change={{increase}}2.82}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|swing=-2.46}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2014/kaihyou/ya13.html|script-title=ja:総選挙2014>開票結果小選挙区東京|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=2017-10-08|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate

|party = LDP (K)

|candidate = Kiyoto Tsuji

|votes = 103,954

|percentage = 42.6

|change = {{increase}}10.2

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 58,407

|percentage = 23.9

|change = {{decrease}}0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JIP

|candidate = Toshiaki Ōkuma

|votes = 44,550

|percentage = 18.3

|change = {{decrease}}0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Noriyuki Ishizawa

|votes = 32,296

|percentage = 13.2

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Katsuko Inumaru

|votes = 4,668

|percentage = 1.9

|change = new

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya13.htm|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果小選挙区東京|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=2013-02-27|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP

|candidate = Kiyoto Tsuji

|votes = 84,663

|percentage = 32.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ (PNP)

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 64,676

|percentage = 24.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = YP

|candidate = Toshiaki Ōkuma (elected by PR)

|votes = 48,704

|percentage = 18.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JRP

|candidate = Kazumi Matsumoto

|votes = 38,564

|percentage = 14.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Fumihiko Kuwana

|votes = 23,035

|percentage = 8.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Masahiro Inoue

|votes = 2,045

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2009{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23779.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work= ザ･選挙 |accessdate=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ (PNP support)

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 138,603

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP (Kōmeitō support)

|candidate = Takashi Fukaya

|votes = 98,593

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Tsukane Nakajima

|votes = 26,172

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Hiroko Tanaka

|votes = 4,579

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = HRP

|candidate = Bunkō Katō

|votes = 1,924

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Jun Chiba

|votes = 1,748

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 277,779

|percentage = 68.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2005{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_487.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=ザ･選挙|accessdate=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP

|candidate = Takashi Fukaya

|votes = 127,889

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 98,335

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Tsukane Nakajima

|votes = 24,848

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 256,897

|percentage = 68.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2003{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5881.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work= ザ･選挙 |accessdate=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 104,477

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP

|candidate = Takashi Fukaya

|votes = 91,926

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Kiyokazu Muro

|votes = 21,334

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 223,464

|percentage = 62.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2000{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5579.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=ザ･選挙 |accessdate=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 88,744

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP

|candidate = Takashi Fukaya

|votes = 81,923

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Kiyokazu Muro

|votes = 32,155

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Hiroshi Sakae

|votes = 5,371

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LL

|candidate = Kazuhiko Komatsu

|votes = 3,665

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=1999 by-election{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1999/99/00001670.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員補欠選挙|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2009-09-09|publisher=JANJAN|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901052423/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1999/99/00001670.html|archivedate=2009-09-01}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Yoshikatsu Nakayama

|votes = 134,265

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = JCP

|candidate = Tsukane Nakajima

|votes = 36,261

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=1996{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5108.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work= ザ･選挙 |accessdate=2009-09-09 |publisher=JANJAN |language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Kunio Hatoyama

|votes = 88,183

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = LDP

|candidate = Takashi Fukaya

|votes = 68,503

|percentage =