Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...
currently sends 53 elected members to the
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paral ...
, 42 to the
House of Representatives and 11 to the
House of Councillors.
House of Representatives
The current
House of Representatives Tokyo delegation consists of 25 members of the
LDP, 8
CDP, 3 independents, 3
Komeito
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalit ...
, 2
JCP and 1
DPP.
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...
seats
PR seats
Alongside
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
, Tokyo is the only other prefecture-level division with its own proportional representation block. The PR block consists of 17 members.
House of Councillors
The current
House of Councillors Tokyo delegation consists of 4 members of the
LDP, 2
CDP, 2
JCP, 2
Komeito
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalit ...
, 1
DP and 1 independent. The members are elected from the
Tokyo at-large district.
References
{{Japan House of Representatives Districts
Politics of Tokyo
Parliamentary districts of the Diet of Japan by prefecture
Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)