The is a constituency of the

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in the

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(national legislature). It is located in

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and encompasses

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ward and several outlying islands that belong to the Tokyo Metropolis. Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of

Tokyo 2nd district 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 cover ...

where five Representatives had been elected by

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. Current representative from the Tokyo 3rd district is

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(

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, LDP), the son of former prefectural governor and environment minister

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(

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, formerly LDP) and brother of former environment minister

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(LDP). In 2012, Ishihara narrowly beat incumbent Jin Matsubara ( DPJ, Hatoyama and Kawabata groups) who began his political career in 1985 as a candidate for the

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for the

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and later represented Ōta in the Metropolitan Assembly as an independent with ''Zekin-tō'' ("Tax Party") support, subsequently joined the LDP, the

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(JRP), the New Frontier Party (NFP), the

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, the

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(GGP) and finally the Democratic Party (DPJ) in 1998.

Area

Former
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ward

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* Ōshima Subprefecture ** Ōshima Town **

Toshima is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and N ...

Village **

Niijima is a volcano, volcanic Islands of Japan, Japanese island administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands, group of the seven northern islands of the Izu Islands, Izu archipelago, and is located approximate ...

Village ** Kōzushima Village *

Miyake Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau Of General Affairs. It includes the following villages on the Izu Islands: * Miyake (village on Miyakejima) *Mikurajima (villa ...

** Miyake Village **

Mikurajima is an inhabited volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Izu Shotō'',"''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 412. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo a ...

Village *

Hachijō Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization of government belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau Of General Affairs. Geography The subprefecture has an area of 78.6 square km. It is located within the Izu Is ...

** Hachijō Town **

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Village

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* Ogasawara Village

List of representatives

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Election results

{{Election box begin , title=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate =

, votes = 61,660 , percentage = 30.59 , change = {{decrease 12.31 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , candidate = Yumiko Abe , votes = 54,178 , percentage = 26.88% , change = {{decrease 19.02 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party For the People , candidate = Yuri Okumoto , votes = 30,351 , percentage = 15.06% , change = {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Nippon Ishin no Kai , candidate = Toshitaka Yoshihira , votes = 25,745 , percentage = 12.77% , change = {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Katsusuke Kōzai , votes = 12,056 , percentage = 5.98% , change = {{decrease 5.32 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Independent (politician) , candidate = Megumi Kawaguchi , votes = 8,822 , percentage = 4.38% , change = {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Sanseitō , candidate = Hirotaka Ueki , votes = 8,731 , percentage = 4.33% , change = {{Election box turnout , votes= 201,543 , percentage = 55.73% , change = {{decrease 4.14 {{Election box end{{Election box begin, title=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link, party=Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, candidate= Jin Matsubara, votes=124,961, percentage=45.9, change={{increase7.7}{{Election box candidate with party link, party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), candidate=Hirotaka Ishihara (elected by PR), votes=116,753, percentage=42.9, change={{decrease0.71} {{Election box candidate with party link, party=Japanese Communist Party, candidate=Katsusuke Kōzai, votes=30,648, percentage=11.3, change={{decrease6.99} {{Election box turnout, votes=272,362, percentage=59.87, change={{increase4.01{{Election box gain with party link, winner=Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, loser=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), swing=+7.7 {{Election box end {{Election box begin, title=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hirotaka Ishihara , votes = 107,708 , percentage = 43.6 , change = {{decrease0.7 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Kibō no Tō , candidate = Jin Matsubara (elected by PR) , votes = 94,380 , percentage = 38.2 , change = {{decrease4.4 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Katsusuke Kōzai , votes = 45,088 , percentage = 18.2 , change = {{increase5.1 {{Election box turnout , votes= , percentage = 55.9 , change ={{increase0.4 {{Election box hold with party link without swing , winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) {{Election box end {{Election box begin, title=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hirotaka Ishihara , votes = 115,623 , percentage = 44.3 , change = {{increase2.3 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party of Japan , candidate = Jin Matsubara (elected by PR) , votes = 111,353 , percentage = 42.6 , change = {{increase1.3 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Katsusuke Kōzai , votes = 34,295 , percentage = 13.1 , change = {{increase5.2 {{Election box turnout , votes= , percentage = 55.5 , change ={{decrease8.2 {{Election box hold with party link without swing , winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) {{Election box end {{Election box begin, title=

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{{Election box candidate , party = LDP ( NK) , candidate =

, votes = 122,314 , percentage = 42.0 , change = {{Election box candidate , party = DPJ ( PNP) , candidate = Jin Matsubara (elected by PR) , votes = 120,298 , percentage = 41.3 , change = {{Election box candidate , party = TPJ ( NPD) , candidate = Gōkyū Ikeda , votes = 25,773 , percentage = 8.8 , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

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, candidate = Katsusuke Kōzai , votes = 23,167 , percentage = 7.9 , change = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

{{Election box candidate , party = DPJ , candidate = Jin Matsubara , votes = 163,791 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = LDP , candidate =

, votes = 121,699 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

, candidate = Eiji Sawada , votes = 28.221 , percentage = , change = {{Election box turnout , votes = 319,070 , percentage = 67.3 , change = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

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{{Election box candidate , party = LDP , candidate =

, votes = 151,989 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = DPJ , candidate = Jin Matsubara , votes = 123,999 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

, candidate = Hitoshi Gotō , votes = 23,611 , percentage = , change = {{Election box turnout , votes = 306,013 , percentage = 66.85 , change = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

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{{Election box candidate , party = DPJ , candidate = Jin Matsubara , votes = 122,181 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = LDP , candidate =

, votes = 113,494 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

, candidate = Kiyofumi Ōnuki , votes = 22615 , percentage = , change = {{Election box turnout , votes = 266,636 , percentage = 59.45 , change = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

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{{Election box candidate , party = DPJ , candidate = Jin Matsubara , votes = 84,372 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = LDP , candidate = Shō Naitō , votes = 82,954 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

, candidate = Hideto Wakitsuki , votes = 38,812 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = LP , candidate = Ikuko Tsuboya , votes = 18,991 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = SDP , candidate = Ran Mei , votes = 13,575 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = Independent , candidate = Yatarō Iwasaki , votes = 7,269 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = LL , candidate = Shintarō Kō , votes = 4,357 , percentage = , change = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

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, language=Japanese {{Election box candidate , party = LDP , candidate = Shin’ichirō Kurimoto , votes = 73,055 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = NFP , candidate = Jin Matsubara , votes = 67,653 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

, candidate = Hideto Wakitsuki , votes = 43,263 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party =

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, candidate = Noboru Usami , votes = 35,025 , percentage = , change = {{Election box candidate , party = Independent , candidate = Yatarō Iwasaki , votes = 7,982 , percentage = , change = {{Election box turnout , votes = 235,346 , percentage = 55.47 , change = {{Election box end

References

{{reflist {{Diet of Japan Tokyo electoral districts {{Japan House of Representatives Districts {{coord missing, Tokyo House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Tokyo Constituencies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Japan