Tokyo 17th district

Tokyo 17th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers northeastern parts of the former city of Tokyo. The district consists of Katsushika and parts of Edogawa ward. As of 2012, 440,965 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Katsushika, Edogawa and Adachi had been part of Tokyo 10th district where five Representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote.

The only representative for the 17th district since its creation has been Katsuei Hirasawa (LDP, Yamasaki faction), former Vice Minister in the Cabinet Office and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Katsuei Hirasawa		LDP	1996–	Incumbent

Election results

2012^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	131,471	55.1
	JRP – YP	Hitoshi Kobayashi	45,285	19.0
	DPJ – PNP	Kumiko Hayakawa	37,592	15.8
	JCP	Sugio Arai	24,181	10.1

2009^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	138,512
	DPJ (PNP support)	Kumiko Hayakawa (elected via PR)	106,892
	JCP	Sugio Arai	21,448
	HRP	Ippei Fukao	2,787
Turnout			284,935	65.22

2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	161,324
	DPJ	Atsushi Nishikōri	67,300
	JCP	Sachiko Kojima	27,597
Turnout			274,356	63.73

2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	142,916
	DPJ	Atsushi Nishikōri	65,269
	JCP	Katsusuke Kanno	22,316
Turnout			245,312	57.39

2000^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	95,606
	Kōmeitō	Natsuo Yamaguchi	74,633
	DPJ	Kumiko Yoneyama	42,882
	JCP	Jun'ichi Mikota	41,083

1996^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	73,726
	NFP	Natsuo Yamaguchi	63,732
	JCP	Akira Sugie	34,662
	DPJ	Kumiko Yoneyama	33,667
	Independent	Shigenobu Sekine	9,236
	"Green Party"	Kiyoko Shinagawa	1,755
Turnout			223,645	53.56

References

↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 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 (Japanese)
↑ 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　東京. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-27.
↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京17区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

Tokyo's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan

FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 PR Tokyo PR block House of Councillors At-large (25 Representatives (PR block: 19→17), 8→10 Councillors)

SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (43 Representatives, 8 Councillors)

Limited voting "large" districts (1946) 1 2 (22 Representatives)

SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (31 Representatives)

FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (25 Representatives)

SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917) Tokyo city counties (gunbu) (16 Representatives)

FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (12 Representatives)

Single-member districts and proportional representation "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives since 1996

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tadamori Ōshima, Aomori 3 Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tatsuo Kawabata, Kinki PR

Hokkaido proportional representation block - 8 seats	Hokkaido 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (13)

Tohoku proportional representation block - 14 seats	Aomori 1 2 3 4 Iwate 1 2 3 4 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 (4) Fukushima 1 2 3 4 5

Kitakanto proportional representation block - 20 seats	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Minamikanto proportional representation block - 22 seats	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yamanashi 1 2 (3)

Tokyo proportional representation block - 17 seats	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hokurikushinetsu proportional representation block - 11 seats	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 6 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 (3) Nagano 1 2 3 4 5

Tokai proportional representation block - 21 seats	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mie 1 2 3 4 5

Kinki proportional representation block - 29 seats	Shiga 1 2 3 4 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyogo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 4 Wakyama 1 2 3

Chugoku proportional representation block - 11 seats	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 (3) Okayama 1 2 3 4 5 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yamaguchi 1 2 3 4

Shikoku proportional representation block - 6 seats	Tokushima 1 2 (3) Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 4 Kōchi 1 2 (3)

Kyushu proportional representation block - 21 seats	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 (3) Nagasaki 1 2 3 4 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 5 Oita 1 2 3 (4) Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshma 1 2 3 4 5 Okinawa 1 2 3 4

(in parentheses): districts eliminated in the 2002 and 2013 reapportionments

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