Tokyo 11th district explained

Tokyo 11th District
Type:	Parliamentary
Constituency Link:	Tokyo 11th district
Parl Name:	Japanese House of Representatives
Map Size:	450px
District Label:	Prefecture
District:	Tokyo
Region Label:	Proportional Block
Region:	Tokyo
Electorate:	388,347
Year:	1994
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Hakubun Shimomura
Seats:	One
Elects Howmany:	One
Party Label:	Party
Party:	LDP
Previous:	Former Tokyo 1st district
Blank1 Name:	Wards
Blank1 Info:	Parts of Itabashi

Tokyo's 11th district is an electoral district of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan's National Diet.^[1] The district was established in 1994 as part of the move to single-member districts, and since its first election in 1996 it has only been held by the Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura.

List of representatives

**Representative**! colspan="2"
Party	Dates	Notes
Hakubun Shimomura		LDP	1996–present	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2012–2015)Re-elected in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021

As of 18 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:

Parts of Itabashi
- Parts of the Central Ward jurisdiction
  - Itabashi 1–4, Kaga 1–2, Oyama Higashi, Oyamakanai, Kumano, Nakamaru, Minami, Inaridai, Nakajuku, Hikawa, Sakae, Oyama, Oyama Nishi, Saiwai, Nakaitabashi, Naka, Yayoi, Hon, Yamato, Futaba, Fujimi, Otaniguchi Kami, Otaniguchi Kita, Otaniguchi 1/2, Mukaihara 1–3, Komone 1–5, Tokiwadai 1–4,Minami Tokiwadai 1/2, Higashishin 1/2, Kamiitabashi 1–3, Shimizu, Hasunuma, Ohara, Izumi, Miyamoto, Shimura 1–3, Sakashita 1 1-26/28, Higashisakashita 1, Azusawa 1–4, Nishidai 1, Nishidai 2 (excluding 30-5-16 and 31–40), Nishidai 3 (excluding 47-55-57), Nishidai 4, Nakadai 1–3, Wakaki 1–3, Maeno 1–6, Misono 2, Higashiyama, Sakuragawa 1-3
    - - Parts of the former village of Akatsuka Nishidai 2 (30-5-16, 31–40) and 3 (47, 55, 57), Tokumaru 1–8, Yotsuba 1–2, Daimon, Akatsuka 1–8, Akatsuka Shin 1–3, Narimasu 1–5, Misono 1

From the first redistricting

Parts of Itabashi
- Parts of the central ward jurisdiction
  - Itabashi 1–4, Kaga 1–2, Oyama Higashi, Oyama Kanai, Kumano, Nakamura, Minami, Tokyo, Inaridai, Nakajuku, Hikawa, Sakae, Oyama, Oyama Nishi, Saiwai, Nakaitabashi, Naka, Yayoi, Hon, Yamato, Futaba, Fujimi, Otaniguchi Kami, Otaniguchi Kita, Otaniguchi 1/2, Mukaihara 1–3, Komone 1–5, Tokiwadai 1–4, Minami Tokiwadai 1/2, Higashishin 1/2, Kamiitabashi 1–3, Shimizu, Hasunuma, Ohara, Izumi, Miyamoto, Shimura 1–3, Sakashita 1 (1-26, 28), Higashisakashita 1, Azusawa 1–4, Nishidai 1, Nishidai 2 (excluding 30-5-16 and 31–40), Nishidai 3 (excluding 47-55-57), Nishidai 4, Nakadai 1–3, Wakaki 1–3, Maeno 1–6, Misono 2, Higashiyama, Sakuragawa 1–3, Takashimadaira 1–9, Shingashi 3

Party!Years served!Notes
Hakubun Shimomura		LDP	1996

‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district

‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Tokyo PR district