| Tokyo 15th District | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Tokyo |
| Region Label: | Proportional Block |
| Region: | Tokyo |
| Electorate: | 427,908 (as of September 2022)[1] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Seats: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Member Label: | Representative |
| Member: | Natsumi Sakai |
is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was established in 1994 as part of the change to single-member districts, and it is currently represented by Natsumi Sakai, member of the CDP.
As of 13 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
| Koji Kakizawa | LDP | 1996–1999 | Redistricted from the former 15th district.Resigned his seat to run in the 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election.[2] | ||
| Ben Kimura | LDP | 1999–2000 | Lost re-election. | ||
| Koji Kakizawa | Ind. | 2000–2003 | Retired from politics. | ||
| Ben Kimura | LDP | 2003–2009 | Lost re-election. | ||
| Shozo Azuma | DPJ | 2009–2012 | |||
| PLF | 2012 | ||||
| TPJ | 2012 | Lost re-election. | |||
| Mito Kakizawa | Your | 2012–2013 | |||
| Ind. | 2013 | ||||
| Unity | 2013–2014 | ||||
| JIP | 2014–2016 | Re-elected in 2014. | |||
| DP | 2016–2017 | ||||
| Kibō | 2017 | Re-elected in the Tokyo PR block. | |||
| Tsukasa Akimoto | LDP | 2017–2021 | Resigned mid-term. | ||
| Mito Kakizawa | Ind. | 2021–2024 | Resigned mid-term.[3] | ||
| Natsumi Sakai | CDP | 2024– |
‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Tokyo PR district election
The 2024 by-election in the constituency was called following the arrest and a court ruling of the former LDP state minister Mito Kakizawa,[4] who was arrested and found guilty on vote buying charges.[5] [6]
The voter turnout was 40.70%, 18.03% lower than the previous election's 58.73%, marking the constituency's lowest.[7]