Tokyo 23rd District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Tokyo |
Region Label: | Proportional District |
Region: | Tokyo |
Electorate: | 262,390 (as of 1 September 2022)[1] |
Year: | 1994 |
Seats: | One |
Party Label: | Party |
Party: | LDP |
Member Label: | Representative |
Member: | Masanobu Ogura |
is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was established in 1994 at the introduction of the single member constituency system, and is currently represented by the Liberal Democratic Party's Masanobu Ogura.
As of 12 January 2023, the areas that are covered by this district are as follows:[2]
As part of the 2022 reapportionments, the remaining sections of Tama were given to the new 30th district. As a result of this the 23rd district became the only district in Western Tokyo to be composed of a single municipality.
Between the first redistricting in 2017 and the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[3] [4]
As part of the 2017 redistricting, part of Tama was transferred to the 21st district.
From the districts creation in 1994 and its first redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:
Kosuke Ito | bgcolor= | LDP | 1996-2009 | Lost re-election in the 2009 general election. He initially intended to run again as an independent in 2012, after the Liberal Democratic nomination was given to Masanobu Ogura. However, he withdrew his candidacy to support the candidacy of his son, Shunsuke Ito, who was running for the Japan Restoration Party.[5] | ||
Mari Kushibuchi | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009-2012 | Lost re-election in the 2012 general election. She was later chosen to replace Tarō Yamamoto in the Tokyo PR district after he resigned, since she had been the next highest Reiwa Shinsengumi member in the 2021 general election.[6] [7] She currently serves in the seat as a co-representative with Akiko Oishi at the recommendation of Yamamoto.[8] | ||
Masanobu Ogura | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012–present | Incumbent |
‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district
‡‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district and won.