Tokyo 4th district (東京都第4区 Tōkyō-to dai 4-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Southeast Tokyo and consists much of Ōta Ward (Kamata, Ōmori, Haneda.) The seat is held by Masaaki Taira, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.
Tokyo 4th District | |
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Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts | |
Prefecture | Tokyo |
Proportional District | Tokyo |
Electorate | 425,428 (2022) |
Major settlements | Kamata, Ōmori, Haneda |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Party | LDP |
Representative | Masaaki Taira |
Tokyo special Wards | Much of Ōta |
As of September 2022, 425,428 voters were registered in the district.[1]
List of Representatives
editRepresentatives | Party | Dates | Notes | |
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Shoukei Arai | Independent | 1996–1998 | Redistricted from the former 2nd district.
Died in office.[2] | |
Kensaku Morita | LDP | 1998–2000 | ||
Independent | 2000 | Re-elected in 2000. | ||
LDP | 2000–2003 | Did not run for re-election. | ||
Kazuyoshi Nakanishi | LDP | 2003–2005 | Resigned mid-term.[3] | |
Masaaki Taira | LDP | 2005–2009 | Re-elected in the Tokyo PR block. | |
Fujita Norihiko | DPJ | 2009–2012 | Lost re-election. | |
Masaaki Taira | LDP | 2012– present | Re-elected in 2014, 2017, 2021. |
Election Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
128,708 | 51.5 | ||
Communist | Tomoyuki Tanigawa | 62,286 | 24.9 | ||
Ishin | Hayashi Tomoko | 58,891 | 23.6 | New | |
Turnout | 474,029 | 54.4 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
115,239 | 50.8 | ||
Constitutional Democratic | Masae Ido | 53,480 | 23.3 | New | |
Kibō no Tō | Michiyo Namba | 35,352 | 15.4 | New | |
Communist | Kohei Aoyama | 26,037 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 466,486 | 50.7 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
109,377 | 50.3 | ||
Democratic | Fujita Norihiko (Endorsed by Japan Innovation Party) |
48,861 | 22.5 | ||
Communist | Junpei Yamamoto | 38,925 | 17.9 | ||
Japanese Kokoro | Hirekazu Inubushi | 20,108 | 18.4 | New | |
Turnout | 432,784 | 52.3 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Endorsed by Komeito) |
96,810 | 39.4 | ||
Restoration | Hirekazu Inubushi | 44,999 | 18.3 | New | |
Democratic | Fujita Norihiko (Incumbent) (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
42,424 | 17.3 | ||
Your | Masashi Hirose | 34,902 | 14.2 | New | |
Communist | Junpei Yamamoto | 24,167 | 9.8 | ||
Euthanasia party | Hidemitsu Sano | 2,603 | 1.1 | New | |
Turnout | 427,018 | 60.0 | |||
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Fujita Norihiko | 100,067 | 37.5 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
93,583 | 35.1 | ||
Independent | Noboru Usami | 46,107 | 17.3 | New | |
Communist | Kaname Shibuya | 23,622 | 8.9 | ||
Happiness Realization | Kikue Shimokawa | 3,323 | 1.3 | New | |
Turnout | 426,496 | 64.2 | |||
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) | 119,812 | 46.7 | ||
Democratic | Usami Noboru | 86,354 | 33.7 | ||
Communist | Fuminori Sato | 25,077 | 9.8 | ||
Independent | Kazuyoshi Nakanishi | 19,955 | 7.8 | New | |
Independent | Sato Hiromi | 5,313 | 2.1 | New | |
Turnout | N/A | 63.9 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Kazuyoshi Nakanishi | 90,693 | 41.4 | ||
Democratic | Usami Noboru | 77,953 | 35.6 | ||
New Conservative | Eriko Yamatani | 26,707 | 12.2 | New | |
Communist | Tomio Yamaguchi | 23,942 | 10.9 | ||
Turnout | N/A | 59.9 | |||
Liberal Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kensaku Morita (Incumbent) | 92,711 | 38.4 | ||
Komeito | Otohiko Endo | 59,487 | 24.7 | New | |
Democratic | Usami Noboru | 49,662 | 20.6 | New | |
Communist | Michinobu Tokutome | 36,498 | 15.1 | ||
Liberal League | Miyuki Mitsuda | 2,925 | 3.2 | New | |
Turnout | N/A | 62.5 | |||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Kensaku Morita | 50,242 | 34.4 | ||
Independent | Jin Matsubara | 35,521 | 24.3 | New | |
Communist | Michinobu Tokutome | 35,150 | 24.1 | ||
Independent | Tetsu Ueda | 18,305 | 12.5 | New | |
Liberal | Hiroyasu Satake | 6,254 | 4.3 | New | |
Independent | Setsuo Yamaguchi | 662 | 0.6 | New | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Shoukei Arai | 78,805 | 38.2 | New | |
Liberal Democratic | Keigo Ouchi | 46,840 | 22.7 | New | |
Communist | Mitsuo Kobana | 30,522 | 14.8 | New | |
Democratic | Akiko Nakata | 23,260 | 11.3 | New | |
Independent | Tetsu Ueda | 21,319 | 10.3 | New | |
Independent | Osamu Kono | 3,367 | 1.6 | New | |
New Socialist | Naemi Kurosawa | 2,418 | 1.2 | New | |
Turnout | N/A | 59.7 | New | ||
Independent win (new seat) |
References
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