Tokyo 17th district
Japan House of Representatives constituency
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Tokyo 17th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in northeastern parts of the former city of Tokyo and covers the ward of Katsushika. Before redistricting in 2022 it also included parts of Edogawa ward. As of 2012, 440,965 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
| Tokyo 17th District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Proportional District | Tokyo |
| Electorate | 383,490 (2026) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Katsuei Hirasawa |
| Created from | Tokyo 10th district |
| Wards | Katsushika |
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. In the 2024 Japanese general election Hirasawa was not endorsed by the LDP because of involvement in the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal and ran as an independent candidate.[2]
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katsuei Hirasawa | LDP | 1996– | Incumbent | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Katsuei Hirasawa | 73,234 | 36.2 |  1.4 | |
| Centrist Reform | Mari Sorita | 44,594 | 22.0 | ||
| DPP | Takako Hasegawa | 28,282 | 14.0 |  14.1 | |
| Ishin | Sachiko Inokuchi | 27,630 | 13.6 | 9.2 | |
| Sanseitō | Shinichirō Sugiura | 19,291 | 9.5 | ||
| Independent | Yoriko Madoka | 7,328 | 3.6 | ||
| Progressive Party for the Future | Shinji Suzuki | 2,068 | 1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 54.26 | 2.06 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||