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**Tokyo 23rd District**
Tokyo 23rd District
東京都第23区
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanse House of Representatives
Prefecture	Tokyo
Proportional District	Tokyo
Electorate	262,390 (as of 1 September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masanobu Ogura

Tokyo 23rd Ward (東京都第23区, Tokyo dai-ni-jusan-ku) 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.

Areas covered

Current district

As of 12 January 2023, the areas that are covered by this district are as follows:^[2]

Machida

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.

Areas 2017–2022

Between the first redistricting in 2017 and the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:^[3]^[4]

Machida
Parts of Tama
- Sekido 5 (excluding 1-8 & 13-31), Sekido 6, Kaitori, Gouda, Wada, Mogusa, Ochikawa, Higashiterakata, Sakuragaoka 1-4, Hijirigaoka 1 (1-24, 35, Excluding 44), Umabikizawa 1-2, Sannoshita, Nakazawa, Karakida, Suwa 1-6, Nagayama 1-7, Kaitori 1-5, Toyogaoka 1-6, Ochiai 1-6 Chome, Tsurumaki 1-6, Minamino 1-3, Higashi Terakata 3, Wada 3, Atago 1-4

As part of the 2017 redistricting, part of Tama was transferred to the 21st district.

Areas from before 2017

From the districts creation in 1994 and its first redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:

Machida
Tama

Elected representatives


Representative		Years served	Notes
Kosuke Ito	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	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	LDP	2012–present	Incumbent

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district

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

2021^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Masanobu Ogura^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	133,206	51.3	6.3
	CDP	Shunsuke Ito^‡‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR) (endorsed by Reiwa Shinsengumi and the SDP Tokyo branch)	126,732	48.8	New
Registered electors			458,998
Turnout			268,055	58.4	2.6
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	5.1

2017^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Masanobu Ogura^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	110,522	45.0	3.8
	Kibō no Tō	Shunsuke Ito^‡	76,450	31.1	New
	Communist	Ryosuke Matsumura	58,929	24.0	10.2
Registered electors			455,437
Turnout			254,088	55.8	0.2
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	7.4

2014^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Masanobu Ogura^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	104,709	41.2	11.0
	Democratic	Mari Kushibuchi^‡ (endorsed by Greens Japan)	63,706	25.0	2.9
	Restoration	Shunsuke Ito^‡	50,836	20.0	0.5
	Communist	Ryosuke Matsumura	35,166	13.8	6.5
Registered electors			466,399
Turnout			261,370	56.0	8.3
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	8.0

2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Masanobu Ogura^‡ (endorsed by Komeito)	87,192	30.2	4.9
	Democratic	Mari Kushibuchi^‡ (endorsed by the PNP)	63,969	22.1	32.3
	Restoration	Shunsuke Ito^‡	59,166	20.5	New
	Your	Tetsuya Shirakawa	39,676	13.7	New
	Communist	Ryosuke Matsumara	21,006	7.3	1.7
	Tomorrow	Takashi Ishii^‡	18,125	6.3	New
Registered electors			463, 214
Turnout			297,800	64.3	4.5
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic		Swing	12.3

2009^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mari Kushibuchi^‡	168,346	54.4	18.3
	Liberal Democratic	Kosuke Ito^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	108,528	35.1	19.6
	Communist	Yoshiyasu Furuhashi	27,699	9.0	0.2
	Happiness Realization	Youhei Matsuo	4,885	1.6	New
Registered electors			461,006
Turnout			317,080	68.8	0.8
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic		Swing	12.3

2005^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kosuke Ito^‡ (incumbent)	162,351	54.7	6.2
	Democratic	Eiko Ishige^‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR)	107,136	36.1	6.2
	Communist	Tomohide Murotani	27,232	9.2	0.0
Registered electors			445,766
Turnout			302,898	68.0	6.9
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	7.6

2003^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kosuke Ito^‡ (incumbent)	126,221	48.5	8.9
	Democratic	Eiko Ishige^‡‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR)	110,266	42.3	7.9
	Communist	Junichiro Imamura	23,943	9.2	5.1
Registered electors			437,355
Turnout			267,268	61.1	1.8
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	5.1

2000^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kosuke Ito^‡ (incumbent)	100,271	39.6	1.2
	Democratic	Eiko Ishige^‡‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR)	87,232	34.4	14.0
	Communist	Yoko Sato	36,113	14.3	4.1
	Liberal	Akihisa Nagao^‡	20,986	8.3	New
	Independent	Mitsuyoshi Tsukahara	6,172	2.4	New
	Liberal League	Yutaka Yamaguchi	2,570	1.0	0.7
Registered electors			413,515
Turnout			266,518	62.9	5.0
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing

1996^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kosuke Ito^‡ (incumbent - former Tokyo 11th district)	85,035	38.4	*New*
	New Frontier	Maki Kitasato	46,821	21.1	New
	Democratic	Junjiro Sase^‡	45,182	20.4	New
	Communist	Hajime Kurosawa	40,870	18.4	New
	Liberal League	Yoshio Minemura^‡	3,686	1.7	New
Registered electors			393,558
Turnout			227,791	57.9	N/A
	Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

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v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō ( 8 block seats, 12 district seats)	Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku ( 12 block seats, 23 district seats)	Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō ( 19 block seats, 32 district seats)	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō ( 23 block seats, 33 district seats)	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo ( 19 block seats, 25 district seats)	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku- Shin'etsu ( 10 block seats, 19 district seats)	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai ( 21 block seats, 32 district seats)	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki ( 28 block seats, 47 district seats)	Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku ( 10 block seats, 20 district seats)	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku ( 6 block seats, 11 district seats)	Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū ( 20 block seats, 35 district seats)	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments	Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4
Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments	Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments	Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5
Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments	Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4

Tokyo 23rd District
東京都第23区
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanse House of Representatives

Prefecture	Tokyo
Proportional District	Tokyo
Electorate	262,390 (as of 1 September 2022)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Masanobu Ogura