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Japan House of Representatives constituency
Tokyo 7th district is a constituency of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan . The district is in central
Tokyo City and encompasses the entire
Shibuya ward, parts of
Nakano ,
Shinagawa and
Meguro wards as well as a small part of
Suginami .
Deputy leader of the
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) and former
Health Minister
Akira Nagatsuma is the current representative of the district.
Background
The district is considered a stronghold for former
Health Minister
Akira Nagatsuma , who grew into prominence from investigating the
2007 pensions mishandling scandal and wider misuse of public funds.
[1] Nagatsuma has been elected almost continuously since
2000 , save for the
2005 Koizumi landslide where he was only returned through the
proportional representation block . Nagatsuma regained the district in the
2009 landslide that brought the
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) into power. Despite facing strong headwinds in the
2012 and
2014 LDP landslide , he managed to hold on to his seat. He was the only opposition lawmaker winning a single-seat constituency in Tokyo in the 2014 election.
Nagatsuma retained his seat in the
2017 election that was preceded by a split in the
Democratic Party (DP). Nagatsuma along with liberal-leaning members of the DP like
Yukio Edano and
Hirotaka Akamatsu founded the CDP. He was challenged in the election by his regular LDP rival Fumiaki Matsumoto. The party housing conservative former DP members,
Kibō no Tō also fielded a candidate. Akihiro Araki, the husband of
Tomin First no Kai leader Chiharu Araki, was chosen to contest the seat for Kibō. Nagatsuma comfortably won his seat and increased his majority amidst a CDP surge that also resulted in gains by the party across Tokyo.
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List of representatives
Election results
References
House of Representatives
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present)
PR regional "block" districts (1996–present)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946) SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917) FPTP/
bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898)
House of Councillors (1947–) House of Peers (1890–1947) At-large (1→2 elected top taxpayer Peers)
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