Tokyo 7th district was a constituency of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

 in the Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

 (national legislature). Between 1947 and 1993 it elected five, later four representatives by single non-transferable vote

Single non-transferable vote

The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

. It initially consisted of mainland Western Tokyo

Western Tokyo

Western Tokyo, also known as the , or , consists of the part of Tokyo Prefecture to the west of the 23 special wards.-Overview:Whereas the special wards occupy the space that was formerly the city of Tokyo, western Tokyo consists of the 26 cities, three towns, and one village that were not part of...

 as a whole, namely the cities of Hachiōji

Hachioji, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 kilometers west of the center of the special wards of Tokyo.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 551,901 and a population density of 2,962.27/km². The total area is 186.31 km². It is the eighth largest city in the...

 and Tachikawa

Tachikawa, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo, Japan.As of February 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 178,064 and the density of 7,303.69 people per km². The total area is 24.38 km²...

 and the Nishitama, Minamitama and Kitatama

Kitatama District, Tokyo

was a district in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa from 1878 to 1893 and then in the prefecture of Tokyo until 1970.In 1878, the Meiji government made the first step to introduce modern administrative divisions on the municipal level: The districts were created from the premodern districts ...

 districts of Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

.

For the election of 1976, Western parts were split off to form the new 11th district. As of 1993, the 7th district consisted of the cities of Tachikawa

Tachikawa, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo, Japan.As of February 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 178,064 and the density of 7,303.69 people per km². The total area is 24.38 km²...

, Musashino

Musashino, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 137,222 and a population density of 12,788.63 persons per km². The total area is 10.73 km².The city was founded on November 3, 1947...

, Mitaka

Mitaka, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 November 2010, the city has an estimated population of 176,737. The total area is 16.50 km² and is about 50 – 55 meters above sea level...

, Akishima

Akishima, Tokyo

is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 112,521 and a population density of 6,490 persons per km²...

, Koganei

Koganei, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. As of July 1, 2011, the city has an officially registered population of 116,055 with 56,296 households and a population density of 10,243.16 persons per km²...

, Kodaira

Kodaira, Tokyo

Kodaira redirects here. For the mathematician, see Kunihiko Kodaira. is a city located in the western region of Tokyo, Japan.The city has an estimated population of 180,049 with 82,179 households and a population density of 8,800.05 persons per km² as of July 1, 2011...

, Higashimurayama

Higashimurayama, Tokyo

is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 151,279 and a population density of 8,810 persons per km²...

, Kokubunji

Kokubunji, Tokyo

is a city in Tokyo, Japan.As of 1 June 2008, the city has an estimated population of 117,335 . The total area is 11.48 km²...

, Kunitachi

Kunitachi, Tokyo

is a city located in the western part of the metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan. As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 74,623.- History :Kunitachi was founded on January 1, 1967...

, Tanashi

Tanashi, Tokyo

was a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. At the time of its merger, the city had an estimated population of 78,165 and a density of 11,495 persons per km². The total area was 6.8 km²....

, Hōya

Hoya, Tokyo

was a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. At the time of its merger, the city had an estimated population of 102,720 and a density of 11,350 persons per km². The total area was 9.05 km²....

, Higashiyamato, Kiyose

Kiyose, Tokyo

is a city in Tokyo, Japan.-Demography:As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 73,974 , the density of 7,222.87 persons per km² and there are 32,741 households in the city.-Geography:...

, Higashikurume

Higashikurume, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 116,006 and a population density of 8,980 persons per km²...

 and Musashimurayama

Musashimurayama, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 66,150 and the density of 4,303.84 persons per km². The total area is 15.37 km².The city was founded on November 3, 1970....

. Following the redistricting, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

 (LDP) never managed to have more than one of their candidates elected as center-left to left parties dominated the vote. In the 1986 election, the LDP stopped nominating two candidates and Kiyoshi Ozawa (later minister during the coalition with the Socialist Party) became the party's only candidate in Tokyo 7th district.

Since the electoral reform of 1994 the area is distributed over several single-member districts. The four last representatives for Tokyo 7 all ran again in the election of 1996, the first under the new system: Naoto Kan

Naoto Kan

is a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. On 26 August 2011, Kan announced his resignation...

 won the 18th district, Yuriko Ōno the 20th district; Kiyoshi Ozawa ran, but lost the 21st district to Democrat Jōji Yamamoto, and Kōichirō Watanabe failed to win the 19th district against Democratic newcomer Yoshinori Suematsu

Yoshinori Suematsu

is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kitakyūshū and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, receiving a master's degree from Princeton University while in the...

.

Summary of results during the 1955 party system

General election			1958	1960	1963	1967	1969	1972	1976	1979	1980	1983	1986	1990	1993
	LDP & conservative independents		2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Opposition	center-left	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3
		JSP	3	2	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
		JCP	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Seats up			5						4

Elected Representatives

election year	highest vote (top tōsen)	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1947 Japanese general election, 1947 General elections were held in Japan on 25 April 1947. The result was a victory for the Japan Socialist Party, which won 144 of the 466 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the Liberal Party. Voter turnout was 67.9%-Results:...	Tenkōkō Sonoda (JSP)	Chōjirō Kurihara (JLP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )	Yoshio Namiki (DP Democratic Party (1947) Democratic Party was a right-wing political party in Japan. It was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party of Inukai Takeru with a faction of Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in Tetsu Katayama's government... )	Hideo Yamahana (JSP)	Tatsuo Yatsunami (DP Democratic Party (1947) Democratic Party was a right-wing political party in Japan. It was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party of Inukai Takeru with a faction of Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in Tetsu Katayama's government... )
1949 Japanese general election, 1949 General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.0%-Results:...	Chōjirō Kurihara (DLP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )	Kazuyoshi Dobashi (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	Tokuyasu Fukuda (DLP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )	Tenkōkō Sonoda (Workers and Farmers Party)	Yoshio Namiki (DP Democratic Party (1947) Democratic Party was a right-wing political party in Japan. It was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party of Inukai Takeru with a faction of Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in Tetsu Katayama's government... )
1952 Japanese general election, 1952 General elections were held in Japan on 1 October 1952. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 242 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 76.4%.-Results:...	Kōichi Nakamura Koichi Nakamura is a Japanese video game designer. A programming prodigy, Nakamura gained fame while still in high school; in 1982 he entered Enix's national programming contest and claimed first place with his entry, Door Door...  (JSP, right Rightist Socialist Party of Japan The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a center-left political party, which adopted a policy of moderate social-democracy.- History :... )	Yoshio Namiki (Progressive Party)	Hideo Yamahana (JSP, left Leftist Socialist Party of Japan The Leftist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a radical socialist political party, which adopted Marxism-Leninism.- History :... )	Tomejirō Ōkubo (LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )	Chōjirō Kuriyama (LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )
1953 Japanese general election, 1953 General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 202 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%.-Results:...				Tokuyasu Fukuda (Yoshida LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )	Kunitoshi Tsukumo (Yoshida LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )
1955 Japanese general election, 1955 General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 75.8%.-Results:...	Yoshio Namiki (JDP Japan Democratic Party (1954) Japan Democratic Party was a short-living right-wing political party in Japan 1954–1955, led by Ichirō Hatoyama. Its leaders included former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. The party was formed on November 24, 1954, by merging Ichiro Hatoyama's group... )	Kōichi Nakamura (JSP, right Rightist Socialist Party of Japan The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a center-left political party, which adopted a policy of moderate social-democracy.- History :... )		Shigeo Kizaki (JDP Japan Democratic Party (1954) Japan Democratic Party was a short-living right-wing political party in Japan 1954–1955, led by Ichirō Hatoyama. Its leaders included former foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and future Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. The party was formed on November 24, 1954, by merging Ichiro Hatoyama's group... )	Tokuyasu Fukuda (LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... )
1958 Japanese general election, 1958 General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 77.0%.-Results:...	Tokuyasu Fukuda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Kōichi Nakamura (JSP)	Shūichi Hōjō (JSP)	Hideo Yamahana (JSP)	Yoshiyasu Hosoda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )
1960 Japanese general election, 1960 General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%.-Results:...	Hideo Yamahana (JSP)		Tokuyasu Fukuda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Kunitoshi Tsukumo (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )
1963 Japanese general election, 1963 General elections were held in Japan on 21 November 1963. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 294 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout was 71.1%.-Results:...	Tokuyasu Fukuda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)	Kōichi Nakamura (JSP)	Shōji Koyama (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Hideo Yamahana (JSP)
1967 Japanese general election, 1967 General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 280 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 74.0%.-Results:...		Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)	Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)
1969 Japanese general election, 1969 General elections were held in Japan on 27 December 1969. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 300 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 68.5%.-Results:...		Kazuyoshi Dobashi (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)		Haruo Wada (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... )
1972 Japanese general election, 1972 General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 284 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 71.7%.-Results:...	Kazuyoshi Dobashi (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	Tokuyasu Fukuda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )		Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)	Shōji Koyama (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )
1976 Japanese general election, 1976 General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 260 of the 511 seats, but the election was overshadowed by the Lockheed bribery scandals. Voter turnout was 73.4%.-Results:...	Tokuyasu Fukuda (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)		Akira Kudō (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	–
1979 Japanese general election, 1979 Results of the 1979 general election in Japan for the House of Representatives. A total of 511 seats were contested:...	Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)	Akira Kudō (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)	Kiyoshi Ozawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )
1980 Japanese general election, 1980 In Japan on 16 May 1980, Japan Socialist Party brought a no-confidence motion to the Diet, mentioning corruption and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives of Japan to withdraw its backing from the government...	Naoto Kan Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. On 26 August 2011, Kan announced his resignation...  (SDF)	Kiyoshi Ozawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)	Shōzō Hasegawa (JSP)
1983 Japanese general election, 1983 The Japanese general election, 1983 was an election held place in Japan in 1983 for the House of Representatives.-References:* http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn83par.html...		Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)	Akira Kudō (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )	Kiyoshi Ozawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )
1986 Japanese general election, 1986 The Japanese general election, 1986 was an election held in Japan on July 6, 1986 for the House of Representatives.- References :http://www.binghamton.edu/cdp/era/elections/jpn86par.html...	Kiyoshi Ozawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )	Naoto Kan (SDF)	Kiyoshi Ōno (Kōmeitō)	Akira Kudō (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... )
1990		Hiroshi Tsunematsu (JSP)	Naoto Kan (SDF)	Yuriko Ōno (Kōmeitō)
1993	Naoto Kan (SDF)	Kōichirō Watanabe (JNP Japan New Party The Japan New Party was a Japanese political party that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994. It should not be confused with the New Party Nippon founded in 2005.... )	Kiyoshi Ozawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... )

Last election result 1993