Tokyo 17th district

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	440,965 (2012)
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

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Katsuei Hirasawa
	Ishin	Sachiko Inokuchi
	JCP	Sugio Arai
	DPP	Yuriko Madoka
Turnout

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	119,384	50.1	7.8
	Ishin	Sachiko Inokuchi	52,260	22.0
	JCP	Sugio Arai	36,309	15.3	4.3
	DPP	Yuriko Madoka	30,103	12.6
Turnout				53.06
	LDP hold

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	127,632	57.9	1.4
	Kibō no Tō	Chikara Nishida	49,485	22.5
	JCP	Sugio Arai	43,138	19.6	0.8
Turnout				50.04
	LDP hold

2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	125,351	59.3	4.2
	Ishin	Miho Takahashi	46,156	21.9
	JCP	Sugio Arai	39,724	18.8	8.7
Turnout				51.55	7.3
	LDP hold

2012^[6]

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

2009^[7]

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

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	161,324
	DPJ	Atsushi Nishikōri	67,300
	JCP	Sachiko Kojima	27,597
Turnout			274,356	63.73

2003^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	142,916
	DPJ	Atsushi Nishikōri	65,269
	JCP	Katsusuke Kanno	22,316
Turnout			245,312	57.39

2000^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	95,606
	Kōmeitō	Natsuo Yamaguchi	74,633
	DPJ	Kumiko Yoneyama	42,882
	JCP	Jun'ichi Mikota	41,083

1996^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Katsuei Hirasawa	73,726
	NFP	Natsuo Yamaguchi	63,732
	JCP	Akira Sugie	34,662
	DPJ	Kumiko Yoneyama	33,667
	Independent	Shigenobu Sekine	9,236
	"Green Party"	Kiyoko Shinagawa	1,755
Turnout			223,645	53.56

References

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2. "Only 10 Candidates Involved in Japan's LDP Funds Scandal Lead in Election". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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