# Tokyo 2nd district

Tokyo 2nd district (東京都第2区 Tōkyō-to dai-ni-ku or simply 東京2区 Tōkyō ni-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo and covers central parts of the former Tokyo City. The district consists of the wards of Chūō and Taitō. As of 2012, 424,273 eligible voters were registered in the district.
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed Tokyo 8th district where two Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote. The current Representative for the 2nd district is Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji who won in the 2012 Representatives election with less than a third of the vote.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Kunio Hatoyama | DPJ | 1996 – 1999 | Resigned for the 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election |
| Yoshikatsu Nakayama | DPJ | 1999 – 2005 | Failed reelection in the Tokyo PR block |
| Takashi Fukaya | LDP | 2005 – 2009 | |
| Yoshikatsu Nakayama | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Failed re-election in the Tokyo block |
| Kiyoto Tsuji | LDP | 2012 – | Incumbent |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kiyoto Tsuji | 66,050 | 37.09 | 6.35 |
| | Democratic For the People | Kiichirō Hatoyama | 48,527 | 27.25 | New |
| | Ishin | Mitsuru Imamura | 29,860 | 16.77 | 0.07 |
| | Communist | Mari Hosono | 22,316 | 12.53 | New |
| | Sanseitō | Yoshinori Mogami | 11,322 | 6.36 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.12 | 3.70 |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kiyoto Tsuji | 119,281 | 43.44 | 2.46 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Akihiro Matsuo | 90,422 | 32.93 | 4.13 |
| | Ishin | Takatane Kiuchi | 45,754 | 16.7 | New |
| | Reiwa | Itaru Kitamura | 14,487 | 5.3 | new |
| | Independent | Shinichiro Deguchi | 4,659 | 1.7 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 274,603 | 60.82 | 2.82 |
| | Liberal Democratic hold | Liberal Democratic hold | Swing | -2.46 | |
2014 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| LDP (K) | Kiyoto Tsuji | 103,954 | 42.6 | 10.2 |
| DPJ | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 58,407 | 23.9 | 0.8 |
| JIP | Toshiaki Ōkuma | 44,550 | 18.3 | 0.3 |
| JCP | Noriyuki Ishizawa | 32,296 | 13.2 | new |
| Others | Katsuko Inumaru | 4,668 | 1.9 | new |
2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Kiyoto Tsuji | 84,663 | 32.4 |
| DPJ (PNP) | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 64,676 | 24.7 |
| YP | Toshiaki Ōkuma (elected by PR) | 48,704 | 18.6 |
| JRP | Kazumi Matsumoto | 38,564 | 14.7 |
| JCP | Fumihiko Kuwana | 23,035 | 8.8 |
| Independent | Masahiro Inoue | 2,045 | 0.8 |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ (PNP support) | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 138,603 | |
| | LDP (Kōmeitō support) | Takashi Fukaya | 98,593 | |
| | JCP | Tsukane Nakajima | 26,172 | |
| | Independent | Hiroko Tanaka | 4,579 | |
| | HRP | Bunkō Katō | 1,924 | |
| | Independent | Jun Chiba | 1,748 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 277,779 | 68.53 |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Takashi Fukaya | 127,889 | |
| | DPJ | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 98,335 | |
| | JCP | Tsukane Nakajima | 24,848 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 256,897 | 68.46 |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 104,477 | |
| | LDP | Takashi Fukaya | 91,926 | |
| | JCP | Kiyokazu Muro | 21,334 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 223,464 | 62.14 |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| DPJ | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 88,744 |
| LDP | Takashi Fukaya | 81,923 |
| JCP | Kiyokazu Muro | 32,155 |
| Independent | Hiroshi Sakae | 5,371 |
| LL | Kazuhiko Komatsu | 3,665 |
1999 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DPJ | Yoshikatsu Nakayama | 134,265 | | |
| | JCP | Tsukane Nakajima | 36,261 | | |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ | Kunio Hatoyama | 88,183 | |
| | LDP | Takashi Fukaya | 68,503 | |
| | JCP | Tsukane Nakajima | 40,461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 202,767 | 61.85 |