Government of Tokyo - National Representation

National Representation

Tokyo sends 25 directly elected Representatives to the House of Representatives and a total of ten Councillors (five per election) to the House of Councillors. Additional members from Tokyo may be elected by proportional representation in both Houses; for the House of Representatives Tokyo forms one proportional representation constituency of its own.

In the 2012 Representatives election, Tokyo's districts directly elected 21 Liberal Democrats and two Democrats, Kōmeitō and Your Party won one seat each. After the 2007 and 2010 Councillors elections, Tokyo is represented in the upper house by four Democrats, two Liberal Democrats and two members each from Kōmeitō and Your Party.

Tokyo's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present)
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2
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PR
Tokyo PR block
House of Councillors
At-large (25 Representatives (PR block: 19→17), 8→10 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 (43 Representatives, 8 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946)
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2 (22 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)
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2
3
4
5
6
7 (31 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 (25 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917)
Tokyo city
counties (gunbu) (16 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 (12 Representatives)

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