Electoral Districts
Most electoral districts correspond to current municipalities, but several districts correspond to former counties (the counties, abolished as administrative unit in 1921, had initially by definition served as electoral districts for prefectural assemblies in the Empire), namely the West Tama (Nishi-Tama), North Tama (Kita-Tama) and South Tama (Minimi-Tama) counties. The towns and villages on the islands have never been subordinate to counties, but to four subprefectures that together form the islands electoral district.
| Electoral districts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo's islands | Western Tokyo/Tama area | ||||
| District | Municipalities, subprefectures |
Magnitude | District | Municipalities, counties |
Magnitude |
| Chiyoda | Chiyoda ward | 1 | Hachiōji | Hachiōji city | 5 |
| Chūō | Chūō ward | 1 | Tachikawa | Tachikawa city | 2 |
| Minato | Minato ward | 2 | Musashino | Musashino city | 1 |
| Shinjuku | Shinjuku ward | 4 | Mitaka | Mitaka city | 2 |
| Bunkyō | Bunkyō ward | 2 | Ōme | Ōme city | 1 |
| Taitō | Taitō ward | 2 | Fuchū | Fuchū city | 2 |
| Sumida | Sumida ward | 3 | Akishima | Akishima city | 1 |
| Kōtō | Kōtō ward | 4 | Machida | Machida city | 3 |
| Shinagawa | Shinagawa ward | 4 | Koganei | Koganei city | 1 |
| Meguro | Meguro ward | 3 | Kodaira | Kodaira city | 2 |
| Ōta | Ōta ward | 8 | Hino | Hino city | 2 |
| Setagaya | Setagaya ward | 8 | Nishitōkyō | Nishitōkyō city | 2 |
| Shibuya | Shibuya ward | 2 | Nishi-Tama (West Tama) | Fussa city Hamura city Akiruno city Nishi-Tama County |
2 |
| Nakano | Nakano ward | 4 | |||
| Suginami | Suginami ward | 6 | Minami-Tama (South Tama) | Tama city Inagi city |
2 |
| Toshima | Toshima ward | 3 | |||
| Kita | Kita ward | 4 | Kita-Tama (North Tama) 1 | Higashimurayama city Higashiyamato city Musashimurayama city |
3 |
| Arakawa | Arakawa ward | 2 | |||
| Itabashi | Itabashi ward | 5 | Kita-Tama (North Tama) 2 | Kokubunji city Kunitachi city |
2 |
| Nerima | Nerima ward | 6 | |||
| Adachi | Adachi ward | 6 | Kita-Tama (North Tama) 3 | Chōfu city Komae city |
2 |
| Katsushika | Katsushika ward | 4 | |||
| Edogawa | Edogawa ward | 5 | Kita-Tama (North Tama) 4 | Kiyose city Higashikurume city |
2 |
| Islands | Ōshima Subprefecture Miyake Subprefecture Hachijō Subprefecture Ogasawara Subprefecture |
1 | |||
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