Tokyo 4th district

Tokyo 4th district (東京都第4区 Tōkyō-to dai 4-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Southeast Tokyo and consists much of Ōta Ward (Kamata, Ōmori, Haneda.) The seat is held by Masaaki Taira, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.

Tokyo 4th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional DistrictTokyo
Electorate425,428 (2022)
Major settlementsKamata, Ōmori, Haneda
Current constituency
Created1994
PartyLDP
RepresentativeMasaaki Taira
Tokyo special WardsMuch of Ōta

As of September 2022, 425,428 voters were registered in the district.[1]

List of Representatives
Representatives Party Dates Notes
Shoukei Arai Independent 1996-1998 Died in office.[2]
Kensaku Morita LDP 1998–2000
Independent 2000 Re-elected in 2000.
LDP 2000–2003 Did not run for re-election.
Kazuyoshi Nakanishi LDP 2003–2005 Resigned mid-term.[3]
Masaaki Taira LDP 2005–2009 Re-elected in the Tokyo PR block.
Fujita Norihiko DPJ 2009–2012 Lost re-election.
Masaaki Taira LDP 2012– present Re-elected in 2014, 2017, 2021.

Election Results
2021 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		128,708 51.5 Increase0.7
Communist Tomoyuki Tanigawa 62,286 24.9 Increase13.6
Innovation Hayashi Tomoko 58,891 23.6 New
Turnout 474,029 54.4 Increase3.7
Liberal Democratic hold
2017 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		115,239 50.8 Increase0.5
CDP Masae Ido 53,480 23.3 New
Kibō no Tō Michiyo Namba 35,352 15.4 New
Communist Kohei Aoyama 26,037 11.3 Decrease6.6
Turnout 466,486 50.7 Decrease1.5
Liberal Democratic hold
2014 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		109,377 50.3 Increase10.9
Democratic Fujita Norihiko
(Endorsed by Japan Innovation Party)		 48,861 22.5 Increase5.2
Communist Junpei Yamamoto 38,925 17.9 Increase8.1
Japanese Kokoro Hirekazu Inubushi 20,108 18.4 New
Turnout 432,784 52.3 Decrease7.7
Liberal Democratic hold
2012 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		96,810 39.4 Increase1.9
Restoration Hirekazu Inubushi 44,999 18.3 New
Democratic Fujita Norihiko (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by People's New Party)		 42,424 17.3 Decrease20.3
Your Masashi Hirose 34,902 14.2 New
Communist Junpei Yamamoto 24,167 9.8 Increase0.9
Euthanasia party Hidemitsu Sano 2,603 1.1 New
Turnout 427,018 60.0 Decrease4.2
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic
2009 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fujita Norihiko 100,067 37.5 Increase3.8
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito)		 93,583 35.1 Decrease11.6
Independent Noboru Usami 46,107 17.3 New
Communist Kaname Shibuya 23,622 8.9 Decrease0.9
Happiness Realization Kikue Shimokawa 3,323 1.3 New
Turnout 426,496 64.2 Increase0.3
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2005 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Taira (Incumbent) 119,812 46.7 Increase5.3
Democratic Usami Noboru 86,354 33.7 Decrease1.9
Communist Fuminori Sato 25,077 9.8 Decrease1.1
Independent Kazuyoshi Nakanishi 19,955 7.8 New
Independent Sato Hiromi 5,313 2.1 New
Turnout N/A 63.9 Increase4.0
Liberal Democratic hold
2003 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuyoshi Nakanishi 90,693 41.4 Increase3.0
Democratic Usami Noboru 77,953 35.6 Increase15.0
New Conservative Eriko Yamatani 26,707 12.2 New
Communist Tomio Yamaguchi 23,942 10.9 Decrease4.2
Turnout N/A 59.9 Decrease2.6
Liberal Democratic hold
2000 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kensaku Morita (Incumbent) 92,711 38.4 Increase4.0
Komeito Otohiko Endo 59,487 24.7 New
Democratic Usami Noboru 49,662 20.6 New
Communist Michinobu Tokutome 36,498 15.1 Decrease9.0
Liberal League Miyuki Mitsuda 2,925 3.2 New
Turnout N/A 62.5 Increase2.8
Independent hold
1998 House of Representatives By-Election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kensaku Morita 50,242 34.4 Increase11.7
Independent Jin Matsubara 35,521 24.3 New
Communist Michinobu Tokutome 35,150 24.1 Increase9.3
Independent Tetsu Ueda 18,305 12.5 New
Liberal Hiroyasu Satake 6,254 4.3 New
Independent Setsuo Yamaguchi 662 0.6 New
Turnout N/A N/A N/A
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent
1996 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shoukei Arai 78,805 38.2 New
Liberal Democratic Keigo Ouchi 46,840 22.7 New
Communist Mitsuo Kobana 30,522 14.8 New
Democratic Akiko Nakata 23,260 11.3 New
Independent Tetsu Ueda 21,319 10.3 New
Independent Osamu Kono 3,367 1.6 New
New Socialist Naemi Kurosawa 2,418 1.2 New
Turnout N/A 59.7 New
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  2. "新井将敬さんの自殺について　1998/02/23". www.eda-jp.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  3. "Japanese politician resigns over grope". The Age. 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2023-06-19.

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