Tokyo 14th district

Japanese House of Representatives constituency
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Tokyo 14th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of inner Tokyo single-member districts
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional DistrictTokyo
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeMidori Matsushima
WardsArakawa, Sumida and parts of Taito

Tokyo's 14th district is a single-member electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the national National Diet.[1]

It has been held by Midori Matsushima from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.[2]

Areas covered

Current district

As of 20 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[3][4]

  • Sumida
  • Edogawa
    • Chūō 4, Matsushima 1-4, Higashi Komatsugawa 1-4, Nishi Komatsugawa, Okinomiya, Kamiishiki 1-3, Honisshiki 1-3, within the jurisdiction of the central ward office
    • Within the Komatsugawa and Koiwa offices

As part of the 2022 redistricting, the areas of Taitō were given back to the 2nd district, Arakawa was given to the new 29th district and the district gained parts of Edogawa from the 16th and 17th districts.[3][4]

Areas 2017–2022

From the first redistricting in 2017 until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[5][6]

  • Parts of Taitō
    • Higashi-Ueno 6, Shitaya 2 (13-1-5, 14-24, 14-15-24), Iriya 1 (1-3, 9-14, 21-28, 32 and 33) Iriya 2 1-33, Matsugaya 1-4, Nishi-Asakusa 2-3, Asakusa 2 (13-27), Asakusa 3-7, Senzoku 1, Senzoku 2 (1-32), Senzoku 3-4, Imado 1/2, Higashi-Asakusa 1/2, Hashiba 1/2 ,Kiyokawa 1/2 , Nihon Tsutsumi 1, Nihon Tsutsumi 2 (1-35)
  • Sumida
  • Arakawa

As part of the 2017 redistricting, parts of Taitō were transferred from the 2nd district.

Areas from before 2017

From the creation of the district in 1994 and the first redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[7]

Elected representatives

Representative Party Years served Notes
Taichiro Nishikawa NFP 1996-2000
NCP 2000-2003
Midori Matsushima LDP 2003-2009
Takeshi Kimura DPJ 2009-2012
Midori Matsushima LDP 2012-

References

  1. ^ "総務省|平成28年9月2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 2021-12-15.
  2. ^ "自由民主党衆議院議員松島みどり公式サイト". www.matsushima-midori.jp. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  3. ^ a b "東京都" [Tokyo] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. ^ a b "区割り変更地図 表面 東京都江戸川区" [District Boundary Change Map - Edogawa Ward] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  5. ^ "衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  6. ^ "東京都" [Tokyo] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2017.
  7. ^ "法律第百四号(平六・一一・二五)". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
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