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Electoral district in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo 27th District
東京都第27区
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives

Prefecture	Tokyo
Proportional Block	Tokyo
Electorate	383,150 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	2022
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Akira Nagatsuma
Created from	Parts of: Tokyo 7th Tokyo 8th Tokyo 10th

Tokyo 27th District (東京都第27区, Tokyo-to dai-nijunana-ku) is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives. It was first created as part of the 2022 reapportionments that added five districts to Tokyo. The incumbent of the 7th district, former cabinet minister Akira Nagatsuma became the first representative as a result of the 2024 general election.

Areas covered

Current district

As of 11 January 2023, the areas covered by the district are as follows:

Nakano
Suginami (eastern areas)
- Honan 1 & 2, Izumi 1–4, Eifuku 1, Wada 1–3, Horinouchi 1–3, Matsunoku 1–3, Omiya 1, Omiya 2 (1-4, 19–27), Umezato 1–2, Koenji-Minami 1–5, Koenji-kita 1

Before the creation of the district, Nakano Ward was split between the 7th and 10th districts, and the eastern parts of Suginami Ward were formerly split between the 7th and 8th districts.

Elected representatives


Representative	Party		Years served	Notes
Akira Nagatsuma		CDP	2024 –	Represented 7th district pre-reapportionment

Election results

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDP	Akira Nagatsuma	112,388	54.6
	LDP	Yūichi Kurasaki	59,952	29.1
	Sanseitō	Meiko Ishikawa	22,947	11.1
	Independent	Kōjirō Ishikura	10,542	5.1
Turnout				55.61

References

"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" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
"区割り変更地図表面東京都杉並区" [District Boundary Change Map - Tokyo 27th District] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
"東京都" [Tokyo] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
"2024年衆議院総選挙東京27区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-11.

Electoral districts of Tokyo for the National Diet of Japan

House of Representatives

FPTP "small" districts (1996–present)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (25→30 majoritarian Representatives)
PR regional "block" districts (1996–present)	Tokyo PR block (19→17→19 proportional Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (43 Representatives)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946)	1 2 (22 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (31 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)	1 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)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (12 Representatives)

House of Councillors (1947–)

At-large (8→10→12 Councillors)

House of Peers (1890–1947)

At-large (1→2 elected top taxpayer Peers)

v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 seats Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 seats Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Eliminated districts	Eliminiated in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Eliminiated in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Eliminiated in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Eliminiated in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4

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