View source for Tokyo 2nd district (1947–1993)

{{short description|Legislative district of Japan}}
'''Tokyo 2nd district''' was a constituency of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan]] (national legislature). Between 1947 and 1993 it elected three, later five representatives by [[single non-transferable vote]]. It initially consisted of [[Shinagawa, Tokyo|Shinagawa]] and [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]] in Eastern mainland [[Tokyo]] and, following their return from US military administration, [[Izu Islands|Tokyo's Izu]] and [[Bonin Islands|Ogasawara islands]]. Since the election of 1996, the area forms the new single-member [[Tokyo 3rd district|3rd district]].
Prominent representatives from the 2nd district included feminist pioneer [[Shizue Katō]], her husband, labor activist [[Kanjū Katō]], conservative environment and transport minister [[Shintarō Ishihara]] and [[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]] president [[Keigo Ōuchi]].
== Summary of results during the 1955 party system ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! colspan="3" | General election
| 1958 || 1960 || 1963 || 1967 || 1969 || 1972 || 1976 || 1979 || 1980 || 1983 || 1986 || 1990 || 1993
|-align="right"
| bgcolor=red |
! colspan="2" | LDP & conservative independents
| 1 || 1 || '''2''' || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2
|-align="right"
| rowspan="3" bgcolor=blue |
! rowspan="3" | Opposition
| center-left
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || '''3''' || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || '''3'''
|-align="right"
| JSP
| '''2''' || '''2''' || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
|-align="right"
| JCP
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0
|-align="center"
! colspan="3" | Seats up
| colspan="4" | 3
| colspan="9" | 5
|}
== Elected Representatives ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! election<br />year
! highest vote<br />(''top tōsen'')
! 2nd
! 3rd
! 4th
! 5th
|-
! [[1947 Japanese general election|1947]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/000733/00000733_4691.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第23回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-12-12|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309085224/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/000733/00000733_4691.html|archive-date=2007-03-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | [[Komakichi Matsuoka]] ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | [[Shizue Katō]] ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | [[Yoshirō Kikuchi]] ([[Liberal Party (1945)|JLP]])
| colspan="2" rowspan="9" bgcolor=grey | –
|-
! [[1949 Japanese general election|1949]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1949/99/001666/00001666_8183.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第24回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-12-12|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Yoshirō Kikuchi ([[Liberal Party (1945)|DLP]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Komakichi Matsuoka ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | Kenichi Itō ([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
|-
! [[1952 Japanese general election|1952]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1952/99/001659/00001659_8060.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第25回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-12-12|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1952/99/001659/00001659_8060.html|archive-date=2007-07-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Komakichi Matsuoka ([[Rightist Socialist Party of Japan|JSP, right]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | [[Tokuma Utsunomiya]] ([[Liberal Party (1945)|LP]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | [[Kanjū Katō]] ([[Rightist Socialist Party of Japan|JSP, right]])
|-
! [[1953 Japanese general election|1953]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1953/99/001656/00001656_7942.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第26回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-12-12|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Kanjū Katō ([[Rightist Socialist Party of Japan|JSP, right]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Yoshirō Kikuchi ([[Liberal Party (1945)|Yoshida LP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Party (1945)|Yoshida LP]])
|-
! [[1955 Japanese general election|1955]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1955/99/001652/00001652_7821.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第27回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Komakichi Matsuoka ([[Rightist Socialist Party of Japan|JSP, right]])
| bgcolor="#CCEEEE" | Yoshirō Kikuchi ([[Japan Democratic Party (1954)|JDP]])
| bgcolor="#CCEEEE" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Japan Democratic Party (1954)|JDP]])
|-
! [[1958 Japanese general election|1958]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1958/99/001650/00001650_7702.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第28回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Kanjū Katō ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Komakichi Matsuoka ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
|-
! [[1960 Japanese general election|1960]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1960/99/001649/00001649_7584.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第29回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403033055/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1960/99/001649/00001649_7584.html|archive-date=2007-04-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | [[Shigeo Ōshiba]] ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
|-
! [[1963 Japanese general election|1963]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1963/99/001644/00001644_7462.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第30回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1963/99/001644/00001644_7462.html|archive-date=2007-07-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Shigeo Ōshiba ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Yoshirō Kikuchi ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
|-
! [[1967 Japanese general election|1967]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1967/99/001639/00001639_7218.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第31回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1967/99/001639/00001639_7218.html|archive-date=2007-07-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | [[Yasuo Suzukiri]] ([[Kōmeitō]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Kanjū Katō ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
|-
! [[1969 Japanese general election|1969]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1969/99/001599/00001599_7041.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第32回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | [[Itaru Yonehara]] ([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Yoshirō Kikuchi ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | [[Fumio Kawabata]] ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
|-
! [[1972 Japanese general election|1972]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1972/99/001597/00001597_6916.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第33回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[Shintarō Ishihara]] (Indep.)<ref>(re-)joined LDP after the election</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | Itaru Yonehara ([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Shigeo Ōshiba ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Tokuma Utsunomiya ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
|-
! [[1976 Japanese general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1976/99/001595/00001595_6786.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207074837/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1976/99/001595/00001595_6786.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-07|script-title=ja:衆議院>第34回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京1区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Shintarō Ishihara ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
| bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | [[Keigo Ōuchi]] ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
| Tokuma Utsunomiya (Indep.)<ref>joined the "Non-partisan Club" (''mutōha kurabu'') parliamentary group with [[Kunio Hatoyama]], [[Yoshikata Asō]] and others</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Shigeo Ōshiba ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
|-
! [[1979 Japanese general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1979/99/001594/00001594_6657.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第35回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | [[Tetsu Ueda]] ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Shintarō Ishihara ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | Keigo Ōuchi ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | [[Toshio Sakaki]] ([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
|-
! [[1980 Japanese general election|1980]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1980/99/001592/00001592_6526.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第36回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817143537/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1980/99/001592/00001592_6526.html|archive-date=2009-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Shintarō Ishihara ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | Keigo Ōuchi ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
|-
! [[1983 Japanese general election|1983]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1983/99/001591/00001591_6396.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第37回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316141035/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1983/99/001591/00001591_6396.html|archive-date=2008-03-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Tetsu Ueda ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | [[Masuhide Okazaki]] ([[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]])
|-
! [[1986 Japanese general election|1986]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1986/99/001590/00001590_6266.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第38回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817143630/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1986/99/001590/00001590_6266.html|archive-date=2009-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | [[Shōkei Arai]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Yasuo Suzukiri ([[Kōmeitō]])
|-
! [[1990 Japanese general election|1990]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1990/99/001588/00001588_6137.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第39回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111144017/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1990/99/001588/00001588_6137.html|archive-date=2010-01-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#FFCCEE" | Tetsu Ueda ([[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]])
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Shōkei Arai ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]])
| bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | Keigo Ōuchi ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | [[Otohiko Endō]] ([[Kōmeitō]])
|-
! [[1993 Japanese general election|1993]]<ref name="senkyo1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1993/99/001579/00001579_5396.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第40回衆議院議員選挙>東京都>東京2区|work=[http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙]|accessdate=2010-01-26|publisher=[[JANJAN]]|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110083037/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1993/99/001579/00001579_5396.html|archive-date=2010-01-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#AAFFCC" | Keigo Ōuchi ([[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]])
| bgcolor="#BBBBFF" | Otohiko Endō ([[Kōmeitō]])
| bgcolor="#BDD458" | [[Noboru Usami]] ([[New Party Harbinger|NPH]])
|}
== Last election result 1993 ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[1993 Japanese general election|1993]]<ref name="senkyo1993" />}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]
|candidate  = '''[[Shintarō Ishihara]]'''
|votes      = '''92,259'''
|percentage = 19.0
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)|DSP]]
|candidate  = '''[[Keigo Ōuchi]]'''
|votes      = '''73,314'''
|percentage = 15.1
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]
|candidate  = '''[[Shōkei Arai]]'''
|votes      = '''72,059'''
|percentage = 14.8
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Kōmeitō]] (lit. "Justice Party")
|candidate  = '''[[Otohiko Endō]]'''
|votes      = '''70,590'''
|percentage = 14.5
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[New Party Harbinger|NPH]]
|candidate  = '''[[Noboru Usami]]'''
|votes      = '''62,188'''
|percentage = 12.8
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Japan Communist Party|JCP]]
|candidate  =[[Masuhide Okazaki]]
|votes      = 57,346
|percentage = 11.8
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Japan Socialist Party|JSP]]
|candidate  =[[Tetsu Ueda]]
|votes      =54,820
|percentage = 11.3
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Independent
|candidate  = Kazumi Tokunaga
|votes      = 2,540
|percentage = 0.5
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = [[Zatsumintō]] (lit. "Crude People's Party")
|candidate  = Hirokichi Takahashi
|votes      = 348
|percentage = 0.1
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Kokumintō (lit. "People's Party")
|candidate  = Tokuichi Nakamura
|votes      = 335
|percentage = 0.1
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 489,555
|percentage = 60.45
|change     =
}}
{{Election box end}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Japan House of Representatives Medium-Sized Districts (1947-1993)}}
{{Diet of Japan Tokyo electoral districts}}
{{coord missing|Tokyo}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tokyo 2nd District (1947-1993)}}
[[Category:Former House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Tokyo]]