Tokyo 2nd district (東京都第2区 ''Tōkyō-to dai-ni-ku'' or simply 東京2区 ''Tōkyō ni-ku'') is a constituency of the

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in the

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(national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland

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and covers central parts of the former

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. The district consists of the wards of Chūō,

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and

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. As of 2012, 424,273 eligible voters were registered in the district.

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(MIC)
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Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed

Tokyo 8th district Tokyo 8th district (東京都第8区, ''Tōkyō-to dai-hachiku'' or simply 東京8区, ''Tōkyō-hachiku'') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western part of former Tok ...

where two Representatives had been elected by

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. The current Representative for the 2nd district is Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji who won in the 2012 Representatives election with less than a third of the vote.

List of representatives

Election results

References

{{coord missing, Tokyo Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan) Politics of Tokyo